This is a list of This American Life episodes by year and episode number. Television 2007 - Season 1Currently, six episodes have been produced for the first season and aired on Showtime in March and April of 2007. Episodes are available for free streaming following the broadcast. Showtime announced on April 16, 2007 that the series will return in 2008 for a second season with six more episodes. RadioAll of the radio episodes can be streamed via a custom Adobe Flash player from the TAL Radio Show Archive. The current week's episode can be downloaded via MP3 for free for seven days starting on the Monday after the broadcast. All episodes are available for purchase from the iTunes Store or Audible.com.Contents: 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – 2000 – 1999 – 1998 – 1997 – 1996 – 1995 2007Episode 346 – Home AloneShow description: Stories about what happens when people are left home alone.Music interlude: Hope There's Someone — Antony and the JohnsonsEpisode 342 – How to Rest in PeaceShow description: Stories about people trying to figure out how to live normally after the death of a loved one.Prologue: Rachel Howard talks about coming to peace with not knowing who killed her father.Act #1 Dry Eyes and Videotape — Jason MinterJason makes a documentary revisiting every aspect of his mother's murder.Music interlude: It's All Right to Cry, MoufetteAct #2 The Good SonA son helps his mother commit suicide.Music interlude: Before You Leave — Mary GauthierEpisode 341 – How To Talk To KidsShow description: Stories of adults taking very different approaches to communicating with children.Prologue: Ira Glass asks fifth-graders to explain what adults do wrong when talking to children.Act #1: So, Kids: A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Hooker Walk into a Bar... — Jane FeltesProfessional comedians Sean O'Connor and Nick Maritato are used to saying things that kids aren't supposed to hear, but get booked on a tour of kids' summer camps.Music interlude: The Replacements, Kids Don't FollowAct #2: Age of Consent. — Ira Glass, Julie SnyderThe teen-aged editors of Sex, Etc., talk about the mistakes parents make when talking to their kids about sex. Then, the story of an anonymous mother who learned that her daughter was having sex.Music interlude: Patrizia & Jimmy, Trust Your ChildAct #3: Use Your Words.Dan Savage, host of the podcast Savage Love, makes the case for yelling at children, and reflects on how his views on how to talk to kids have changed over the yearsEpisode 340 – The Devil in MeShow description: Stories of people trying to exorcise their inner demons.Prologue: Ira Glass talks about traits he's not proud of, but can't seem to change.Act #1: And So We Meet Again. — Lisa PollakThe story of Sam Slaven, an Iraq War veteran plagued with hatred for Muslims.Act #2: Vox Diaboli. — Nancy UpdikeThe inner voice that tells us to do the wrong thing.Music interlude: The Germs, Lexicon DevilAct #3: The Devil Wears Birkenstocks. — Dave DickersonThe story of when Dave Dickerson took on a demon in his college classroom.Music interlude: David Karsten Daniel, Jesus and the DevilEpisode 339 – Break-UpEpisode 338 – The SpokesmanEpisode 337 – Man vs. HistoryEpisode 336 – Who Can You Save?Episode 335 – Big Wide WorldEpisode 334 – Duty CallsEpisode 333 – The Center for Lessons LearnedEpisode 332 – The Ten CommandmentsEpisode 331 – Habeas Schmabeas 2007Episode 330 – My ReputationShow description: Stories of people trying to recover from damage to their reputations—sometimes caused by others, sometimes self-inflicted.Prologue: Robyn Forest thought she'd gotten her big break when a magazine assigned her to write about a famous Japanese pop singer. Instead, Robyn ended up on Japanese television denying that she and the singer were having an affair. Host Ira Glass talks with Robyn about how she accidentally ruined her own reputation. (11 minutes)Act #1: Not Everybody Loves Raymond.This American Life producer Sarah Koenig tells a story of the rise and fall of a politician's reputation. Raymond Buckley, a Democratic operative from New Hampshire, was instrumental in his party's success in last fall's midterm elections. He set his sights on becoming the chair of the state Democratic Party. But three months before the election for party chair, one of Buckley's political rivals accused him of one of the worst things that anyone can be accused of. It threatened to destroy not only his career, but his life. Unlike most politicians at the center of a scandal, Buckley was willing to talk about what he went through and how it changed him. (35 minutes)Act #2: The Hole Truth.It's one thing to wonder what other people really think of you. It's quite another to go out and ask them. Writer Gabriel Delahaye asked his closest friends—on tape—what they really think of him, and the answers surprised him. The story of one man's brave quest to face up to his reputation. (11 minutes)Episode 329 – Nice Work If You Can Get ItShow description: Stories of sudden fame, quick riches, and the downside of the dream job.Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks with some real-live NASA astronauts: Cady Coleman, Chris Cassidy, and Marsha Ivins. On average, NASA schedules just a couple of space missions a year. But it employs 95 astronauts. This means that only a tiny percentage of an astronaut's career is actually spent in space, and some never get there. Ira talks with these three astronauts about how they spend the vast majority of their time: on the ground, in an office, doing paperwork.Act #1: I'm Not a TV Star, but I Play One on TV.This American Life contributor John Hodgman was unexpectedly chosen to be in a series of high-profile Apple Computer commercials (he plays a PC). He tells the story of what happens when celebrity hunts you down and finds you...on your living room couch, pushing 40, and a couple sizes larger than you want to be. John was recorded live during our "What I Learned from Television" tour, before a sold-out audience at Royce Hall in Los Angeles.Act #2: Show Me the Annuity.This American Life producer Alex Blumberg talks with Ed Ugel, who had a very unusual dream job: he bought jackpots from lottery winners. When you win the lottery, your prize is often paid out in yearly installments. And Ed would offer winners a lump sum in exchange for their yearly checks. He's talked with thousands of lottery winners, and the vast majority, he says, wish they'd never won. Ed is writing a book about his years in the "lump sum industry" called Money for Nothing: One Man's Journey through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions. It comes out in September 2007.Act #3: The Homesick Explorer.Reporter Douglas McGray interviews a college student in California with good grades, an excellent work ethic, but no possible way to get a legal job. She's lived in the U.S. since she was little, but her parents are undocumented; and she is, too. Most of her friends and teachers don't even know. Douglas McGray is a fellow at the New America Foundation.Episode 328 – What I Learned from TVShow description: Collection of commentaries from live shows about television. All interludes performed by a band touring with This American Life, Mates of State.Prologue: Ira Glass describes the effect of television on our culture.Act #1: 29 — David RakoffDavid Rakoff takes the task of watching and describing the first 29 hours of television he's watched in years. (Takes its name from the average amount of time spent watching television each week by the typical person)Act #2: Turkeys in Pilgrim Clothing — Sarah VowellSarah Vowell talks about the ubiquitous "Thanksgiving Episode", and how writers always manage to dilute the truth.Act #3: Radio on the TV — Ira GlassIra Glass reflects on TV, and in particular on a line from an episode of The O.C. which holds special meaning to This American Life.Act #4: My Other Dog's a German Shepherd — Dan SavageColumnist Dan Savage commentates on the portrayal of sexuality on television and what effect this can have.Episode 327 – By ProxyAct #1: I'm the Decider — Davy RothbartDavid Rothbar makes a decision that isn't his to make.Act #2: Kill the Messengers — Ira GlassWhat it's like to be the proxy for American soldiers in Iraq.Act #3: Redemption by Proxy — Eve AmbramsA girl steps in for her dead best friend.Episode 326 – Quiz ShowAct #1: Gamester of Ireland is Fine — Ronan KellyAct #2: Dire Enigmas for Elite Fans — Lisa PollackMusic interlude: The Undertones, "Smarter Than You"Act #3: Girls in Need of a Safer Time — Robin EpsteinEpisode 325 – Houses of Ill ReputeAct #1: It’s Not a Crack House, It’s a Crack Home — Maherin GangatMaherin Gangat interviews an old man who keeps rather unsavory guests in his New York City home...Act #2: The Crisco KidMusic interlude: Ted Nugent,StrangleholdAct #3: Bully's Pulpit — Alex BlumbergMusic interlude: Gwen Stefani, "U Started It"Episode 324 – My Brilliant PlanAct #1: Mr. Adam's Neighborhood — Nancy Updike and Adam DavidsonAct #2: Tragedy Minus Time Equals Happily Ever AfterEpisode 323 – The SuperShow description: Stories of the mysterious hold supers have on their buildings, or their buildings have on them.Prologue: Ira speaks with a super who has exclusive access to a courtyard, but doesn't use itAct #1: The Super Always Rings TwiceMusic interlude: "Theme from Superman: The Movie"Act #2: Super DuperMusic interlude: The White Stripes, "Blue Orchid"Act #3: Please Re-Lease MeMusic interlude: Elvis