This American Life (Radio)

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2005
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280 - In Country
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07, 2005
What life is like for American soldiers in Iraq.
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281 - My Big Break
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21, 2005
Sometimes, getting your big break isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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282 - DIY
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11, 2005
After four lawyers fail to get an innocent man out of prison, his friend takes on the case himself.
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283 - Remember Me
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25, 2005
A dying mother makes a tape for her developmentally disabled daughter, hoping she'll watch it someday, knowing she might not.
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284 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
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11, 2005
A software writer loses his job, but continues to show up at work, sneaking in the door each day and putting in long hours.
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285 - Know Your Enemy
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25, 2005
An LA prosecutor thought he'd make a name for himself by taking the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys to court for obscenity.
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286 - Mind Games
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08, 2005
Stories of people who try simple mind games on others, and then find themselves way in over their heads.
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287 - Backed Into A Corner
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15, 2005
Stories about people who end up making choices they'd rather not make, when their options begin to run out.
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288 - Not What I Meant
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06, 2005
Stories about how easy it is for communication to go awry, and what the consequences can be after it does.
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289 - Go Ask Your Father
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13, 2005
Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father.
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290 - Godless America
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03, 2005
We spend an hour trying to remember why anyone liked the separation of church and state in the first place.
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291 - Reunited (And It Feels So Good)
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01, 2005
Stories about getting back together with your spouse, your country, your...Brahman bull.
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292 - The Arms Trader
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08, 2005
The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man named Hemant Lakhani.
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293 - A Little Bit of Knowledge
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22, 2005
Stories about the pitfalls of knowing just a little bit too little.
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294 - Image Makers
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05, 2005
Some librarians in Michigan embark on an audacious act of rebranding their libraries.
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295 - Not What I Signed Up For
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26, 2005
A 9/11 widow finds herself having to comfort another distraught woman on national TV.
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296 - After the Flood
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09, 2005
Surprising stories from survivors in New Orleans.
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297 - This Is Not My Beautiful House
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16, 2005
Stories from the largest mass resettlement that America has seen since the Civil War, as over 400,000 people—victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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298 - Getting and Spending
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23, 2005
How far will we go to get money? And once we've got it, what should we spend it on?
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299 - Back from the Dead
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07, 2005
Stories about people and places that have come back to life after everything seemed lost.
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300 - What’s In A Number?
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28, 2005
A study estimated the number of Iraqi casualties since the war began at 100,000. Most of the deaths were caused by coalition forces.
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301 - Settling the Score
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11, 2005
Stories about the lengths we go to make things right, and about what money can and cannot fix.
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302 - Strangers in a Strange Land
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18, 2005
Three people tell their stories from Iraq about the fighting, the locals, and why you subscribe to Details magazine.
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303 - David and Goliath
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02, 2005
Variations on an old tale, with very modern consequences.
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304 - Heretics
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16, 2005
A rising star in the evangelical movement casts aside the idea of hell.
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305 - The This American Life Holiday Spectacular
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23, 2005
A full-throttle, show-stopping, no-holds-barred Christmas Spectacular!