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This American Life Archive — 883 episodes
883: Call Your Parents
882: Give a Little Whistle
881: I Want What I Want
880: What Is Your Emergency?
879: A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar
878: New Lore Drop
877: The Making Of
876: Bigger Than Me
875: I Hate Mysteries
873: Got You Pegged
874: Under One Roof
872: Winners
871: The Thing About Things
869: Harold
870: My Other Self
868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel
867: College Disorientation
866: Watch Out for That Tree
865: The Other Territory
864: Chicago Hope
863: Championship Window
862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore
861: Group Chat
860: Suddenly: A Mirror!
859: Chaos Graph
858: How to Tell a Dumb American Story
857: Museum of Now
856: You’ve Come to the Right Person
855: That’s a Weird Thing to Lie About
854: Ten Things I Don't Want to Hate About You
853: Groundhog Day
852: Pivot Point
851: Try a Little Tenderness
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away
849: The Narrator
848: The Official Unofficial Record
847: The Truly Incredible Story of Keiko the Killer Whale
846: This Is the Cake We Baked
845: A Small Thing That Gives Me a Tiny Shred of Hope
844: This Is the Case of Henry Dee
843: A Little Bit of Power
842: 51 Days
841: My Senior Year
840: How Are You Not Seeing This?
839: Meet Me at the Fair
838: Letters! Actual Letters!
837: Swim Towards the Shark
836: The Big Rethink
835: Children of Dave
834: Yousef and the Fourth Move
833: Come Retribution
832: That Other Guy
831: Lists!!!
830: The Forever Trial
829: Two Ledgers
828: Minor Crimes Division
827: All the King's Horses
826: Unprepared for What Has Already Happened
825: Yousef’s Week
824: Family Meeting
823: The Question Trap
822: The Words to Say It
821: Embrace the Suck
819: Yousef’s Week
820: It Wouldn’t Be Make-Believe If You’d Believe In Me
818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
817: The Cavalry Is Not Coming
816: Poultry Slam
815: How I Learned to Shave
814: Parents Are People
813: Is That What I Look Like?
812: The Bear at the End of the Tunnel
811: The One Place I Can’t Go
810: Say It to My Face
809: The Call
808: The Rest of the Story
807: Eight Fights
806: I Can't Quit You, Baby
805: The Florida Experiment
804: The Retrievals
802: Father's Day
803: Greetings, People Of Earth
801: Must Be Rats on the Brain
800: Jane Doe
798: Leaving the Fold
799: The Lives of Others
797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking
796: What Lies Beneath
795: Nine Months Later
794: So Close and Yet So Far
793: The Problem with Ghosts
792: When to Leave
791: Math or Magic?
790: You're It
789: The Runaround
787: Baby's First Christmas
788: Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom
786: It's a Game Show!
785: Through the Looking Glass
784: Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map
783: Kids These Days
782: Family Dig
781: Watching the Watchers
780: Setting the Record Straight
779: Ends of the Earth
778: Me Minus Me
777: Name. Age. Detail.
776: I Work Better on Deadline
774: The Pink House at the Center of the World
775: The Possum Experiment
773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points
771: The Parents Step In
772: The Kids' Table
770: My Lying Eyes
769: The Reluctant Explorer
768: The Other Front Lines
767: Do Not Go Gentle
766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!
765: Off Course
764: School's Out Forever
763: The Other Mr. President
762: Apocalypse Creep
761: The Trojan Horse Affair
760: A City Walks Into an Investigation
759: A Couple Walks Into a House
757: The Ghost in the Machine
758: Talking While Black
756: But I Did Everything Right
755: The Convert
754: Spark Bird
753: What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate
752: An Invitation to Tea
751: Audience of One
750: The Ferryman
749: My Bad
747: Suitable for Children
748: The End of the World as We Know It
745: Getting Out
746: This Is Just Some Songs
744: Essential
743: Don't You Be My Neighbor
742: The Thing I'm Getting Over
741: The Weight of Words
740: There. I Fixed It.
