Settling the Score

#301 - 11 November 2005

Stories about the lengths we go to make things right, and about what money can and cannot fix.

What's In A Number?

#300 - 28 October 2005

About a year ago, a study estimated the number of Iraqi casualties since the war began at 100,000 dead—higher than any other estimate. The study was mostly ignored. Alex Blumberg revisits that study to look at the reality behind it.

Back from the Dead

#299 - 7 October 2005

Stories about people and places that have come back to life after everything seemed lost.

Getting and Spending

#298 - 23 September 2005

How far will we go to get money? And once we've got it, what should we spend it on? The first half of this show is on making money, and the second half on spending it.

This Is Not My Beautiful House

#297 - 16 September 2005

It's the largest mass resettlement that America has seen since the Civil War, as over 400,000 people—victims of Hurricane Katrina—try to find a new place to live. From the Houston Astrodome to an abandoned New Orleans street, stories of people looking for home...and finding something else.

After the Flood

#296 - 9 September 2005

Surprising stories from survivors in New Orleans. We give people who were in the storm more time than daily news coverage can to tell their stories and talk about what they're thinking. This leads to a number of ideas that haven't made it into the regular news coverage.

Not What I Signed Up For

#295 - 26 August 2005

Stories about being sucked into something against your will. In one story, a 9/11 widow finds herself having to comfort another distraught woman on national TV. And in a story by Nick Hornby, a boy is forced to play soccer to save his nation.

Image Makers

#294 - 5 August 2005

Stories of people and institutions who are worried about what the world thinks of them, and who take action...decisive action.

A Little Bit of Knowledge

#293 - 22 July 2005

Stories about the pitfalls of knowing just a little bit too little.

The Arms Trader

#292 - 8 July 2005

The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man named Hemant Lakhani, whom they suspected of being an illegal arms dealer. It's one of the few cases that has gone to trial in the War on Terror, and one the Justice Department has pointed to as one of their big successes. In the end, they got Lakhani, red-handed, delivering a missile to a terrorist in New Jersey. The only problem was, nothing in the sting was what it appeared to be. Including the missile.