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Season 1999
Stories of the lives of prisoners in the United States, and the lives of their families
Stories of the lives of prisoners in the United States, and the lives of their families
Three stories of people pretending to be something they're not, and what happens to them.
Three stories of people pretending to be something they're not, and what happens to them.
What happens if you're too good at throwing everything out and starting over?
What happens if you're too good at throwing everything out and starting over?
Stories of impossible love and heartbreak.
Stories of impossible love and heartbreak.
Stories of people who choose not to live every moment to the fullest or smell the roses.
Stories of people who choose not to live every moment to the fullest or smell the roses.
Stories of people moving to this country: what they see and hear that those of us who were born here don't.
Stories of people moving to this country: what they see and hear that those of us who were born here don't.
Fundamentalist Christians and Orthodox Jews are combining forces to breed a perfect red cow that could bring about the end of the world.
Fundamentalist Christians and Orthodox Jews are combining forces to breed a perfect red cow that could bring about the end of the world.
Two do-gooders try to change things in their hometown for the better. But the more they try, the more people resent them.
Two do-gooders try to change things in their hometown for the better. But the more they try, the more people resent them.
A former pimp tells how he and three childhood friends became pimps in the 1970s in Oakland, California.
A former pimp tells how he and three childhood friends became pimps in the 1970s in Oakland, California.
We try to tell the story of life in America through portraits of life in four different states across the nation.
We try to tell the story of life in America through portraits of life in four different states across the nation.
What if you asked people for advice and actually took ALL of the advice that everyone gave you? Sarah Vowell tried exactly that.
What if you asked people for advice and actually took ALL of the advice that everyone gave you? Sarah Vowell tried exactly that.
Stories of people going home to places they've never been before.
Stories of people going home to places they've never been before.
Stories in which young people take matters into their own hands, broadcast for the tenth anniversary of the crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
Stories in which young people take matters into their own hands, broadcast for the tenth anniversary of the crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz goes on a last big trip with his father, who has Alzheimer's, and his son.
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz goes on a last big trip with his father, who has Alzheimer's, and his son.
We accompany a Hollywood screenwriter as he tries to sell a movie idea and find ourselves asking, is the art of commerce better than the art of art?
We accompany a Hollywood screenwriter as he tries to sell a movie idea and find ourselves asking, is the art of commerce better than the art of art?
It turns out that not falling in love, not doing our jobs, not spending time with our families is every bit as vivid and complicated an experience as doing something.
It turns out that not falling in love, not doing our jobs, not spending time with our families is every bit as vivid and complicated an experience as doing something.
Through our crimes, we express who we are.
Through our crimes, we express who we are.
Three stories, three people, and three sets of maps.
Three stories, three people, and three sets of maps.
We want to believe our lives can be changed by a set of ideas contained in a book.
We want to believe our lives can be changed by a set of ideas contained in a book.
Stories of people drawn to some idea, some picture, some "thing" that they just want to be.
Stories of people drawn to some idea, some picture, some "thing" that they just want to be.
Stories designed to provide some small sense of hope about American politics.
Stories designed to provide some small sense of hope about American politics.
What happens when the tension of family dynamics collides with the pressure of capitalist market forces.
What happens when the tension of family dynamics collides with the pressure of capitalist market forces.
Stories of people who are trying to make invisible worlds visible.
Stories of people who are trying to make invisible worlds visible.
We hear the story of one African-American single mother who recorded her family's life over the course of seven months.
We hear the story of one African-American single mother who recorded her family's life over the course of seven months.
Have mandatory minimum sentences gone too far?
Have mandatory minimum sentences gone too far?
People struggle to invent words adequate to cope with death.
People struggle to invent words adequate to cope with death.
Our annual program about turkeys, chickens, fowl of all types, and their mysterious hold over our imaginations.
Our annual program about turkeys, chickens, fowl of all types, and their mysterious hold over our imaginations.
David Rakoff visits Iceland, where the government is careful not to disturb certain boulders because some people believe that elves live there.
David Rakoff visits Iceland, where the government is careful not to disturb certain boulders because some people believe that elves live there.
Oh faithless and perverse generation? How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?—Matthew 17.
Oh faithless and perverse generation? How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?—Matthew 17.
The many, many different versions of Santa Claus.
The many, many different versions of Santa Claus.
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