This American Life Archive

83: One of Us 14.11.1997 ↓

Stories of outsiders who want to be insiders, and vice versa.

82: Haunted 31.10.1997 ↓

Stories of people who are haunted, not by ghosts or phantoms, but by other people.

81: Guns 24.10.1997 ↓

Americans who love their guns, and the Americans who love them.

80: Running After Antelope 17.10.1997 ↓

Scott Carrier with the latest installment in his 12-year quest to chase down and catch an antelope.

79: Stuck in the Wrong Decade 10.10.1997 ↓

People stuck in the wrong decade, or simply carrying a lot of the props from another decade.

78: How Bad Is Bad? 03.10.1997 ↓

Ira Glass talks to three teenage boys who buy computer equipment using stolen credit card numbers. And other stories.

77: Pray 26.09.1997 ↓

Can the secular world and the religious world understand each other?

76: Mob 19.09.1997 ↓

The mob as portrayed in movies, and as it is in real life. And its hold over us.

75: Kindness of Strangers 12.09.1997 ↓

What happens when strangers are kind — and when they're not.

74: Conventions 29.08.1997 ↓

What happens when people with a common interest gather in fluorescent-lit halls? Sometimes they drive each other crazy, sometimes they fall in love.

73: Blame It on Art 22.08.1997 ↓

Mona LisaThe darker side of the art world: petty jealousies, competitiveness, failure.

72: Trek 08.08.1997 ↓

The story of two Americans—one white, one black—who go to South Africa and have very different opinions about what they find.

71: Defying Sickness 01.08.1997 ↓

A man goes on a last big trip with his father who has Alzheimer's.

70: Other People's Mail 25.07.1997 ↓

Four stories of people who read other people's mail, and what happens to them once they get caught up in these other lives.

69: Dream House 18.07.1997 ↓

Parents moving the family to some new place, hoping it works out for the kids.

68: Lincoln's Second Inaugural 04.07.1997 ↓

We look at the legacy of the most moving, poetic inaugural speech in American history.

67: Your Dream, My Nightmare 27.06.1997 ↓

An interracial couple takes a plantation tour. And other stories in which someone's dream is someone else's nightmare.

66: Tales from the Net 06.06.1997 ↓

Listeners sent us samples of what they're finding on the internet, including postings from Usenet groups, favorite web pages, and their own email.

65: Who's Canadian? 30.05.1997 ↓

Canadians claim they're no different from red-blooded Americans. We put their position to the test.

64: Summer 23.05.1997 ↓

We want summer to be this wonderful break, but so often it fails to deliver.

63: One Thing 09.05.1997 ↓

A man tries to run for President as a utopian nudist, and other stories of people whose lives are organized around one thing.

62: Something for Nothing 02.05.1997 ↓

Twenty-four people put one hand on a Hardbody pickup truck and wait...until only one person is left standing. Plus other stories of people trying to get rich quick.

61: Fiasco! (1997) 25.04.1997 ↓

Stories of when things go wrong. Really wrong.

60: Business of Death 18.04.1997 ↓

Stories of people for whom death is a job—undertakers, homicide detectives, slaughterhouse workers, and others.

59: Fire 11.04.1997 ↓

Stories about people who are not afraid of fire, though perhaps they should be.