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10 Episodes
233: Starting From Scratch
1:00:52
People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.588: Mind Games
1:00:03
People who try simple mind games on others and find themselves in way over their heads.Don't miss an episode of “This American Life” and subscribe to it in the GetPodcast app.
736: The Herd
1:00:48
What happens when your own community suddenly turns on you?691: Gardens of Branching Paths
1:06:44
Other universes that are just like our own, but with one small difference.735: Bloody Feelings
1:02:10
Stories about the power of blood.734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled
1:01:10
How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos. One of the biggest changes: most colleges have stopped requiring the SAT. For decades, there’s been a debate over whether schools should drop the test. What’s it mean that it finally happened?733: Warriors in the Garden
1:06:43
This week, three men who came together to protest the murder of George Floyd. They were unified, loud, and impressive, but over time these three friends end up in three very different places.732: Secrets
1:00:21
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.731: What Lies Beneath
1:01:09
Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.730: The Empty Chair
59:43
Things we’ve lost in the past year — since the first American coronavirus case — that we haven’t talked about so much. Gossip. The chance to make new friends. And much larger stuff.
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