This American Life Archive

408: Island Time 21.05.2010 ↓

Blanketing a country in aid and money has never really worked so well. Is there a chance things could be different in Haiti?

407: The Bridge 07.05.2010 ↓

Stories of bridges from three different countries, including one in China that's famous for its massive size and its high suicide rate.

406: True Urban Legends 23.04.2010 ↓

Can a rat crawl through your plumbing and end up in your toilet?

405: Inside Job 09.04.2010 ↓

The inside story of one company that made hundreds of millions of dollars for itself while worsening the financial crisis for the rest of us.

404: Enemy Camp (2010) 02.04.2010 ↓

Living behind enemy lines, among the enemy, it's sometimes hard to remember why you're fighting in the first place.

403: NUMMI (2010) 26.03.2010 ↓

A car plant in Fremont California that might have saved the U.S. car industry.

402: Save the Day 12.03.2010 ↓

Stories about one person single-handedly taking charge of a situation gone wrong.

401: Parent Trap 19.02.2010 ↓

A chimp is raised twice—once as a human child, and again as a chimp.

400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents 12.02.2010 ↓

We try to turn their random ideas into actual stories.

399: Contents Unknown 22.01.2010 ↓

A man finds himself in a train station in India, with no idea how he got there or who he is. That, and other stories of filling in the blank.

398: Long Shot 08.01.2010 ↓

Stories of people betting on something with very bad odds.

397: 2010 01.01.2010 ↓

We asked our contributors to predict real events that will happen to them and the people they know in 2010.

396: #1 Party School 18.12.2009 ↓

The show goes to Penn State to report on tailgating, frat parties, and other alcohol-induced mayhem.

395: Middle of the Night 27.11.2009 ↓

Stories of people who are up while the rest of us are sleeping.

394: Bait and Switch 06.11.2009 ↓

The story of man who tries to investigate a neighborhood crime and ends up in jail himself.

393: Infidelity 30.10.2009 ↓

Stories of cheating, cheaters and the cheated.

392: Someone Else's Money 16.10.2009 ↓

A deeper look inside the health insurance industry and the dark side of prescription drug coupons.

391: More Is Less 09.10.2009 ↓

An hour explaining the American health care system—specifically, why it is that costs keep rising.

390: Return To The Giant Pool of Money 25.09.2009 ↓

We mark the anniversary of the economic collapse.

389: Frenemies 11.09.2009 ↓

Tales of estranged sisters, BFFs breaking up, and how reality stars walk the fine line between making friends and getting famous.

388: Rest Stop 04.09.2009 ↓

Nine radio reporters. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway.

387: Arms Trader (2009) 07.08.2009 ↓

The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man suspected of being an illegal arms dealer.

386: Fine Print 24.07.2009 ↓

Stories where the fine print changes everything, whether you read it or not.

385: Pro Se 10.07.2009 ↓

It's tempting to act as your own lawyer, to argue your own cause.

384: Fall Guy 26.06.2009 ↓

When things go wrong, it's easy to pin it all on one person and watch them go down in flames.