This American Life - Season 1

This American Life - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes6
DatesMar 22, 2007 - Apr 26, 2007
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Episodes

Reality Check
Season 1Episode 130 min

Reality Check

Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes: an elementary school student tries to solve a common childhood problem; a rancher resuscitates a beloved pet, which later turns on him; people team to give an unknown rock band the greatest night of its life.
Mar 22, 2007
My Way
Season 1Episode 230 min

My Way

An exploration of the benefits and costs of stubbornness. If you're a 15-year-old boy, and you don't want to fall in love, maybe you can just decide not to do it. Ever. Stories of trying to cheat death, love, political reality, and memory with only an idiosyncratic vision and a lot of stamina.
Mar 29, 2007
God's Close-Up
Season 1Episode 330 min

God's Close-Up

An artist, his Jesus-model, the model's girlfriend, the girlfriend's father, and a bunch of bearded men all converge in Utah. An elaborate artistic tableau is set up in the desert, and there are several attempts by the faithful and the not-so-faithful to bridge the divide between them. Nancy Updike reports.
Apr 5, 2007
The Cameraman
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Cameraman

Being behind the camera changes you. It's not just that you see everything differently; you act differently also. This episode features two stories, one big, one small, exploring this phenomenon.
Apr 12, 2007
Growth Spurt
Season 1Episode 530 min

Growth Spurt

What do you do if you don't like where you are in life? You simply decide to move forward, into the next stage, by sheer force of will. A widow; an ambitious, first-time screenwriter; and a 13-year-old girl all charge forward into their futures with uneven results.
Apr 19, 2007
Pandora's Box
Season 1Episode 630 min

Pandora's Box

Three stories of consequences that follow from human beings' doing what we do best: poking our noses everywhere, fixing things that may or may not be broken, and opening our big mouths. A hot dog stand in Chicago unleashes dark forces in the human soul; and scientists try, unsuccessfully, to create perfect pigs.
Apr 26, 2007

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