This American Life Archive

358: Social Engineering 27.06.2008 ↓

Stories of social engineering on a small scale.

357: The Truth Will Out 13.06.2008 ↓

Stories of concealed truths bubbling to the surface, including a new story by Etgar Keret.

356: The Prosecutor 30.05.2008 ↓

Things go badly for the lead prosecutor in one of the first high-profile terrorist cases since 9/11.

355: The Giant Pool of Money 09.05.2008 ↓

The surprisingly entertaining story of how the U.S. got itself into a housing crisis.

354: Mistakes Were Made 18.04.2008 ↓

Freezing dead people so scientists can reanimate them in the future is a lot harder than it sounds.

353: The Audacity of Government 28.03.2008 ↓

Stories of the Bush Administration's quest to redefine the limits of presidential power.

352: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar 14.03.2008 ↓

In 1912, a four-year-old boy went missing in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found. But two grief-stricken mothers both claimed the same boy as their own.

351: Return to Childhood 07.03.2008 ↓

People who try to revisit their childhoods—what they find and what they do not find.

350: Human Resources 29.02.2008 ↓

Teachers tell us about a secret room in the New York City Board of Education building called "the rubber room."

349: Valentine’s Day 2008 15.02.2008 ↓

Stories about couples that happen decades after the moment their eyes meet.

348: Tough Room 08.02.2008 ↓

We go into the writers' room at The Onion, where they start with over 600 potential headlines for their fake-news newspaper each week.

347: Matchmakers 18.01.2008 ↓

Making a lasting love match isn't as simple as writing a check.

346: Home Alone 21.12.2007 ↓

A 79-year-old woman dies alone in Los Angeles. No one knows her—or her next of kin.

345: Ties That Bind 14.12.2007 ↓

A girl receives a heart transplant from a boy her age, and her mother sets off to find out more about the kid who saved her daughter's life.

344: The Competition 30.11.2007 ↓

Stories of the unintended consequences of market forces.

343: Poultry Slam 2007 23.11.2007 ↓

Our annual program about turkeys, chickens, and fowl of all types.

342: How to Rest in Peace 02.11.2007 ↓

What happens to the people left behind after the detectives close the case?

341: How to Talk to Kids 05.10.2007 ↓

Stories of adults taking very different approaches to communicating with children.

340: The Devil in Me 07.09.2007 ↓

Stories of people trying to exorcize their inner demons.

339: Break-Up 24.08.2007 ↓

Stories from the heart of heartbreak.

338: The Spokesman 10.08.2007 ↓

Stories of what can happen when you go from being a private person to a public face.

337: Man vs. History 27.07.2007 ↓

Stories about people taking history into their own hands.

336: Who Can You Save? 06.07.2007 ↓

Stories about the pitfalls of trying to do the right thing.

335: Big Wide World 15.06.2007 ↓

When he was a teenager, Haider worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was treated like a celebrity.

334: Duty Calls 01.06.2007 ↓

Josh's family didn't play much of a role in his daily life—until duty called, and they took over his life.