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: Illinoise! 201: NASA Janet Meets Ira Glass

noise@illinoise.net — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:56:56 -0400

The 'Noise is back. NASA Janet stalks Ira Glass and puts the smack down on Julia Sweeney as we launch season two and introduce new theme music. We told you we'd be back, silly stalkers!

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This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #61: Fiasco!

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Thu, 29 May 2008 11:55:19 -0400

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Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:22 -0400

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This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #226: Reruns

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:13 -0400

Stories of people stuck in their own, personal reruns--moments or episodes that they revisit over and over again.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #322: Shouting Across the Divide

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:10 -0400

Two different cultures--Muslim and non-Muslim, East and West--try to understand each other, convince each other...with very mixed results.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #305: The "This American Life" Holiday Spectacular

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:08 -0400

We oust those boring Christmas stories of yore, bringing you brand-new holiday fables from David Sedaris, David Rakoff, Jonathan Goldstein, John Hodgman, and Heather O'Neill. Plus, a carol by Sarah Vowell and Marah.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #306: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:02 -0400

A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool its money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In the beginning, they're full of hope and optimism...and then something turns. Stories of good ideas gone bad.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #328: What I Learned from TV

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:57 -0400

A show assembled from our 2007 live tour--featuring brand-new stories by Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, and Dan Savage. Stories about what TV can teach us...and how TV lies to us. With music by Mates of State.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #307: In the Shadow of the City

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:57 -0400

Stories that take place on the edge of civilization, just out of sight.

This American Life: #308: Star-Crossed Love

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:57 -0400

In honor of Valentine's Day, we bring you stories of how love blossoms--even when (perhaps) it shouldn't.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #323: The Super

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:57 -0400

Back in the 1980s, Jack Hitt helped organize tenants and threaten a rent strike in a New York City building. The situation got pretty ugly. Mobster ugly. Stories of the mysterious hold supers have on their buildings...or their buildings have on them.

This American Life: #172: 24 Hours at the Golden Apple

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:56 -0400

We document an entire day in a Chicago diner called The Golden Apple. We hear from a waitress who's worked the graveyard shift for over 20 years, regular customers who come every day, couples working out problems, assorted drunks, and--of course--cops.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #183: The Missing Parents Bureau

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:55 -0400

Stories about absent parents and the consequences for their children. A woman writes letters to the missing father of her adolescent son. And women using sperm donors wrestle with how much they--and their future children--should know about the fathers.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #301: Settling the Score

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:54 -0400

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

This American Life: #309: Cat and Mouse

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:52 -0400

From the high California desert to a high-end furniture showroom--stories about the kinds of chase games that just never end.

This American Life: #324: My Brilliant Plan

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:49 -0400

Big ideas gone amok. An 11-year-old boy wants to see his dead father again and comes up with the world's most complicated solution. And an American reporter tries to avoid insurgents by renting a house in Baghdad rather than living in a hotel.

This American Life: #325: Houses of Ill Repute

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:47 -0400

An old man's house is slowly overrun by drug users and prostitutes. Instead of trying to kick them out, he decides to befriend them. Also, a tour of undesirable places you can live in Houston if you're 18, broke, and think you've got it all figured out.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #204: 81 Words

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:44 -0400

For decades, the American Psychiatric Association's definition of "Sexual Deviations" included homosexuality. We devote this entire episode to the story of the behind-the-scenes campaign to change the definition.

This American Life: #326: Quiz Show

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:42 -0400

A quiet, painfully shy man blossoms on a TV game show, and a confident young woman has her high ideals dashed by one. Also, the hardest puzzles in the world and the people who solve them--for fun.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #188: Kid Logic

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:35 -0400

Stories of kids using perfectly logical arguments...and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.

This American Life: #245: Allure of the Mean Friend

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:32 -0400

What is it about them, our mean friends? They treat us badly, they don't call us back, they cancel plans at the last minute; and yet we come back for more. We offer an inquiry into the phenomenon--and perhaps some helpful hints on breaking the cycle.

This American Life: This American Life: #329: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:26 -0400

Stories of sudden fame, quick riches, and the downside of the dream job--including stories from John Hodgman and Sarah Vowell.

