Những podcast This American Life hay nhất (2024)

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754: Spark Bird 1:03:12

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Stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change. Prologue: Ira goes out birding with birder extraordinaire Noah Strycker, who tells the dramatic story of the bird that changed his life: the turkey vulture. (13 minutes) Act One: Carmen Milito tells Ira the story of a date she went on as a teenager, and the b…

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838: Letters! Actual Letters!

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When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.

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Episode 213 – Go for Gold: TFAL Talks Olympics 43:36

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https://thisfilipinoamericanlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tfal-episode213.mp3 Every four years (two years if you care for winter sports) athletes from around the world come together to compete in sporting events at the Olympic Games. It’s a time when we care about such sports as swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and dressage. (Seriously,…

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838: Letters! Actual Letters! 58:54

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When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down. Prologue: Ira goes out with a letter carrier, ‘Grace,’ as she delivers mail on her route. He learns about the people who bring us our mail and also how people treat their mail. (11 minutes) Act One: Writing a letter decades after an event that shaped her life was the only way …

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837: Swim Towards the Shark 1:05:46

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In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond? Prologue: Ira talks to two members of a recreational swimming club who intentionally swam straight toward a shark that had just bitten their friend. (10 minutes) Act One: Sarah Polley has always been reluctant to jump into challenging situations. …

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837: Swim Towards the Shark

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In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?

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838: Letters! Actual Letters!

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When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.

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803: Greetings, People Of Earth 1:03:13

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Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them. Prologue: Ira has some thoughts about our country’s long history of alien invasion movies. (2 minutes) Act One: We’ve witnessed a revolution in A.I. since the public rollout of ChatGPT. Our Senior Editor David Kestenbaum thinks that even though there’s been a t…

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837: Swim Towards the Shark

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In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?

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Episode 212 – Sauce-Maryosep: Filipino Flavors with Fila Manila 1:15:44

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Ay SAUCE-MARYOSEP!. Have you ever thought of what kind of Filipino sauces and condiments are in your kitchen? Patis, toyo, suka, bagoong, banana ketchup, sinigang packets, etc. These are essential ingredients to all of our wonderful Filipino dishes. OK, so have you also thought of what kind of preservatives and colorings are in them? Sorbic acid? S…

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836: The Big Rethink 59:40

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People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives — with their sister, their political party, and the nominee for president. Prologue: Ira observes that we are in a moment of national reconsideration. (2 minutes) Act One: Zoe Chace reports on a surprising guest at the Republican National Convention: Teamsters president Sean …

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836: The Big Rethink

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People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives — with their sister, their political party, and the nominee for president.

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836: The Big Rethink

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People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives.

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Episode 211 – Breaking Bed: Rethinking Sex Education Among Filipino Americans 1:31:01

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Who taught you about SEX? Was it through school? Was it through watching porn? Whatever means you learned (or are learning) about the various aspects of sex, we could bet it wasn’t through your parents! With the Catholic Church shaping our Filipino way our being, sex education has been reduced to abstinence and “family life.” In many ways, Filipino…

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835: Children of Dave 1:01:10

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Boen Wang has a theory that a lot of the misery in his life can be traced to a single moment that happened years before he was born. So he makes a pilgrimage to see if he’s right. Prologue: Ira talks about what it’s like to go back to 1119 Bayard Street in Baltimore. (6 minutes) Part One: Boen visits Norman, Oklahoma, where he was born, to meet the…

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835: Children of Dave

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Boen Wang has a theory that a lot of the misery in his life can be traced to a single moment that happened years before he was born. So he makes a pilgrimage to see if he’s right.

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835: Children of Dave

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Boen Wang goes back to a day that changed the course of his family's story.

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Episode 210 – Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities in Hawaii 43:27

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TFAL goes to Hawaii! Well, actually just Joe goes to Hawaii. While attending a conference in Honolulu, Joe took the opportunity to do an additional interview with local Filipino American leader, Chachie Abara. Chachie is an Ilocano language and mental health advocate, runs the podcast and media company KasamahanCo, and is author of a bilingual Iloc…

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834: Yousef and the Fourth Move 58:11

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In Rafah, Yousef is out of options and faces his toughest move yet. Prologue: Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Yousef Hammash has decided where to go next and when. In Rafah, he is out of options and faces his toughest move yet. (5 minutes) Act One: Yousef does not even want to think about leaving Gaza. (18 minutes) Act Two: The actual price…

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834: Yousef and the Fourth Move

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In Rafah, Yousef is out of options and faces his toughest move yet.

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833: Come Retribution 1:04:14

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Donald Trump has talked about taking retribution on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign. After his conviction last week in New York, his talk intensified. We try to understand what his retribution might look like by speaking with people who have the most to lose in a second Trump administration: people who believe Tru…

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833: Come Retribution

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Donald Trump has talked about taking retribution on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign. After his conviction last week in New York, his talk intensified. We try to understand what his retribution might look like by speaking with people who have the most to lose in a second Trump administration: people who believe Tru…