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The second cartoon Chris Ware and John Kuramoto made for our TV show, animating a story told by Radiolab host Robert Krulwich and his wife, Tamar.
A deeper look inside the health insurance industry and the dark side of prescription drug coupons.
An hour explaining the American health care system—specifically, why it is that costs keep rising.
We mark the anniversary of the economic collapse.
Tales of estranged sisters, BFFs breaking up, and how reality stars walk the fine line between making friends and getting famous.
Nine radio reporters. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway.
Scenes from the Plattekill Travel Plaza, a rest stop on the New York State Thruway.
Ira writes: “Somehow, this interview I did with Current TV long ago became so well-known among creative types, that sometimes it feels more famous than our radio show.”
The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man suspected of being an illegal arms dealer.
Little-known and surprising stories of how all sorts of institutions began.
Where were the regulators and watchdogs who were supposed to be overseeing the banks and the finance industry?
A video put together by David Rakoff and Dave Hill for our Spring 2009 event, "This American Life -- Live!"
Stories of people who find themselves in situations far from the beaten path, without guidelines or useful precedents.
A live episode of the radio program, including stories told on stage by Dan Savage and Mike Birbiglia.
Dan Savage, David Rakoff, and Mike Birbiglia. Plus: Joss Whedon sings!
Stories of people forced to let go of their firmly held beliefs.
We highlight the unusual circumstances our economic drought has left us in.
Stories of people with wildly popular or unpopular views for one moment in time, and how those views stand up years later.
We tackle a very tough subject: Trying to explain exactly what a bank is and does.
Of the billions of people in the world, what are the odds that any two people are a real match?
Featuring kids from Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Ann Arbor.
On the eve of Obama's inauguration, we sent reporters out to talk to people about how they're feeling.
A man in Pakistan buys an amulet with the power to protect anyone from harm. He tests it out on a chicken.
We go to Pennsylvania to figure out why both McCain and Obama think they can win there.
Stories about people trying to find new solutions to age-old problems.
A look at what regulators could've done to prevent the financial crisis from happening in the first place.
Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, and suspects the chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter.
Mike Birbiglia talks about the sleepwalking that nearly killed him.
Two babies switched at birth. One of the moms knew but kept it a secret for 43 years. Then she told everybody.
Stories of people haunted by guilt over their role in others' deaths.
The surprisingly entertaining story of how the U.S. got itself into a housing crisis.
Freezing dead people so scientists can reanimate them in the future is a lot harder than it sounds.
In 1912, a four-year-old boy went missing in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found. But two grief-stricken mothers both claimed the same boy as their own.