Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, David Ben-Gurion, and Me

The Iowa State Fair awarded coveted slots to just nine new food vendors this year.

Bailey Leavitt comes from a family of carnies.

A teenage whiz kid invents a new toy for Milton Bradley.

Several producers talked about the first stories they ever heard on the show, before they worked here.

Unemployment is 9 percent, but it's worst among high school dropouts andpeople with only a high school education.

For a look at the nuts and bolts of government job creation, This American Life Senior Producer Julie Snyder and Planet Money correspondent Adam Davidson attend a meeting of the International Economic Developers Council in San Diego.