This American Life (Radio)

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2010
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397 - 2010
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We asked our contributors to predict real events that will happen to them and the people they know in 2010.
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398 - Long Shot
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Stories of people betting on something with very bad odds.
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399 - Contents Unknown
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A man finds himself in a train station in India, with no idea how he got there or who he is. That, and other stories of filling in the blank.
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400 - Stories Pitched by Our Parents
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For our 400th show, we try something harder than anything we've ever tried.
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401 - Parent Trap
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A chimp is raised twice—once as a human child, and again as a chimp.
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402 - Save the Day
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Stories about one person single-handedly taking charge of a situation gone wrong.
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403 - NUMMI
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A car plant in Fremont California that might have saved the U.S. car industry.
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404 - Enemy Camp 2010
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Living behind enemy lines, among the enemy, it's sometimes hard to remember why you're fighting in the first place.
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405 - Inside Job
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The inside story of one company that made hundreds of millions of dollars for itself while worsening the financial crisis for the rest of us.
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406 - True Urban Legends
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Can a rat crawl through your plumbing and end up in your toilet?
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407 - The Bridge
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Stories of bridges from three different countries, including one in China that's famous for its massive size and its high suicide rate.
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408 - Island Time
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Blanketing a country in aid and money has never really worked so well. Is there a chance things could be different in Haiti?
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409 - Held Hostage
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A kidnapping victim in Colombia spends his nights listening to a radio station that plays messages from the families of the kidnapped.
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410 - Social Contract
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Richard Ravitch has helped fix three governmental crises, so what makes it so much harder for him to solve the state's current financial crisis?
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411 - First Contact
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Stories of first encounters with unknown and distant beings—girls, foreigners, and perhaps even aliens.
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412 - Million Dollar Idea
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Michael Larson made the most money ever on the game show Press Your Luck. And it was no accident.
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413 - Georgia Rambler
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Nine of us go to small towns in Georgia to ask around until we find stories.
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414 - Right to Remain Silent
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A New York police officer secretly records his supervisors ordering officers to do all sorts of things that police aren't supposed to do.
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415 - Crybabies
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Stories of crybabies in sports, in politics, on Wall Street, on the streets of California.
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416 - Iraq After Us
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We spend a month in Iraq talking to Iraqis and Americans about the war that tore the country apart.
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417 - This Party Sucks
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Two best friends get tired of yelling at their TVs and decide to form a Tea Party chapter to effect political change.
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418 - Toxie
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Reporters from Planet Money bought a toxic asset that turned out to be an encyclopedia of the financial crisis.
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419 - Petty Tyrant
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The rise and fall of a school maintenance man in Schenectady, New York who terrorized his staff and got away with it for decades.
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420 - Neighborhood Watch
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Stories of neighbors watching out for each other, for better and worse.
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421 - Last Man Standing
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Stories about people who feel compelled to keep going, especially when everyone else has given up.
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422 - Comedians of Christmas Comedy Special
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The holidays are stressful so we booked a seasonal pick-me-up: an hour of comedy.