a fan edit of thisamericanlife.org
#343 - 23 November 2007
For Thanksgiving, the time of year when poultry consumption is highest, it's our annual program about turkeys, chickens, and fowl of all types.
#342 - 2 November 2007
There are umpteen TV shows about solving murders, endless whodunits in bookstores. But what happens to the people left behind after the detectives close the case? Three stories about children trying to figure out how to live normally after their parents have died.
#341 - 5 October 2007
Stories of adults taking very different approaches to communicating with children.
#340 - 7 September 2007
Stories of people trying to exorcize their inner demons.
#339 - 24 August 2007
Writer Starlee Kine on what makes the perfect break-up song and whether really sad music can actually make you feel better. Plus, an eight-year-old author of a book about divorce, and other stories from the heart of heartbreak.
#338 - 10 August 2007
Attention listeners. In the Internet version of Act One of this show, we have left one curse word un-bleeped at a critical moment.Stories of what can happen when you go from being a private person to a public face.
#337 - 27 July 2007
Stories about people taking history into their own hands. We hear from two men in two different wars. One is trying to make a difference in the current war in Iraq. The other is with the CIA at the very end of the Cold War.
#336 - 6 July 2007
Stories about the pitfalls of trying to do the right thing.
#335 - 15 June 2007
When he was a teenager, Haider worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was specially trained to talk to visiting dignitaries and foreign reporters, and he loved his job. It was exciting, and he was treated like a celebrity.
#334 - 1 June 2007
Josh's mother and younger brother were a mess. His mother drank too much. His brother got arrested a lot. Josh hadn't lived with them since he was nine, and they didn't play much of a role in his daily life—until duty called, and they took over his life.
