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#175: Babysitting 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Stories of babysitters, and what goes on while mom and dad are away that mom and dad never find out about. Including the story of two teenagers who decide to invent children to babysit, as an excuse t...
#503: I Was Just Trying To Help 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Stories of people doing the noble thing and stepping up to help, only to find out that others think what they're doing isn't helping at all. Planet Money looks at a charity that's decided to just give...
#502: This Call May Be Recorded... To Save Your Life 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A journalist named Meron Estefanos gets a disturbing tip. She's given a phone number that supposedly belongs to a group of refugees being held hostage in the Sinai desert. She dials the number, and so...
#501: The View From In Here 29 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
It's so easy to lose perspective (or worry you've lost perspective) when you're deep inside some situation. For instance, an American woman who suddenly trades her life for one in a place most people ...
#109: Notes on Camp 22 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
Stories of summer camp. People who love camp say that non-camp people simply don't understand what's so amazing about camp. In this program, we attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between ca...
#500: 500! 15 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
To celebrate our 500th episode, Ira asked the producers of This American Life to talk about their very favorite moments on the show. Some chose stories that've been more or less forgotten for years; o...
#466: Blackjack 8 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
Stories about the casino game everyone thinks they can beat. In one, a woman gambles away her inheritance and then sues the casino, saying they're to blame. In another, Christians join forces to take ...
#499: Taking Names 1 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
The truly incredible story of a guy named Kirk Johnson who started a list of hundreds of Iraqis who needed to get out of their country. They were getting death threats, and he was their only hope. Onl...
#498: The One Thing You're Not Supposed To Do 24 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
This week, stories about people who know something's a bad idea, but convince themselves to do that thing anyway. Including the story of a bunch of illegal immigrants who turn themselves in to the U.S...
#497: This Week 17 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
This week we return to one of our favorite themes: This Week! All of the stories in the show are things that have taken place in the last seven days. We've got our own take on the big, national storie...
