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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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605: Kid Logic

May 15, 2022

Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
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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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769: The Reluctant Explorer

May 1, 2022

A man finds himself thrust into a new world he didn’t necessarily ask to visit. He takes a look around.
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768: The Other Front Lines

April 24, 2022

Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
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767: Do Not Go Gentle

April 10, 2022

In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from Hungary and Russia.
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766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!

April 3, 2022

People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution. 
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765: Off Course

March 20, 2022

Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
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764: School's Out Forever

March 13, 2022

The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
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763: The Other Mr. President

February 27, 2022

Stories about Vladimir Putin. Did he come to power in 1999 by killing hundreds of innocent Russians? How’s he really seen in his home country? This show is a mix of old and new stories we’ve done about him. 
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762: Apocalypse Creep

February 13, 2022

A woman wakes up and discovers her backyard has disappeared, and other stories from places slowly coming apart.
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