This American Life
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This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. TAL, hosted by Ira Glass, is primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, although it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. Each week's show loosely centers on a particular theme. The theme of the show is explored in several "acts," usually two to five.
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- Episode 01: The Alibi
- Episode 02: The Breakup
- Episode 03: Leakin Park
- Episode 05: Route Talk
- Episode 04: Inconsistencies
- Episode 06: The Case Against Adnan Syed
- Episode 07: The Opposite of the Prosecution
- Episode 08: The Deal with Jay
- Episode 09: To Be Suspected
- Episode 12: What We Know
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- Episode 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense
- Episode 11: Rumors
- S02 Episode 02: The Golden Chicken
- S02 Episode 03: Escaping
- S02 Episode 04: The Captors
- S02 Episode 01: DUSTWUN
- S02 Episode 05: Meanwhile, in Tampa
- S01 Update: Day 01, Adnan Syed’s Hearing
- S01 Update: Day 02, Adnan Syed’s Hearing
- S01 Update: Day 03, Adnan Syed’s Hearing
- S02 Episode 06: 5 O'Clock Shadow
- S02 Episode 07: Hindsight, Part 1
- S02 Episode 08: Hindsight, Part 2
- S02 Episode 09: Trade Secrets
- S02 Announcement: New Schedule
- S02 Episode 10: Thorny Politics
- #419: Petty Tyrant
- S02 Episode 11: Present for Duty
- #579: My Damn Mind
- #571: The Heart Wants What It Wants
- #214: Family Physics
- #572: Transformers
- #379: Return to the Scene of the Crime
- #577: Something Only I Can See
- #225: Home Movies
- #319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
- S01 Episode 01: The Alibi
- Reality Check
- #175: Babysitting
- #198: How to Win Friends and Influence People
- #566: The Land of Make Believe
- #567: What's Going On In There?
- Growth Spurt
- #582: When the Beasts Come Marching In
- Pandora's Box
- #545: If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS
- My Way
- #569: Put a Bow on It
- #168: The Fix Is In
- #585: In Defense of Ignorance
- Episode 01: DUSTWUN
- #259: Promised Land
- #565: Lower 9 + 10
- S01 Episode 02: The Breakup
- The Cameraman
- #186: Prom
- #570: The Night in Question
- #220: Testosterone
- God's Close Up
- #580: That's One Way to Do It
- #587: The Perils of Intimacy
- #568: Human Spectacle 2015
- #449: Middle School
- #464: Invisible Made Visible
- S01 Episode 03: Leakin Park
- #575: Poetry of Propaganda
- #1: New Beginnings
- #573: Status Update
- #549: Amateur Hour
- S01 Episode 04: Inconsistencies
- #556: Same Bed, Different Dreams
- #246: My Pen Pal
- #470: Show Me The Way
- #578: I Thought I Knew You
- #581: Anatomy of Doubt
- #541: Regrets, I've Had a Few
- S01 Episode 12: What We Know
- S01 Episode 05: Route Talk
- #583: It'll Make Sense When You're Older
- S01 Episode 07: The Opposite of the Prosecution
- S01 Episode 06: The Case Against Adnan Syed
- S01 Episode 08: The Deal with Jay
- S01 Episode 09: To Be Suspected
- #532: Magic Words
- S01 Episode 11: Rumors
- #539: The Leap
- S01 Episode 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense
- #588: Mind Games 2016
- #590: Choosing Wrong
- #589: Tell Me I'm Fat
- #253: The Middle of Nowhere
- #339: Break-up
- #218: Act V
- #406: True Urban Legends
- #557: Birds & Bees
- #414: Right to Remain Silent
- #323: The Super
- #584: For Your Reconsideration
- #334: Duty Calls
- #360: Switched At Birth
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