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This American Life

 

Built around the innovative vision of Ira Glass, this program documents and describes contemporary America. Using radio monologues, mini-documentaries, “found tape,” and unusual music, it is radio storytelling at its best.

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Saturday, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
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777: Name. Age. Detail.

August 14, 2022

Ten people were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. Their stories, as you’ve never heard them.
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625: Essay B

August 7, 2022

In 1967, the first two Black students were enrolled at an all-white private boarding school in Virginia. The main reason they were there? To benefit the white kids.
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776: I Work Better on Deadline

July 31, 2022

Stories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Will they make it? 
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109: Notes on Camp

July 24, 2022

People who love summer camp say that non-camp people simply don't understand what's so amazing about it. We attempt to bridge this gap of misunderstanding between camp people and non-camp people.
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775: The Possum Experiment

July 10, 2022

An investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good?
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774: The Pink House at the Center of the World

July 3, 2022

The Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade began with a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi abortion clinic. On the day Roe was overturned, we were there. Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened.
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773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points

June 19, 2022

Getting from A to B via Z.
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772: The Kids' Table

June 5, 2022

Kids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups.
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771: The Parents Step In

May 29, 2022

Government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in: parents whose kids have died in mass shootings, in the wake of each shooting. They take practical, effective action — and they get results.
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770: My Lying Eyes

May 8, 2022

People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
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