This American Life (Stories)

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  • Host: Ira Glass
  • Ira Glass combines documentary journalism with other kinds of storytelling: radio monologues, found tapes, short fiction and interviews. Sidestepping sensationalism, Ira and his staff serve up narrative epics that pinpoint, in the tradition of Studs Terkel, the unusual and poetic in the everyday.
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#395: Middle of the Night

Sun, Nov 29 Listen
Stories of people who are up while the rest of us are sleeping—some for work, some for play, and some for a free sandwich

#369: Poultry Slam 2008

Sun, Nov 22 Listen
Stories about the powerful combination of chickens, faith and God in our not-quite-annual, all new for 2008, Poultry Slam. (Special note to chicken enthusiasts: the show's name is a pun on Chicago's Poetry Slam.)

#233: Starting from Scratch

Sun, Nov 15 Listen
Stories of people starting over, sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.

#394: Bait and Switch

Sun, Nov 8 Listen
Stories about people who take the bait, and those who place it. Including the story of man who tries to investigate a neighborhood crime and ends up in jail himself. And the story of the pitfalls of luring customers to a make-believe pizza delivery place.

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