This American Life Archive

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This American Life Archive episodes

June 25, 2004 268: My Experimental Phase
People who decide to try out a new life—the kind of life their parents never wanted for them.
58 min
June 11, 2004 267: Propriety
By tightening the rules on what swear words are allowed on the nation's airwaves, FCC officials say they're protecting kids. But the facts don't back them up.
1 hr
June 04, 2004 266: I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help
Nancy Updike goes to Iraq to try to figure out what it's like to be a private citizen working in the middle of a war zone.
1 hr
May 21, 2004 265: Fake Science
A Seattle group called AGHOST is using whatever scientific principles they can find to hunt for ghosts.
59 min
May 07, 2004 264: Special Treatment
A defense of special treatment, by people who receive it and people who give it.
1 hr
April 16, 2004 263: Desperate Measures
Stories of people stuck in unfixable situations who try desperate measures.
1 hr
April 02, 2004 262: Miracle Cures
A son tries to help his mom in a faraway place defy the laws of medical science.
59 min
March 26, 2004 261: The Sanctity of Marriage
A generation of researchers has revolutionized the way we see marriage.
1 hr
March 12, 2004 260: The Facts Don’t Matter
How a bungled Nazi sabotage operation became the legal foundation for the Bush administration's push to try U.S. citizens in military tribunals.
1 hr 1 min
February 20, 2004 259: Promised Land
David Rakoff tries a 20-day fast to see if it will bring him any form of enlightenment.
58 min

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