739: Sisters
738: Good Grief!
737: The Daily
736: The Herd
735: Bloody Feelings
734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled
733: Warriors in the Garden
732: Secrets
731: What Lies Beneath (2021)
730: The Empty Chair
729: Making the Cut
728: Lights, Camera, Christmas!
727: Boulder v. Hill
726: Twenty-Five
725: Turkey in a Face Mask
724: Personal Recount
723: Squeaker
722: The Unreality of Now
721: The Walls Close In
720: The Moment After This Moment
719: Trust Me I’m a Doctor
718: Same Bed, Different Dreams (2020)
717: Audience of One (2020)
716: Trail of Tears
715: Long-Awaited Asteroid Finally Hits Earth
714: Day at the Beach
713: Made to Be Broken
712: Nice White Parents
711: How to Be Alone
710: Umbrellas Down
709: The Reprieve
708: Here, Again
707: We Are in the Future
706: A Mess to Be Reckoned With
705: Time Out
704: Our Pulitzer-Winning Episode
703: Stuck!
702: One Last Thing Before I Go
701: Black Box
700: Embiggening
699: Fiasco!
698: The Test
697: Alone Together
696: Low Hum of Menace
695: Everyone's a Critic
694: Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
693: Abdi the American
692: The Show of Delights
691: Gardens of Branching Paths
690: Too Close to Home
689: Digging Up the Bones
688: The Out Crowd
687: Small Things Considered
686: Umbrellas Up
685: We Come From Small Places
684: Burn It Down
683: Beer Summit
682: Ten Sessions
681: Escape From the Lab
680: The Weight Of Words (2019)
679: Save the Girl
678: The Wannabes
677: Seeing Yourself In the Wild
676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid
675: I’m on TV??
674: Get a Spine!
673: Left Behind
672: No Fair!
671: Anything Can Be Anything
670: Beware the Jabberwock
669: Scrambling to Get Off the Ice
668: The Long Fuse
667: Wartime Radio
666: The Theme That Shall Not Be Named
665: Before Things Went to Hell
664: The Room of Requirement
663: How I Read It
662: Where There Is a Will
660: Hoaxing Yourself
661: But That's What Happened
658: The Unhappy Deciders
659: Before the Next One
657: The Runaways
656: Let Me Count the Ways
655: The Not-So-Great Unknown
654: The Feather Heist
653: Crime Scene
652: ICE Capades
651: If You Build It, Will They Come?
650: Change You Can Maybe Believe In
649: It's My Party and I'll Try If I Want To
648: Unteachable Moment
647: LaDonna
646: The Secret of My Death
645: My Effing First Amendment
644: Random Acts of History
643: Damned If You Do…
642: The Impossible Dream
641: The Walls
640: Five Women
639: In Dog We Trust
638: Rom-Com
637: Words You Can't Say
636: I Thought It Would Be Easier
635: Chip in My Brain
634: Human Error in Volatile Situations
633: Our Town - Part Two
632: Our Town - Part One
631: So a Monkey and a Horse Walk Into a Bar
630: Things I Mean to Know
629: Expect Delays
628: In the Shadow of the City
627: Suitable for Children (2017)
626: White Haze
625: Essay B
624: Private Geography
623: We Are in the Future (2017)
622: Who You Gonna Call?
621: Fear and Loathing in Homer and Rockville
620: To Be Real
619: The Magic Show
618: Mr. Lie Detector
617: Fermi’s Paradox
616: I Am Not a Pirate
615: The Beginning of Now
614: The Other Mr. President (2017)
613: OK, I’ll Do It
612: Ask a Grown-Up
611: Vague and Confused
610: Grand Gesture
609: It’s Working Out Very Nicely
608: The Revolution Starts At Noon
607: Didn’t We Solve This One?
