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After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift — just a little... more
Note about "Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde"
Sarah Koenig here. After our show "Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde" aired, we got some emails about the way I discussed... more
Ira Glass Moderates Anti-Genocide Event in NYC
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Scion "Motivate" Winners
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Our episode "What Happened at Dos Erres," an investigation into a massacre in Guatemala in the 1980s, has won two... more
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Most recent item from the This American Life podcastMay 19, 2013 - After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift — just a little — last year, the hottest year on record in the U.S., with Hurricane Sandy flooding the New York subway, drought devastating Midwest farms, and California and Colorado on fire. Lots of people were wondering if global warming had finally arrived, here at home. This week, stories about this new reality.
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Feb 24, 2013 - We pick up where we left off last week in our second hour from Harper High School in Chicago. We find out if a shooting in the neighborhood will derail the school's Homecoming game and dance. We hear the origin story of one of Harper's gangs. And we ask a group of teenagers: where do you get your guns? Harper has set up a donation page here.
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Feb 17, 2013 - We spent five months at Harper High School in Chicago, where last year alone 29 current and recent students were shot. 29. We went to get a sense of what it means to live in the midst of all this gun violence, how teens and adults navigate a world of funerals and Homecoming dances. We found so many incredible and surprising stories, this show is a two-parter; you can listen to Part Two here.
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