This American Life Archive

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This American Life Archive episodes

December 24, 1999 148: The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Suit
The many, many different versions of Santa Claus.
1 hr
December 17, 1999 147: A Teenager's Guide to God
Oh faithless and perverse generation? How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?—Matthew 17.
1 hr
December 10, 1999 146: Urban Nature
David Rakoff visits Iceland, where the government is careful not to disturb certain boulders because some people believe that elves live there.
1 hr
November 26, 1999 145: Poultry Slam 1999
Our annual program about turkeys, chickens, fowl of all types, and their mysterious hold over our imaginations.
59 min
November 05, 1999 144: Where Words Fail
People struggle to invent words adequate to cope with death.
1 hr
October 22, 1999 143: Sentencing
Have mandatory minimum sentences gone too far?
58 min
October 15, 1999 142: Barbara
We hear the story of one African-American single mother who recorded her family's life over the course of seven months.
1 hr
October 01, 1999 141: Invisible Worlds
Stories of people who are trying to make invisible worlds visible.
58 min
September 24, 1999 140: Family Business
What happens when the tension of family dynamics collides with the pressure of capitalist market forces.
58 min
September 03, 1999 139: Ghosts of Elections Past
Stories designed to provide some small sense of hope about American politics.
1 hr

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