Secrets

Scene from the movie "Eating," from Rainbow Releasing.
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.
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25 Years of This American Life
To commemorate This American Life's 25th year, Ira Glass collected a few of his favorite episodes.
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What Lies Beneath
Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

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Stories from the upside-down world where conspiracy theorists dwell.

No Coincidence, No Story!
We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions!
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