This American Life: #330: My Reputation

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:22 -0400

Stories of people trying to recover from damage to their reputations--sometimes caused by others, sometimes self-inflicted.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life Podcast: This American Life Podcast: This American Life: #331: Habeas Schmabeas 2007

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:17 -0400

An updated version of our Peabody Award-winning episode examining Guantanamo Bay and what it meant for prisoners there to be denied the right of habeas corpus.

This American Life: This American Life: #332: The Ten Commandments

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:14 -0400

Stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments from the book of Exodus.

This American Life: This American Life: #102: Roadtrip!

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:53:00 -0400

Stories about hitting the open road. Dishwasher Pete takes the bus with strangers. Margy Rochlin explains her days on the road with George Burns. Plus, a roadtrip to save a marriage.

This American Life: This American Life: #333: The Center for Lessons Learned

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:56 -0400

Four years into the Iraq War, what have we learned? Soldiers, civilians, Iraqis, and Americans talk--and sometimes yell--about what they've learned in the last few years.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #333: The Center for Lessons Learned

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:55 -0400

Four years into the Iraq War, what have we learned? Soldiers, civilians, Iraqis, and Americans talk--and sometimes yell--about what they've learned in the last few years.

This American Life: #334: Duty Calls

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:52 -0400

Josh's mother and younger brother were a mess. His mother drank too much. His brother got arrested a lot. Josh hadn't lived with them since he was nine, and they didn't play much of a role in his daily life--until duty called, and they took over his life.

This American Life: This American Life: #109: Notes on Camp

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:50 -0400

Stories of summer camp. People who love camp say that non-camp people simply don't understand what's so amazing. In this show, we attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding.

This American Life: #173: Three Kinds of Deception

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:47 -0400

A story of self-deception, a story about deceiving others, and a story about accidental deception. And how one type of deception can easily turn into another.

This American Life: #69: Dreamhouse

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:44 -0400

How many of our parents move to some place--some dreamhouse--with some vision of a new life in the new place, and move the family with them, hoping it works out for the kids? Three stories on this theme.

This American Life: This American Life: #336: Who Can You Save?

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:43 -0400

Stories about the pitfalls of trying to do the right thing.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #337: Man vs. History

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:40 -0400

Stories about people taking history into their own hands. We hear from two men in two different wars--in the current war in Iraq and at the very end of the Cold War.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #73: Blame It on Art

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:39 -0400

The darker side of the art world: petty jealousies, competitiveness, failure. And also what's great about art.

This American Life: #338: The Spokesman

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:35 -0400

Stories of what happens when you go from private person to public face.

This American Life: This American Life: #28: Detectives

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:31 -0400

Writer David Sedaris remembers when his mother and sister played armchair detective--until a very odd crime wave hit within their own home. Also, host Ira Glass goes out on surveillance with a real-life private eye.

This American Life: #339: Break-Up

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:26 -0400

Stories from the heart of heartbreak: people trying to comprehend their own break-ups and those of others--including writer Starlee Kine on what makes the perfect post-break-up song.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #317: Unconditional Love

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:24 -0400

Stories of unconditional love between parents and children, and how hard love can sometimes be in daily practice.

This American Life: #340: The Devil in Me

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:21 -0400

Stories of people trying to exorcize their inner demons.

This American Life: #174: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:19 -0400

Birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones of all sorts...and how they mean something whether we want them to or not. A live show taped for our fifth anniversary, back in 2000, when we went on the road to Boston, New York, Chicago, and L.A.

This American Life: This American Life: #192: Meet the Pros

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:19 -0400

Stories of amateurs hurtling themselves at the pros whose jobs they covet.

This American Life: #341: How to Talk to Kids

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:19 -0400

A raunchy comedian on a tour of kids' sleep-away camps. A middle-aged woman talking to her teenaged daughter about her sexuality. And other stories of adults trying to learn the language of children.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #121: Twentieth Century Man

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:16 -0400

The story of Keith Aldrich, whose life is a case study of the question, "What happens if you're too good at transforming yourself?"

This American Life: This American Life: #314: It's Never Over

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:13 -0400

Stories of things that never seem to come to an end.

