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Your Guide to the Meltdown
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Our Price: $35.00
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You've probably heard the award-winning economics reporting that Alex Blumberg, Adam Davidson and the Planet Money team have been doing on This American Life. You know, the stories that made you think that maybe finance isn't the most boring thing ever. This set collects four of their full-hour shows: "The Giant Pool of Money," "Another Frightening Show about the Economy," "Bad Bank" and "The Watchmen." It's kind of a bargain too, because buying these CDs separately in our store would cost $52... plus this set has really beautiful packaging designed by Irwin Chen and Omnivore and liner notes by Alex and Adam. View more images and views of this aesthetically pleasing set by clicking on the picture above.
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Lies, Sissies, and Fiascoes: The Best of This American Life (2 CDs)
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Our Price: $20.00
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Our first greatest hits collection, with more than two hours of classics: Jack Hitt's story about Peter Pan, Sarah Vowell on firing a cannon with her dad, David Sedaris getting the drama bug, Dishwasher Pete scamming his way onto Letterman, Sandra Tsing Loh interviewing a rock band about her father, and host Ira Glass talking about being "just friends." Cover artwork by Chris Ware, who's, well, pretty much the best illustrator alive.
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Crimebusters + Crossed Wires: Stories from This American Life (2 CDs)
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Our Price: $20.00
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It's our second double-disc, greatest hits collection - the perfect gift for that friend or loved one who you've been trying to explain This American Life to for years. Classics like Squirrel Cop—the now-infamous story of the rookie cops confounded by a squirrel on the run—are included alongside other favorites: the band assembled entirely from the classified ads, the Greatest Answering Machine Message of all time, debates about Flight Vs. Invisibility, and stories from Sarah Vowell and David Sedaris. The ten-story set yields two and a half hours of stories.
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Stories of Hope and Fear (2 CDs)
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Our Price: $20.00
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Our most recent greatest hits collection. From Jonathan Goldstein and Starlee Kine's standup comedy karaoke aspirations, to David Wilcox's tale of his mother's final gift to his mentally disabled sister, to Sascha Rothchild's alarming teenage diaries, and Julie Snyder's final confrontation with the phone company, this 2-CD set explores our greatest hopes and worst fears. Also contains stories by David Sedaris, John Hodgman, and others. The fabulous cover art is by Divya Srinivasan.
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The Secret Decoder Program Outfit!
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Our Price: $48.00
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Back in the fall of 2000, This American Life ran a secret decoder contest for listeners, who decoded a string of coded messages played at the end of four programs: Media Fringe, 24 Hours at the Golden Apple, Accidental Documentaries, and The Cruelty of Children. You'll get the four programs that featured the secret messages, plus graphic artist Chris Ware's specially made Amateur Secret Decoder Wheel.
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An Evening with Ira Glass and the New Kings of Nonfiction
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Our Price: $13.00
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In this live recording, Ira is joined onstage by three amazing writers from his anthology: Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Orlean, and Chuck Klosterman.
In a very funny conversation, each writer discusses a passage from the others' work. It turns out Susan spends a shocking amount of time with her interviewees. Malcolm had a story he was sure would be his magnum opus, but no one else saw it that way. Chuck explains how he's able to write so much. And a side by side comparison of Chuck Klosterman and Dante catches everyone off-guard.
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3-CD Gift Pack: This American Life 101
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Our Price: $33.00
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An introductory pack where every show has a number in the title! Includes these shows:
* 24 Hours at the Golden Apple. We spend 24 hours at one all-night diner.
* Act V. Murderers in prison perform a play about murder.
* 20 Acts in 60 Minutes. Experimenting with every kind of radio storytelling—all in one hour.
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3-CD Gift Pack: Epic Stories and Big Ideas
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Our Price: $33.00
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Includes these shows:
* Classifieds. A show in which every story comes from one Sunday's classified ads.
* The House on Loon Lake. Boys break into an abandoned house and find a world that hasn't been touched for decades. Food is in the pantry. A wallet with money sits on a dresser.
* My Experimental Phase. A guy who lived like a peasant in ninteenth-century Poland jumps forward two centuries and starts watching TV and playing in a glam-punk band.
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3-CD Gift Pack: Holiday Stories
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Our Price: $33.00
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Includes these shows:
* Christmas and Commerce. David Sedaris's "Santaland Diaries," David Rakoff's "Christmas Freud" and more.
* Birthdays, Anniversaries and Milestones. Sarah Vowell has her family over for Thanksgiving, and Russell Banks with "The Moor."
* Poultry Slam '03. A family's holiday feelings about an imaginary duck, the Chicken Little Opera, the Greatest Crimefighter the World Has Ever Known, and more.
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