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Season 2003
Two modern-day reinterpretations of the Frog Prince story.
Two modern-day reinterpretations of the Frog Prince story.
Stories of some of the secrets our government keeps: of imprisonment, deportation, and spying.
Stories of some of the secrets our government keeps: of imprisonment, deportation, and spying.
A California teenager returns to the home country he's never known.
A California teenager returns to the home country he's never known.
Stories of sudden truths delivered by complete strangers.
Stories of sudden truths delivered by complete strangers.
Real stories from three very different wars.
Real stories from three very different wars.
A man in retirement tries to start over in a new life with a new venture: a cable channel, with lots of puppies.
A man in retirement tries to start over in a new life with a new venture: a cable channel, with lots of puppies.
Does talking about it really help?
Does talking about it really help?
Stories from the beginnings of the war in Iraq, and how it compares with wars in our country's past.
Stories from the beginnings of the war in Iraq, and how it compares with wars in our country's past.
We try to figure out the paradox of the current economy, where Americans are simultaneously both losing jobs and buying new homes and cars.
We try to figure out the paradox of the current economy, where Americans are simultaneously both losing jobs and buying new homes and cars.
Stories of regime change in everyday life.
Stories of regime change in everyday life.
Jonathan Goldstein and Starlee Kine go to a karaoke club that has, along with all the songs, comedy routines for people to perform.
Jonathan Goldstein and Starlee Kine go to a karaoke club that has, along with all the songs, comedy routines for people to perform.
Stories of people who are lost, histories that are lost, and things that are lost.
Stories of people who are lost, histories that are lost, and things that are lost.
There is a ominous information gap between the U.S. officials running the country and the Iraqi people being governed.
There is a ominous information gap between the U.S. officials running the country and the Iraqi people being governed.
All kinds of little stories that we ordinarily can't use on the radio show because they are just too short.
All kinds of little stories that we ordinarily can't use on the radio show because they are just too short.
The story of a fixer for the Catholic Church and how he came to sympathize with the people that he was sent to deceive.
The story of a fixer for the Catholic Church and how he came to sympathize with the people that he was sent to deceive.
Stories about what the passage of time can do to someone.
Stories about what the passage of time can do to someone.
Four real stories in which real people invent amazingly clever solutions to their problems.
Four real stories in which real people invent amazingly clever solutions to their problems.
They treat us badly, they don't call us back, they cancel plans at the last minute, and yet we come back for more.
They treat us badly, they don't call us back, they cancel plans at the last minute, and yet we come back for more.
Stories of very unusual pen pals, people whose relationship could not exist without the help of the postal service.
Stories of very unusual pen pals, people whose relationship could not exist without the help of the postal service.
What is this thing called love? For answers, we explore the romance novel industry, a $1.5 billion empire run almost entirely by and for women.
What is this thing called love? For answers, we explore the romance novel industry, a $1.5 billion empire run almost entirely by and for women.
David Rakoff guest hosts.
David Rakoff guest hosts.
We follow the trash from the sanitation men on the street, to the mob guys who controlled the hauling business, to the people who actually live in dumps.
We follow the trash from the sanitation men on the street, to the mob guys who controlled the hauling business, to the people who actually live in dumps.
Why is it always harder than you think it'll be?
Why is it always harder than you think it'll be?
In his ongoing effort to write his own version of the Bible, Jonathan Goldstein retells the story of Cain and Abel.
In his ongoing effort to write his own version of the Bible, Jonathan Goldstein retells the story of Cain and Abel.
Jack Hitt reports on an opera about Chicken Little that makes grown men cry. And other stories of fowl of all kinds.
Jack Hitt reports on an opera about Chicken Little that makes grown men cry. And other stories of fowl of all kinds.
The tiny island of Nauru is at the center of several of the decade's biggest global events.
The tiny island of Nauru is at the center of several of the decade's biggest global events.
Hyder returns to Afghanistan.
Hyder returns to Afghanistan.
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Season finale
255 - This American Life’s Holiday Gift-Giving Guide
Episode overview
The vexing difficulty of finding the perfect gift.
The vexing difficulty of finding the perfect gift.
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