This American Life (Radio)

  • Premiered: Nov 1995
  • Episodes: 846
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Season 2018
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635 - Chip in My Brain
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Jan 12, 2018
A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in.
2018x636
636 - I Thought It Would Be Easier
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Jan 19, 2018
A year into Trump’s presidency, stories of politicians—of both parties—unable to accomplish tasks that seem pretty straightforward.
2018x637
637 - Words You Can't Say
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Feb 02, 2018
People who say the “wrong” thing and suffer the consequences.
2018x638
638 - Rom-Com
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Feb 09, 2018
Stories about surviving the mishaps of love.
2018x639
639 - In Dog We Trust
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Feb 23, 2018
Exactly how much are the animals that live in our home caught up in everyday family dynamics?
2018x640
640 - Five Women
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Mar 02, 2018
A different kind of #MeToo story, about several women who worked for the same man.
2018x641
641 - The Walls
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Mar 16, 2018
Stories from border walls all over the world, and of the strange ecosystems that arise around them.
2018x642
642 - The Impossible Dream
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Apr 06, 2018
Before he leaves the Senate for good, Republican Jeff Flake is trying to get a bill passed.
2018x643
643 - Damned If You Do…
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Apr 13, 2018
People having to make a choice, when no good options exist.
2018x644
644 - Random Acts of History
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Apr 27, 2018
Stories about people who accidentally bump into unsettling facts of history.
2018x645
645 - My Effing First Amendment
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May 04, 2018
Conservative students don't feel like their ideas are welcome on campus. So they're fighting back.
2018x646
646 - The Secret of My Death
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May 18, 2018
The clues people find when trying to make sense of a death.
2018x647
647 - LaDonna
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May 25, 2018
A security guard at the airport notices something going wrong on the tarmac, and takes it upon herself to fix it. 
2018x648
648 - Unteachable Moment
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Jun 08, 2018
People trying to learn something when no one is clear what the lesson is supposed to be. 
2018x649
649 - It's My Party and I'll Try If I Want To
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Jun 22, 2018
Before Democrats slug it out with Republicans, they’re slugging out with each other.
2018x650
650 - Change You Can Maybe Believe In
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Jun 29, 2018
Radical change comes to an Argentinian talk show.
2018x651
651 - If You Build It, Will They Come?
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Jul 13, 2018
A young preacher opens a new church.
2018x652
652 - ICE Capades
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Jul 20, 2018
Dispatches from a government agency in its tumultuous teenage years. 
2018x653
653 - Crime Scene
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Aug 03, 2018
Every crime scene hides a story. 
2018x654
654 - The Feather Heist
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Aug 10, 2018
A flute player steals a million dollars worth of dead birds. 
2018x655
655 - The Not-So-Great Unknown
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Aug 24, 2018
What happens when an astronaut who's not really into outer space goes to the moon.
2018x656
656 - Let Me Count the Ways
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Sep 14, 2018
The quiet bureaucratic war that’s even targeting legal immigrants.
2018x657
657 - The Runaways
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Sep 21, 2018
A bunch of teenagers go missing from a town in Long Island. 
2018x658
658 - The Unhappy Deciders
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Oct 05, 2018
Zoe Chace followed Senator Jeff Flake as he decided to force the Senate to delay its vote on Judge Kavanaugh.
2018x659
659 - Before the Next One
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Oct 12, 2018
People taking what they’ve learned from school shootings and try to use that knowledge to save others.
2018x660
660 - Hoaxing Yourself
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Nov 02, 2018
Stories of people who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else does. 
2018x661
661 - But That's What Happened
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Nov 09, 2018
Stories of women in unsettling situations, who are told that there’s nothing unsettling at all.
2018x662
662 - Where There Is A Will
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Nov 16, 2018
Stories of people who believe there is always a way. And also those who don't.
2018x663
663 - How I Read It
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Dec 07, 2018
Documents you don't normally think of, showing you things you didn't expect.
2018x664 Season finale
664 - The Room of Requirement
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Dec 30, 2018
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