This American Life Archive

208: Office Politics 15.03.2002 ↓

High drama from our nation's workplaces.

207: Special Ed 08.03.2002 ↓

Stories about people who were told that they're different.

206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea 01.03.2002 ↓

Life aboard an aircraft carrier stationed in the Arabian Sea supporting bombing missions over Afghanistan.

205: Plan B 01.02.2002 ↓

There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing.

204: 81 Words 18.01.2002 ↓

How the American Psychiatric Association decided that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.

203: Recordings for Someone 11.01.2002 ↓

Personal recordings one person made for just one other person.

202: Faith 21.12.2001 ↓

Stories of faith: losing it, talking about it, constructing it, and working within it.

201: Them 07.12.2001 ↓

In a time of war, when we're all feeling a heightened sense of "us" and "them," we wanted to take up the problem of "them."

200: Hearts and Minds 30.11.2001 ↓

Of all the wars to win, perhaps the propaganda war is the hardest.

199: House on Loon Lake 16.11.2001 ↓

A young boy, an abandoned house, and the mysterious family who disappeared without a trace.

198: How to Win Friends and Influence People 02.11.2001 ↓

People climbing to be number one. How do they do it?

197: Before It Had A Name 26.10.2001 ↓

In 1946, a man started to investigate the Holocaust before it was known as the Holocaust, gathering the first recorded testimonials of concentration camp survivors.

196: Rashomon 05.10.2001 ↓

The events of September 11th, and how its meaning changes depending on who you talk to.

195: War Stories 28.09.2001 ↓

We try to sort out what the war in Afghanistan will be like.

194: Before and After 21.09.2001 ↓

Stories in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001.

193: Stories of Loss 14.09.2001 ↓

A collection of stories in which people try to make sense of loss.

192: Meet the Pros 31.08.2001 ↓

The story of one man's journey from obscurity to international professional celebrity.

191: I Know What You Did This Summer 17.08.2001 ↓

Scott Carrier travels cross-country without air conditioning, during weather in which it's too hot to stay in the car and too hot to get out.

190: Living the Dream 03.08.2001 ↓

There's a deep impulse in American culture that says that you can make yourself into anyone.

189: Hitler’s Yacht 13.07.2001 ↓

A modern-day fable about what happens when the free market, the media, the World War II buffs, the Neo-Nazis, and the Jews all collide over a huge Nazi tourist trap.

188: Kid Logic (2001) 22.06.2001 ↓

Stories of kids using perfectly logical arguments and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.

187: Father's Day '01 15.06.2001 ↓

Stories of dads who are utterly human in scale.

186: Prom 08.06.2001 ↓

While the seniors danced at Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas—a town of about 3,000—a tornado hit the town.

185: Golden Calf 25.05.2001 ↓

Stories of people worshiping false idols, and whether that's always a bad thing.

184: Neighbors 11.05.2001 ↓

An average Chicagoan decides to appeal the disputes and problems in his neighborhood to a higher authority, Mr. Rogers. Yes, that Mr. Rogers.