This American Life: #218: Act V

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:58 -0400

Inmates at a high-security prison rehearse and stage a production of the last act -- Act V -- of "Hamlet." It's a play about murder and its consequences, performed by murderers living out the consequences.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #110: Mapping

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:56 -0400

Five ways of mapping the world: by sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste. The world redrawn by the five senses.

This American Life: #154: In Dog We Trust

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:52 -0400

We try to define the peculiar relationship between humans and animals. A love triangle among two people and a cat. David Sedaris on his family's pets through the ages. And Brady Udall with a tale of love, redemption, and armadillos.

This American Life: #342: How to Rest in Peace

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:50 -0400

There are umpteen TV shows about solving murders, endless whodunits in bookstores. But what happens to people left behind after detectives close the case? Stories about children trying to figure out how to live normally after their parents have died.

This American Life: This American Life: #84: Harold

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:45 -0400

A parable of politics and race in America. The story of Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington, told two decades after his death. Washington died 20 years ago this month--on November 25, 1987.

This American Life: This American Life: #116: Poultry Slam

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:29 -0400

For Thanksgiving, the time of year when poultry consumption is highest, we investigate turkeys, chickens, ducks--fowl of all types...and their mysterious hold over us.

This American Life: This American Life: #344: The Competition

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:25 -0400

Stories about unintended consequences of market forces. A Tulsa businessman tries to cut costs by bringing workers from India to Tulsa. And two competing TV news teams in Boise, Idaho, begin with the same set of facts and end up with opposite conclusions.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #253: The Middle of Nowhere

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:24 -0400

Stories from faraway, hard-to-get-to places, where all rules are off, nefarious things happen because no one's looking, and there's no one to appeal to.

This American Life: This American Life: #345: Ties That Bind

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:19 -0400

A young girl named Sarah receives a heart transplant from a boy her age, and her mother sets off to find out more about him. But years later, Sarah's not sure she wants to know. Plus, a story by Jonathan Goldstein about a friendship gone awry in Bedrock.

This American Life: #346: Home Alone

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:51:07 -0400

A 79-year-old woman dies in Los Angeles. She's lived alone for decades. No one knows her, or her next of kin. There's a body to be buried, stuff to get rid of. Who takes charge? This and other stories about what happens when people are left alone.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #303: David and Goliath

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:45 -0400

Three stories of people attempting extraordinary things to balance the scales between Davids and Goliaths of all kinds. Children, nations, and retail shoppers alike.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #322: Shouting Across the Divide

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:44 -0400

A Muslim family moves to America. Things are good, until September 11: their daughter’s school begins using a textbook that says Muslims want to kill Christians. This and other stories of Muslims and non-Muslims trying to communicate, and misfiring.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #323: The Super

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:40 -0400

Stories of the mysterious hold supers have on their buildings, or their buildings have on them.

This American Life: This American Life: #347: Matchmakers

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:33 -0400

Sabir thought he'd found true love but he couldn't afford a wedding. Two foreign aid workers come to his rescue; but they soon realize he needs more than money. This and other stories of people matching others up This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #324: My Brilliant Plan http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/~r/talpodcast/~3/224631441/Radio_Episode.aspx An American reporter in Iraq decides to rent a house in a residential Baghdad neighborhood rather than live in a hotel and be an easy target for insurgents. And a little boy figures out an ingenious way to see his dead father again. Big ideas gone amok.

This American Life: This American Life: #326: Quiz Show

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:27 -0400

A man with social anxiety goes through a transformation, a young woman with high ideals has them dashed, and teams compete to solve some of the hardest puzzles in the world, for fun. The secret life of quiz shows, behind the questions and answers.

