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TAL Vox Assignment: The Ten Commandments

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:32:41 -0400

This week's assignment:

Tell us your stories about coveting, idolatry, honoring your parents, bearing false witness, you know the list.

Audio: Ira Presents The Ten Commandments

This American Life

This American Life, Episode #332: The Ten Commandments

Sure, you know the big ones: don't murder, steal...something about graven images? We help you with the others through stories and interviews, each dealing with a different commandment. Military chaplains discuss "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Middle school students explain what they've been coveting. Plus, adultery, lying, and more. Broadcasting June 6-8 on This American Life.

(Image courtesy of The Brick Testament.)

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Episode Two: Two Wars

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:53:47 -0400

Two foreigners try to make sense of life in the U.S. in the aftermath of two very different wars. A young Iraqi ends up in America after fleeing Iraq and goes on a road trip full of questions for Americans about the War. And a Bulgarian man in Rhode Island realizes that an ongoing argument with his American wife has to do with the life he left behind 20 years ago, on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

Here's a clip from Act One, wherein Americans can "Talk to an Iraqi:"

And in case you haven't yet watched the first episode, here's a scene from Act Two about Mike and his Mom. Play it On Demand because it is so touching - you won't want to miss it!

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Escape

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:34:49 -0400

The second season of This American Life began with episode one's theme, "Escape." Has there been a great escape you've made, be it as simple as going on a memorable vacation or a more elaborate prevention of harm?

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Jackie, Oh!

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:24:41 -0400

Enjoy this animation by Chris Ware & John Kuramoto featured in Season 2 of This American Life.

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Season 2 Teaser Clips

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:21:43 -0400

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Season 2 Trailer

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:19:45 -0400

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TAL Vox Assignment: Nice Work If You Can Get It

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:50:52 -0400

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your stories about pursuing, attaining, and seeing the other side of your "dream job".

Audio: Ira Presents Nice Work If You Can Get It

This American Life

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

This week on This American Life: stories of sudden fame, quick riches, and the downside of the dream job. Broadcasting March 21-23 on This American Life.

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TAL Vox Assignment: Human Resources

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:39:44 -0500

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your experiences that take place in the realm of "human resources".

Audio: Ira Glass Presents Human Resources

This American Life

This American Life, Episode 350: Human Resources

The true story of a secret room in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given. When they arrive, they find they've been put on some kind of probationary status, and they must report to the secret room every day until the matter is cleared up. They call it the Rubber Room. Average length of stay? Months, sometimes years. Plus other stories of the uneasy interaction between humans and their institutions. Broadcast February 29 - March 2 on This American Life.

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TAL Vox Assignment: Tough Room

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:26:01 -0500

This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories about working under pressure, when the stakes are high.

Audio: Ira Presents Tough Room

This American Life

This American Life, Episode 348: Tough Room

This week on This American Life: Comedy writers at The Onion pitch 700 story ideas a week. 16 make the cut. Also, a man on a mission of peace and understanding in a country that has one more slogan for him to promote—nuclear energy. These and other stories of people speaking their minds in very tough rooms. Broadcasting February 1st - 3rd, 2008 on This American Life.

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TAL Vox Assignment: Matchmakers

nobody@vox.com(thisamericanlife) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:26:17 -0500

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your stories about being matched up, with anyone, or anything. Who did the matching? How did it work out?

Here's our take on it:

Audio: Ira Presents Matchmakers

This American Life

This American Life, Episode #347: Matchmakers

Sabir, a young man in Afghanistan, thought he'd found true love but he couldn't afford a wedding. So two foreign aid workers, friends of his, decide to come to his rescue. They soon find out making a lasting love match isn't as simple as writing a check. This and other stories of people matching others up—with wives, with toys, with body parts. Broadcast January 18 - 20, 2008.

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