This American Life (Radio)

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2006
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306 - Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time
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Lotto fever grips the cast of Riverdance.
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307 - In the Shadow of the City
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Stories that take place on the edge of civilization, just out of sight.
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308 - Star-Crossed Love
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Stories of how love blossoms, even when (perhaps) it shouldn't.
2006x309
309 - Cat and Mouse
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Stories about the kinds of chase games that just never end.
2006x310
310 - Habeas Schmabeas
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Is Guantanamo Bay a camp full of terrorists, or a camp full of our mistakes?
2006x311
311 - A Better Mousetrap
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Stories about people trying to find new solutions to age-old problems.
2006x312
312 - How We Talked Back Then
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We revisit two live shows we put on in the early days—one was about letters, and the other was about this then-new phenomenon called the internet.
2006x313
313 - Parental Guidance Suggested
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Stories about kids who actually want their parents looking out for them.
2006x314
314 - It's Never Over
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A grown man tries to get to the bottom of why his schoolmates threw him in a lake 20 years earlier.
2006x315
315 - The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig
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Stories about animals who don't even seem like they should know each other, much less appear on the same radio show.
2006x316
316 - The Cat Came Back
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When something you thought was gone forever keeps returning, against all odds.
2006x317
317 - Unconditional Love
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A family uses a controversial therapy to train their son to love them, and other stories about the hard work of loving other people.
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318 - With Great Power
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Stories of everyday people who get saddled with great power.
2006x319
319 - And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
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Scary stories that are all true—kidnappings, zombie raccoons, and real haunted houses.
2006x320
320 - What’s In A Number? — 2006 Edition
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The remarkable story of what it took to determine the number of Iraqis who've died since the U.S. invasion.
2006x321
321 - Sink or Swim
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Stories of people who are in over their heads and trying to stay afloat.
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322 - Shouting Across the Divide
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Stories of Muslims and non-Muslims trying to communicate with each other and not always getting their point across.