This American Life (Radio)

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2012
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454 - Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
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This American Life has retracted this story.
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455 - Continental Breakup
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The story of the European debt crisis is actually very surprising and dramatic.
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456 - Reap What You Sow
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Alabama's new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will "self-deport."
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457 - What I Did For Love
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A couple decides they need to sleep with other people before getting married, and a teenage boy falls for an undercover cop.
2012x458
458 - Play the Part
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Stories of people who decide to flip their personalities and do the exact opposite of what they normally do.
2012x459
459 - What Kind of Country
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All across the country right now, local and state governments are finding they can't pay their bills.
2012x460
460 - Retraction
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This episode has no summary.
2012x461
461 - Take the Money and Run for Office
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Discovering just how much time members of Congress spend raising money.
2012x462
462 - Own Worst Enemy
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Stories of people who can’t seem to stop getting in their own way.
2012x463
463 - Mortal Vs. Venial
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Religion makes clear the difference between mortal sins and venial ones. But in our everyday lives, it can be really difficult to determine just how bad we've been.
2012x464
464 - Invisible Made Visible
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David Sedaris, Tig Notaro, Ryan Knighton, and the late David Rakoff, in his final performance on the show. 
2012x465
465 - What Happened at Dos Erres
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A Guatemalan immigrant living near Boston gets a phone call with some very strange news about his past.
2012x466
466 - Blackjack
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A woman gambles away her inheritance and then sues the casino, saying they're to blame.
2012x467
467 - Americans in China
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It used to be that the American expats in China were the big shots. But that's changed.
2012x468
468 - Switcheroo
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People pretending to be people they're not: sometimes it's harmless, sometimes it's harmful, and sometimes it's hard to tell.
2012x469
469 - Hiding in Plain Sight
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The chief of security for a Colombian drug cartel decides to take the cartel down.
2012x470
470 - Show Me the Way
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Stories about people in trouble, who look for help in mystifying places.
2012x471
471 - The Convert
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An undercover FBI informant at the mosque in Orange County starts acting very odd.
2012x472
472 - Our Friend David
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Favorite stories by our longtime contributor and friend David Rakoff.
2012x473
473 - Loopholes
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An estate attorney discovers a financial scheme that's all reward and no risk. The only catch? You have to die to get the money.
2012x474
474 - Back to School
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A growing body of research that suggests we may be on the verge of a new approach to some of the biggest challenges facing American schools.
2012x475
475 - Send a Message
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People reach out in all kinds of ways to try to get their point across—messages in code, over the phone, and from beyond the grave
2012x476
476 - What Doesn’t Kill You
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Stories of how people cope after brushes with death.
2012x477
477 - Getting Away With It
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Stories of people breaking the rules fully, completely, and with no bad consequences.
2012x478
478 - Red State Blue State
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Not only do the two sides disagree on the solutions to the country’s problems, they don’t even agree on what the problems are.
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479 - Little War on the Prairie
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Why Minnesotans don't talk much about the most important historical event ever to happen there.
2012x480
480 - Animal Sacrifice
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The This American Life staff confronts Ira about his dog, Piney.
2012x481
481 - This Week
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Stories united by one thing: They all happened in the seven days prior to broadcast.
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482 - Lights, Camera, Christmas!
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A show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families.