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This American Life

Each week, This American Life tackles a theme – frenemies, summer camp, tech patents, you name it – and presents several stories on that theme. It’s mostly nonfiction reported stories and documentaries, but also occasional essays and fiction. The show debuted in 1995, is produced by Chicago Public Media, hosted by Ira Glass, and is often the most popular podcast in the country. PRI distributes it to radio, reaching 1.8 million weekly listeners. About 750,000 tune in via podcast and stream.

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  • #471: The Convert

    Released 08.12.12

    In 2006, a new convert showed up at a mosque in Orange County, California, eager to study the Koran and make new friends.

  • #207: Special Ed

    Released 08.05.12

    Stories about people who were told that they're different. Some of them were comfortable with it. Some didn't understand it.

  • #470: Show Me The Way

    Released 07.29.12

    Stories about people in trouble, who look for help in mystifying places. A 15-year-old boy travels more than 1,000 miles, alone, to seek out his hero, whom he's never met.

  • #443: Amusement Park

    Released 07.22.12

    We head to some of the happiest places on Earth: Amusement Parks! Jonathan Goldstein revisits one he worked at as a teen, Ira takes us behind the scenes at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, where the staff so loves their jobs they make music videos and other ...

  • #469: Hiding in Plain Sight

    Released 07.15.12

    Sometimes when something is happening right under your nose, it becomes even harder to notice than if it were happening in secret.

  • #398: Long Shot

    Released 07.08.12

    Stories of people betting on something with very bad odds, mostly because they have no other choice.

  • #468: Switcheroo

    Released 07.01.12

    People pretending to be people they're not: sometimes it's harmless, sometimes it's harmful and sometimes it's hard to tell.

  • #467: Americans in China

    Released 06.24.12

    It used to be that the American expats in China were the big shots. They had the money, the status, the know-how.

  • #289: Go Ask Your Father

    Released 06.17.12

    In this show, sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father.

  • #466: Blackjack

    Released 06.10.12

    Stories about the casino game everyone thinks they can beat. In one, a woman gambles away her inheritance and then sues the casino, saying they're to blame.

  • #164: Crime Scene

    Released 06.03.12

    Every crime scene hides a story. In this week's show, we hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.

  • #465: What Happened At Dos Erres

    Released 05.27.12

    In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. Thirty years later, a Guatemalan living in the US got a phone call from a woman who told him that two boys had been abducted during the massacre -- and he...

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