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  00:58:47

  508: Superpowers

  This American Life 2 days ago starstarstarstarstar add

  We answer the following questions about superpowers: Can superheroes be real people? (No.) Can real people become superheroes? (Maybe.) And which is better: flight or invisibility? (Depends who you ask.)

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  654: The Feather Heist

  This American Life 12 Aug starstarstarstarstar add

  A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.

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  653: Crime Scene

  This American Life 5 Aug starstarstarstarstar_outline add

  Every crime scene hides a story. In this week's show, we hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.

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  619: The Magic Show

  This American Life 29 Jul starstarstarstarstar add

  Just a few years before he got the internship at NPR that started him in radio, our host Ira Glass had another career. He performed magic at children's birthday parties. A powerful sense of embarrassment has prevented him from ever doing an episode on the subject, but when he learned that producer David Kestenbaum was also a kid conjurer, they decided to dive in together.

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