606: Just What I Wanted
605: Kid Logic
604: 20 Years Later
603: Once More, With Feeling
602: The Sun Comes Up
601: Master of Her Domain… Name
600: Will I Know Anyone at This Party?
599: Seriously?
598: My Undesirable Talent
597: One Last Thing Before I Go (2016)
596: Becoming a Badger
595: Deep End of the Pool
594: My Summer Self
593: Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee
592: Are We There Yet?
591: Get Your Money's Worth
590: Choosing Wrong
589: Tell Me I’m Fat
588: Mind Games (2016)
587: The Perils of Intimacy
586: Who Do We Think We Are?
585: In Defense of Ignorance
584: For Your Reconsideration
583: It’ll Make Sense When You’re Older
582: When the Beasts Come Marching In
581: Anatomy of Doubt
580: That's One Way to Do It
579: My Damn Mind
578: I Thought I Knew You
577: Something Only I Can See
576: Say Yes To Christmas
575: Poetry of Propaganda
574: Sinatra’s 100th Birthday
573: Status Update
572: Transformers
571: The Heart Wants What It Wants
570: The Night in Question
569: Put a Bow on It
568: Human Spectacle
567: What’s Going On In There?
566: The Land of Make Believe
565: Lower 9 + 10
564: Too Soon?
563: The Problem We All Live With - Part Two
562: The Problem We All Live With - Part One
561: NUMMI (2015)
560: Abdi and the Golden Ticket
559: Captain's Log
558: Game Face
557: Birds & Bees
556: Same Bed, Different Dreams
555: The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind
554: Not It!
553: Stuck in the Middle
552: Need To Know Basis
551: Good Guys 2015
550: Three Miles
549: Amateur Hour
548: Cops See It Differently - Part Two
547: Cops See It Differently - Part One
546: Burroughs 101
545: If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS
544: Batman
543: Wake Up Now
542: Wait—Do You Have The Map?
541: Regrets, I've Had a Few
540: A Front
539: The Leap
538: Is This Working?
537: The Alibi
536: The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra
535: Origin Story
534: A Not-So-Simple Majority
533: It's Not the Product, It's the Person
532: Magic Words
531: Got Your Back
530: Mind Your Own Business
529: Human Spectacle 2014
528: The Radio Drama Episode
527: 180 Degrees
526: Is That What I Look Like? (2014)
525: Call For Help
524: I Was So High
523: Death and Taxes
522: Tarred and Feathered
521: Bad Baby
520: No Place Like Home
519: Dead Men Tell No Tales
518: Except For That One Thing
517: Day at the Beach (2014)
516: Stuck In The Middle (2014)
515: Good Guys
514: Thought That Counts
513: 129 Cars
512: House Rules
511: The Seven Things You’re Not Supposed to Talk About
510: Fiasco! (2013)
509: It Says So Right Here
508: Superpowers
507: Confessions
506: Secret Identity
505: Use Only as Directed
504: How I Got Into College
503: I Was Just Trying To Help
502: This Call May Be Recorded... To Save Your Life
501: The View From In Here
500: 500!
499: Taking Names
498: The One Thing You're Not Supposed To Do
497: This Week
496: When Patents Attack... Part Two!
495: Hot In My Backyard
494: Hit the Road
493: Picture Show
492: Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde
491: Tribes
490: Trends With Benefits
489: No Coincidence, No Story!
488: Harper High School - Part Two
487: Harper High School - Part One
486: Valentine’s Day
485: Surrogates
484: Doppelgängers
483: Self-Improvement Kick
482: Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2012)
481: This Week
480: Animal Sacrifice
479: Little War on the Prairie
478: Red State Blue State
477: Getting Away With It
476: What Doesn’t Kill You
475: Send a Message
474: Back to School
473: Loopholes
472: Our Friend David
471: The Convert (2012)
470: Show Me the Way
469: Hiding in Plain Sight
468: Switcheroo
467: Americans in China
466: Blackjack
465: What Happened at Dos Erres
464: Invisible Made Visible
463: Mortal Vs. Venial
462: Own Worst Enemy
461: Take the Money and Run for Office
460: Retraction
459: What Kind of Country
458: Play the Part
457: What I Did For Love
456: Reap What You Sow
455: Continental Breakup
454: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory (Promo)
453: Nemeses
452: Poultry Slam 2011
451: Back to Penn State
450: So Crazy It Just Might Work
449: Middle School
448: Adventure!
