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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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#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.

#393: Infidelity

Sun, Nov 1 Listen
Stories of cheating, cheaters and the cheated. Writer James Braly with a story about temptation, Dani Shapiro on being the mistress, and more.

#213: Devil on My Shoulder

Sun, Oct 25 Listen
Stories of people who are trying to convince you that the Devil is there, whispering in your ear... and stories of people who try to deny he's there, against some very heavy evidence.

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