This American Life (Radio)

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2011
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423 - The Invention of Money
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Five reporters stumbled on what seems like a basic question: What is money?
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424 - Kid Politics
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When it comes to governing, can kids do any better than grown-ups?
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425 - Slow To React
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The story of a wedding 17 years in the making.
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426 - Tough Room 2011
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We go backstage with comedy writers at The Onion.
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427 - Original Recipe
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We think we may have found the original recipe for Coca-Cola, one of the most guarded trade secrets in the world.
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428 - Oh You Shouldn't Have
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Stories about the perils of giving and receiving gifts.
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429 - Will They Know Me Back Home?
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Stories of people who've grown so accustomed to wartime that the lives they've left behind no longer make sense.
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430 - Very Tough Love
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A drug court program in Georgia where people with offenses that would get minimal or no sentences elsewhere sometimes end up in the system five to ten years.
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431 - See No Evil
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Stories of people pretending that everything is okay and ignoring the awful stuff that's staring them straight in the face.
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432 - Know When To Fold ‘Em
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The story of an entire country deciding whether to give up on just one of its citizens.
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433 - Fine Print 2011
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Stories where the fine print changes everything, whether you read it or not.
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434 - This Week
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An hour of stories about...this week.
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435 - How To Create a Job
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Can politicians truly create many jobs?
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436 - The Psychopath Test
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Jon Ronson investigates whether corporate leaders can, in fact, be psychopaths.
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437 - Old Boys Network
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Nurses at a small Texas hospital report a well-connected doctor for dangerous medical practices, and find themselves under arrest.
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438 - Father's Day 2011
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Surprising stories of fathers trying to be good dads.
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439 - A House Divided
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Stories about people who find themselves either unexpectedly being singled out or doing the singling out.
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440 - Game Changer
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Two professors each make a calculation that no one had made before.
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441 - When Patents Attack!
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Why would a company rent an office in a tiny town in East Texas, put a nameplate on the door, and leave it completely empty for a year?
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442 - Thugs
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Like a lot of Mexican towns, Florencia has had its share of problems dealing with drug gangs. Until recently, when new narcos rolled into town.
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443 - Amusement Park
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We head to some of the happiest places on Earth: amusement parks!
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444 - Gossip
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A sociologist collects journals filled with gossip about AIDS in Malawi.
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445 - Ten Years In
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We return to people who have been on the show in the last ten years, and whose lives were drastically altered by 9/11.
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446 - Living Without (2011)
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A man has to give up parts of his life as he learns to live hearing a tone in his head all the time.
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447 - The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms
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What do you get when you take a P.I. firm, then add in a bunch of sexy soccer moms, official sponsorship from Glock, a lying boss, and delusions of grandeur? This week's show.
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448 - Adventure!
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Stories that pinpoint when people's boring old lives turn into something wildly unfamiliar.
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449 - Middle School
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Stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school.
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450 - So Crazy It Just Might Work
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An orchestra teacher has a theory that he could kill cancer cells with electromagnetic waves.
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451 - Back to Penn State
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Penn State fans and loyalists try to make sense of the actions of Coach Joe Paterno and school officials.
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452 - Poultry Slam 2011
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Stories of what happens when humans and fowl collide.
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453 - Nemeses
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A college rivalry goes viral, and personal.