This American Life (Radio)

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2018
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635 - Chip in My Brain
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A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in.
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636 - I Thought It Would Be Easier
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A year into Trump’s presidency, stories of politicians—of both parties—unable to accomplish tasks that seem pretty straightforward.
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637 - Words You Can't Say
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People who say the “wrong” thing and suffer the consequences.
2018x638
638 - Rom-Com
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Stories about surviving the mishaps of love.
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639 - In Dog We Trust
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Exactly how much are the animals that live in our home caught up in everyday family dynamics?
2018x640
640 - Five Women
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A different kind of #MeToo story, about several women who worked for the same man.
2018x641
641 - The Walls
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Stories from border walls all over the world, and of the strange ecosystems that arise around them.
2018x642
642 - The Impossible Dream
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Before he leaves the Senate for good, Republican Jeff Flake is trying to get a bill passed.
2018x643
643 - Damned If You Do…
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People having to make a choice, when no good options exist.
2018x644
644 - Random Acts of History
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Stories about people who accidentally bump into unsettling facts of history.
2018x645
645 - My Effing First Amendment
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Conservative students don't feel like their ideas are welcome on campus. So they're fighting back.
2018x646
646 - The Secret of My Death
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The clues people find when trying to make sense of a death.
2018x647
647 - LaDonna
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A security guard at the airport notices something going wrong on the tarmac, and takes it upon herself to fix it. 
2018x648
648 - Unteachable Moment
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People trying to learn something when no one is clear what the lesson is supposed to be. 
2018x649
649 - It's My Party and I'll Try If I Want To
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Before Democrats slug it out with Republicans, they’re slugging out with each other.
2018x650
650 - Change You Can Maybe Believe In
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Radical change comes to an Argentinian talk show.
2018x651
651 - If You Build It, Will They Come?
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A young preacher opens a new church.
2018x652
652 - ICE Capades
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Dispatches from a government agency in its tumultuous teenage years. 
2018x653
653 - Crime Scene
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Every crime scene hides a story. 
2018x654
654 - The Feather Heist
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A flute player steals a million dollars worth of dead birds. 
2018x655
655 - The Not-So-Great Unknown
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What happens when an astronaut who's not really into outer space goes to the moon.
2018x656
656 - Let Me Count the Ways
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The quiet bureaucratic war that’s even targeting legal immigrants.
2018x657
657 - The Runaways
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A bunch of teenagers go missing from a town in Long Island. 
2018x658
658 - The Unhappy Deciders
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Zoe Chace followed Senator Jeff Flake as he decided to force the Senate to delay its vote on Judge Kavanaugh.
2018x659
659 - Before the Next One
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People taking what they’ve learned from school shootings and try to use that knowledge to save others.
2018x660
660 - Hoaxing Yourself
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Stories of people who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else does. 
2018x661
661 - But That's What Happened
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Stories of women in unsettling situations, who are told that there’s nothing unsettling at all.
2018x662
662 - Where There Is A Will
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Stories of people who believe there is always a way. And also those who don't.
2018x663
663 - How I Read It
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Documents you don't normally think of, showing you things you didn't expect.
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664 - The Room of Requirement
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