This American Life (Radio)

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2017
2017x607
607 - Didn’t We Solve This One?
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Why has it been so hard for us to get the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans that have helped the U.S. to safety?
2017x608
608 - The Revolution Starts At Noon
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Some people are super-stoked for the political changes that are coming.
2017x609
609 - It’s Working Out Very Nicely
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We document what happened when the President’s executive order went into effect temporarily banning travel from seven countries.
2017x610
610 - Grand Gesture
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People going to very extreme measures to demonstrate their feelings.
2017x611
611 - Vague and Confused
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A show about rules and what happens when they’re vague and randomly enforced.
2017x612
612 - Ask a Grown-Up
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Teenage girls ask for advice about their love lives, and Ira's tribute to his very grown-up friend Mary.
2017x613
613 - OK, I’ll Do It
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A surgeon takes out his own appendix in what might be one of the most daring surgeries ever performed.
2017x614
614 - The Other Mr. President
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What it's actually like to live in the confusing information landscape that is Putin's Russia.
2017x615
615 - The Beginning of Now
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Before Trump started his presidential campaign, there was a congressional race that redefined what was possible in American politics.
2017x616
616 - I Am Not A Pirate
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Stories about both historical and modern-day swashbucklers who loot, pillage, and question their choices.
2017x617
617 - Fermi’s Paradox
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Three people grapple with the question, “Are we alone?”
2017x618
618 - Mr. Lie Detector
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A polygraph operator and his strange journey.
2017x619
619 - The Magic Show
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Former kid magicians Ira Glass and David Kestenbaum dive back into the world of magic.
2017x620
620 - To Be Real
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People try to go deeper—to get to something real—in some unexpected places: war, magic, and porn.
2017x621
621 - Fear and Loathing in Homer and Rockville
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Two towns grapple with the question—who do we let in?
2017x622
622 - Who You Gonna Call?
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Stories of lucky people who have found the exact right person to ring up for help.
2017x623
623 - We Are in the Future
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Afrofuturism is a way of looking at black culture that’s fantastic, creative, and oddly hopeful.
2017x624
624 - Private Geography
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What Betsy DeVos's experience in a public school in her hometown can tell us about her vision for education in this country.
2017x625
625 - Essay B
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In 1967, the first black students integrated the South’s elite prep schools. One of the main reasons they were there? To benefit the white kids.
2017x626
626 - White Haze
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What should we make of right-wing groups like the Proud Boys, who believe “the West is the best”?
2017x627
627 - Suitable for Children
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Neil Drumming looks back at a toy he loved that, in retrospect, probably wouldn’t love him back.
2017x628
628 - In the Shadow of the City 2017
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Stories that take place on the edge of civilization, just out of sight.
2017x629
629 - Expect Delays
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Stories about delays, including a town in Ohio known almost entirely for its speed trap.
2017x630
630 - Things I Mean to Know
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Stories of people trying to unspool some of life’s certainties.
2017x631
631 - So a Monkey and a Horse Walk Into a Bar
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Blurring the line between animal and human.
2017x632
632 - Our Town - Part One
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What really happened when undocumented workers showed up in one Alabama town?
2017x633
633 - Our Town - Part Two
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When an Alabama town went from 98% white to one-fourth Latino, what did it mean for taxpayers, schools, traffic, crime? 
2017x634
634 - Human Error in Volatile Situations
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People bungle simple operations on some of the most dangerous weapons in the world.