447: The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms
446: Living Without (2011)
445: Ten Years In
444: Gossip
443: Amusement Park
442: Thugs
441: When Patents Attack!
440: Game Changer
439: A House Divided
438: Father's Day 2011
437: Old Boys Network
436: The Psychopath Test
435: How To Create a Job
434: This Week
433: Fine Print 2011
432: Know When To Fold ‘Em
431: See No Evil
430: Very Tough Love
429: Will They Know Me Back Home?
428: Oh You Shouldn't Have
427: Original Recipe
426: Tough Room 2011
425: Slow To React
424: Kid Politics
423: The Invention of Money
422: Comedians of Christmas Comedy Special
421: Last Man Standing
420: Neighborhood Watch
419: Petty Tyrant
418: Toxie
417: This Party Sucks
416: Iraq After Us
415: Crybabies
414: Right to Remain Silent
413: Georgia Rambler
412: Million Dollar Idea
411: First Contact
410: Social Contract
409: Held Hostage
408: Island Time
407: The Bridge
406: True Urban Legends
405: Inside Job
404: Enemy Camp (2010)
403: NUMMI (2010)
402: Save the Day
401: Parent Trap
400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents
399: Contents Unknown
398: Long Shot
397: 2010
396: #1 Party School
395: Middle of the Night
394: Bait and Switch
393: Infidelity
392: Someone Else's Money
391: More Is Less
390: Return To The Giant Pool of Money
389: Frenemies
388: Rest Stop
387: Arms Trader (2009)
386: Fine Print
385: Pro Se
384: Fall Guy
383: Origin Story (2009)
382: The Watchmen
381: Turncoat
380: No Map
379: Return to the Scene of the Crime
378: This I Used to Believe
377: Scenes From a Recession
376: Wrong Side of History
375: Bad Bank
374: Somewhere Out There
373: The New Boss
372: The Inauguration Show
371: Scenes From a Mall
370: Ruining It for the Rest of Us
369: Poultry Slam 2008
368: Who Do You Think You Are?
367: Ground Game
366: A Better Mousetrap (2008)
365: Another Frightening Show About the Economy
364: Going Big
363: Enforcers
362: Got You Pegged (2008)
361: Fear of Sleep
360: Switched at Birth
359: Life After Death
358: Social Engineering
357: The Truth Will Out
356: The Prosecutor
355: The Giant Pool of Money
354: Mistakes Were Made
353: The Audacity of Government
352: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
351: Return to Childhood
350: Human Resources
349: Valentine’s Day 2008
348: Tough Room
347: Matchmakers
346: Home Alone
345: Ties That Bind
344: The Competition
343: Poultry Slam 2007
342: How to Rest in Peace
341: How to Talk to Kids
340: The Devil in Me
339: Break-Up
338: The Spokesman
337: Man vs. History
336: Who Can You Save?
335: Big Wide World
334: Duty Calls
333: The Center for Lessons Learned
332: The Ten Commandments
331: Habeas Schmabeas (2007)
330: My Reputation
329: Nice Work If You Can Get It
328: What I Learned from Television
327: By Proxy
326: Quiz Show
325: Houses of Ill Repute
324: My Brilliant Plan
323: The Super
322: Shouting Across the Divide
321: Sink or Swim
320: What’s In A Number? — 2006 Edition
319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
318: With Great Power
317: Unconditional Love
316: The Cat Came Back
315: The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig
314: It's Never Over
313: Parental Guidance Suggested
312: How We Talked Back Then
311: A Better Mousetrap (2006)
310: Habeas Schmabeas
309: Cat and Mouse
308: Star-Crossed Love
307: In the Shadow of the City (2006)
306: Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time
305: The This American Life Holiday Spectacular
304: Heretics
303: David and Goliath
302: Strangers in a Strange Land
301: Settling the Score
300: What’s In A Number?
