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#38 - 11 October 1996
Simulated worlds, Civil war reenactments, wax museums, simulated coal mines, fake ethnic restaurants, an ersatz Medieval castle and other re-created worlds that thrive all across America. (4 minutes)
#37 - 27 September 1996
Radio producer Scott Carrier quit his job at a low moment in his life. His wife left him and took the kids. And he got a job interviewing schizophrenics for some medical researchers. After doing it a while, he began to wonder if he was a schizophrenic himself. And more stories.
#36 - 20 September 1996
Host Ira Glass and playwright David Hauptschein took out advertisements in Chicago inviting people to come to a small theater with letters they've received, sent or found.
#35 - 6 September 1996
Evocative, funny, emotional stories collected over the last few months that haven't fit into any of our regular "theme" shows.
#34 - 30 August 1996
Unusual stories from the 1996 Democratic Convention in Chicago, with scenes and moments not documented elsewhere.
#33 - 23 August 1996
Host Ira Glass spent a Saturday night — from 9:00 p.m. until dawn the next morning — at one of the most frenetic, joyous, efficient, angry, boisterous hot dog stands in the nation: Chicago's own Wiener Circle.
#32 - 16 August 1996
Unusual stories about day-to-day life at the Republican Convention.
#31 - 9 August 1996
Stories of people whose lives are transformed by music.
#30 - 26 July 1996
Stories of obsession and compulsion. What happens when a little idea starts to control you. Co-hosted by Paul Tough.
#29 - 19 July 1996
Unusual perspectives on the presumptive Republican nominee.
