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  Jen Lambert

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• 08 Aug 08
  

  Mike Franks

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• 28 Apr 07
  

  irwinchen

  ..."Going Eclectic," in which she described what it's like to be a bilingual member of the ACLU trained in kite-making by a Japanese stepfather

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• 24 Apr 07
  

  Nathan Rein

  This American Life's mission is nearly complete: "There is not a single
  existential crisis or self-congratulatory epiphany that has been or
  could be experienced by a left-leaning agnostic that we have not
  exhaustively documented and grouped by theme."

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  • "There is not a single existential crisis or self-congratulatory epiphany that has been or could be experienced by a left-leaning agnostic that we have not exhaustively documented and grouped by theme."
• 23 Apr 07
  

  Smoot Hawley

  This American Life

  • "At first, [NPR program 'This American Life' was]were getting a lot of stories from recovered drug addicts and East African refugees living in the States, which had their compelling elements but came off a bit cloying," Blumberg said. "But then we realized that if we had overeducated people with voices rather unsuitable for radio narrate the stories with clever analogies and accessible morals, the whole thing would come off far less depressing."

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  Nathan Rein on 2007-04-23
  This American Life's mission is nearly complete: "There is not a single
  existential crisis or self-congratulatory epiphany that has been or
  could be experienced by a left-leaning agnostic that we have not
  exhaustively documented and grouped by theme."

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