299: Back from the Dead
298: Getting and Spending
297: This Is Not My Beautiful House
296: After the Flood
295: Not What I Signed Up For
294: Image Makers
293: A Little Bit of Knowledge
292: The Arms Trader (2005)
291: Reunited (And It Feels So Good)
290: Godless America
289: Go Ask Your Father
288: Not What I Meant
287: Backed Into A Corner
286: Mind Games
285: Know Your Enemy
284: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
283: Remember Me
282: DIY
281: My Big Break
280: In Country
279: Auto Show
278: Spies Like Us
277: Apology
276: Swing Set
275: Two Steps Back
274: Enemy Camp (2004)
273: Put Your Heart In It
272: Big Tent
271: Best Interests
270: Family Legend
269: Someone to Watch Over Me
268: My Experimental Phase
267: Propriety
266: I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help
265: Fake Science
264: Special Treatment
263: Desperate Measures
262: Miracle Cures
261: The Sanctity of Marriage
260: The Facts Don’t Matter
259: Promised Land
258: Leaving the Fold (2004)
257: What I Should’ve Said
256: Living Without (2004)
255: Our Holiday Gift-Giving Guide
254: Teenage Embed, Part Two
253: The Middle of Nowhere
252: Poultry Slam 2003
251: Brother’s Keeper
250: The Annoying Gap Between Theory...and Practice
249: Garbage
248: Like It or Not
247: What Is This Thing?
246: My Pen Pal
245: Allure of the Mean Friend
244: MacGyver
243: Later That Same Day
242: Enemy Camp
241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes
240: I’m In Charge Now
239: Lost in America
238: Lost in Translation
237: Regime Change
236: My Two Cents
235: The Balloon Goes Up
234: Say Anything
233: Starting From Scratch
232: The Real Story
231: Time to Save the World
230: Come Back to Afghanistan
229: Secret Government
228: You Are So Beautiful…To Me
227: Why We Fight
226: Reruns
225: Home Movies
224: Middlemen
223: Classifieds
222: Suckers
221: Fake I.D.
220: Testosterone
219: High Speed Chase
218: Act V
217: Give It to Them
216: Give the People What They Want
215: Ask An Expert
214: Family Physics
213: Devil on My Shoulder
212: The Other Man
211: Naming Names
210: Perfect Evidence
209: Didn’t Ask to Be Born
208: Office Politics
207: Special Ed
206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
205: Plan B
204: 81 Words
203: Recordings for Someone
202: Faith
201: Them
200: Hearts and Minds
199: House on Loon Lake
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People
197: Before It Had A Name
196: Rashomon
195: War Stories
194: Before and After
193: Stories of Loss
192: Meet the Pros
191: I Know What You Did This Summer
190: Living the Dream
189: Hitler’s Yacht
188: Kid Logic (2001)
187: Father's Day '01
186: Prom
185: Golden Calf
184: Neighbors
183: The Missing Parents Bureau
182: Cringe
181: The Friendly Man
180: Return to Childhood 2001
179: Cicero
178: Superpowers
177: American Limbo
176: Two Nations, One President
175: Babysitting
174: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones
173: Three Kinds of Deception
172: 24 Hours at the Golden Apple
171: Election
170: Immigration
169: Pursuit of Happiness
168: The Fix Is In
167: Memo to the People of the Future
166: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
165: Americans in Paris
164: Crime Scene (2000)
163: Can You Fight City Hall…If You Are City Hall?
