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#359: Life After Death
When John returned from Iraq, he was haunted by the killing he'd done. He got treatment, and his case looked optimistic. Then John attacked his fianc ée. This and other stories of people who've come face to face with death and are struggling to move…
#358: Social Engineering
Stories of social engineering on a small scale. In one, a man convinces his friend to try something new, turn his back on a good-paying salary and an apartment...and become homeless.
#357: The Truth Will Out
Does the truth always come out? Of course not! Though sometimes it comes out in the most uncomfortable ways imaginable. Stories of concealed truths bubbling to the surface, including a new, unpublished story by fiction writer and filmmaker Etgar…
#355: The Giant Pool of Money
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.
#318: With Great Power
Stories of everyday people who get saddled with great power and the great sense of responsibility that goes with it.
#354: Mistakes Were Made
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.
#258: Leaving the Fold
Stories of people leaving the situation they're used to and striking off for something less familiar.
#166: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
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?
#353: The Audacity of Government
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.
#329: Nice Work If You Can Get It
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 …
#352: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
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.
#220: Testosterone
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.
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