This American Life: This American Life: #348: Tough Room

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:54 -0400

Comedy writers at The Onion pitch 700 story ideas a week. 16 make the cut. Also, a man on a mission of peace in a country that has one more slogan for him to push This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #186: Prom http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/~r/talpodcast/~3/297996092/Radio_Episode.aspx While the seniors danced at Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas -- a town of about 3,000 -- a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it. Plus other stories from Prom Nights.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #335: Big Wide World

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:51 -0400

Haider was a teenager in Iraq when the war broke out. And he decided to do one of the least safe things possible: work for foreign media covering the war. Plus, other stories of what happens when you strike out into the world.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #355: The Giant Pool of Money

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:48 -0400

A special program about the housing crisis. We explain it all to you. Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? Why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to one thing.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #328: What I Learned from Television

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:46 -0400

Stories about what TV can teach us...and how TV lies to us. With music by Mates of State.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #318: With Great Power

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:43 -0400

Stories of everyday people who get saddled with great power and the great sense of responsibility that goes with it.

This American Life: This American Life: #354: Mistakes Were Made

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:41 -0400

It's the late 60's and one man sees a business opportunity in cryonics. Freezing people to be reanimated by scientists of the future: how hard can that be? This and other stories about the difficulty of taking responsibility for failure.

This American Life: This American Life: #258: Leaving the Fold

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:39 -0400

Stories of people leaving the situation they're used to and striking off for something less familiar.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #166: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:35 -0400

Three stories that ask: does anyone's family ever change? A woman goes to Alaska, hoping her brother might change a little. A sibling relationship that doesn't ever change--over decades. And what if literally nothing can change your dad?

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #353: The Audacity of Government

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:31 -0400

We've noticed a trend in actions taken lately by the U.S. government. Tiny things you probably haven't heard of, but with big implications. So we've decided to spend an hour talking about the unrelenting, combative style of this Administration.

This American Life: This American Life: #329: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:25 -0400

A man makes his living getting lottery winners to sign over their jackpots. Sarah Vowell on the downside of the dream job. And John Hodgman on what happens when celebrity finds you--on your couch, pushing 40, a couple sizes larger than you'd like to be.

This American Life: This American Life: #349: Valentine's Day 2008

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:13 -0400

Stories about couples that all take place decades after that moment their eyes meet.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #220: Testosterone

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:09 -0400

Stories of people getting more testosterone and coming to regret it. And of people losing it and coming to appreciate life without it. The pros and cons of the hormone of desire.

This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: This American Life: #352: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:06 -0400

In 1912 a boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing in a swamp in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found. In 2004, his granddaughter discovered a secret beneath the legend of her grandfather's kidnapping. We devote our entire episode to the story.

The Onion Radio News: Four-Year Descent Into Complete Self-Obsession Live-Blogged

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:48:05 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Pope Stays Up All Night Telling God About Trip To America

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:48:02 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Breakthrough Heinz Bottle Shoots Ketchup With Laser-Like Precision

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:48:01 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Enterprising Dog Opens Own Kennel

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:57 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Cheney Adds Rare '64 Kuwait To Oil Cellar

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:55 -0400

The Onion Radio News: India's Top Physicists Develop Plan To Get The Hell Out Of India

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:53 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Christian Slater Dropped From List Of Names To Drop

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:46 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Rubik's Cube Solved With Hammer

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:45 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Bear Searches For Food Inside Backpacker

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:42 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Obama Voicemail Message Not That Inspiring

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:41 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Biologists Apologize For Release Of Giant Winged Serpents

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:38 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Plate Of Cookies Never Stood A Chance

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:36 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Study: Most Self-Abuse Goes Unreported

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:35 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Homeless Man Bestows God's Blessing To All Within Earshot

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:33 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Newly Disabled Paraplegic Wants To Know If He'll Be Able To...You Know

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:30 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Terrifying Phantom Train Late

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:28 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Teenager's Entire Life Ruined By Frizzy Hair

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:25 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Porn Star Breaks Into Mainstream Movie Career As 'Stripper Number Four'

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:22 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Mad Scientist's Plot Thwarted By Budget Cuts

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:17 -0400

The Onion Radio News: LAPD Discovers Hidden Deformed Olsen Triplet

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:16 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Couple Devastated To Learn They Can't Have Cats

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:47:13 -0400

The Onion Radio News: President Bush Converts West Wing Into Injured Animal Shelter

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:41:02 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Muse Commands Area Man To Draw Naked Barbarian Girls

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:41:00 -0400

The Onion Radio News: Area Man Forced Into Jehovah's Witness Protection Program

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:40:22 -0400