162: Moving
161: Million Bubbles
160: Character Assassination
159: Mother’s Day
158: Mob Mentality
157: Secret Life of Daytime
156: What Remains
155: Hoaxing Yourself (2000)
154: In Dog We Trust (2000)
153: Dolls
152: Crush
151: Primary
150: Kids As Adults
149: Bedside Diplomacy
148: The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Suit
147: A Teenager's Guide to God
146: Urban Nature
145: Poultry Slam 1999
144: Where Words Fail
143: Sentencing
142: Barbara
141: Invisible Worlds
140: Family Business
139: Ghosts of Elections Past
138: The Real Thing
137: The Book That Changed Your Life
136: You Are Here
135: Allure of Crime
134: We Didn’t
133: Sales
132: Father’s Day ‘99
131: The Kids Are Alright
130: Away From Home
129: Advice
128: Four Corners
127: Pimp Anthropology
126: Do-Gooders
125: Apocalypse
124: Welcome to America
123: High Cost of Living
122: Valentine’s Day ’99
121: Twentieth Century Man
120: Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be
119: Lockup
118: What You Lookin’ At?
117: You Gonna Eat That?
116: Poultry Slam 1998
115: First Day
114: Last Words
113: Windfall
112: Ladies and Germs
111: Adventures in the Simple Life
110: Mapping
109: Notes on Camp
108: Truth and Lies at Age Ten
107: Trail of Tears (1998)
106: Father’s Day ‘98
105: Take A Negro Home
104: Music Lessons
103: Scenes from A Transplant
102: Road Trip!
101: Niagara
100: Radio
99: I Enjoy Being A Girl, Sort Of
98: Throwing the First Punch
97: Death to Wacky
96: Pinned by History
95: Monogamy
94: How To
93: Valentine’s Day ’98
92: Leave the Mask On
91: Escape the Box
90: Telephone
89: Sibling Rivalry
88: Numbers
87: A Very Special Sedaris Christmas
86: How to Take Money from Strangers
85: Poultry Slam 1997
84: Harold (1997)
83: One of Us
82: Haunted
81: Guns
80: Running After Antelope
79: Stuck in the Wrong Decade
78: How Bad Is Bad?
77: Pray
76: Mob
75: Kindness of Strangers
74: Conventions
73: Blame It on Art
72: Trek
71: Defying Sickness
70: Other People's Mail
69: Dream House
68: Lincoln's Second Inaugural
67: Your Dream, My Nightmare
66: Tales from the Net
65: Who's Canadian?
64: Summer
63: One Thing
62: Something for Nothing
61: Fiasco! (1997)
60: Business of Death
59: Fire
58: Small Towns
57: Delivery
56: Name Change
55: Three Women and the Sex Industry
54: Sinatra
53: Valentine’s Day ‘97
52: Edge of Sanity
51: Animals Die, People Ponder
50: Shoulda Been Dead
49: Animals
48: Justice
47: Christmas and Commerce
46: Sissies
45: Media Fringe
44: Poultry Slam 1996
43: Faustian Bargains
42: Get Over It!
41: Politics
40: Lessons
39: Halloween
38: Simulated Worlds
37: The Job That Takes Over Your Life
36: Letters
35: Fall Clearance Sale
34: Democratic Convention
33: A Night at the Wiener Circle
32: Republican Convention
31: When You Talk About Music
30: Obsession
29: Bob Dole
28: Detectives
27: The Cruelty of Children
26: Father's Day '96
25: Basketball
24: Teenaged Girls
23: Drama Bug
22: Adult Children
21: Factions
20: From A Distance
19: Rich Guys
18: Liars
17: Name Change / No Theme
16: Economy
15: Dawn
14: Accidental Documentaries
13: Love
12: Animals
11: Enemies
10: Double Lives
9: Julia Sweeney
8: New Year
7: Quitting
6: Christmas
5: Anger and Forgiveness
4: Vacations
3: Poultry Slam 1995
2: Small Scale Sin
1: New Beginnings