List of 2006 This American Life episodes

In 2006, there were seventeen This American Life episodes.

*TAL episode|06|306|Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
**Act 1: "Luck of the Irish" - Ira Glass
**Act 2: "Taxation Without Inebriation"
**Act 3: "Bad Morning America" - Davy Rothbart
**Act 4: "Function of the Heart"
*TAL episode|06|307|In the Shadow of the City
**Act 1: "Brooklyn Archipelago" - Brett Martin
**Act 2: "The Thin Gray Line" - Cheryl Wagner
**Act 3: "Yes, In My Backyard" - Jorge Just
*TAL episode|06|308|Star-Crossed Love
**Act 1: "Prisoner of Love" - Shant Kenderian
**Act 2: "The Diary of Mrs. Sam Horrigan" - Catalina Puente
**Act 3: "So a Squirrel and a Chipmunk Walk Into a Bar" - David Sedaris
*TAL episode|06|309|Cat and Mouse
**Act 1: "El Gato Y El Ratoncito" - James Spring
**Act 2: "Hello Kitty" - David Sedaris
**Act 3: "Looking for Loveseats in all the Wrong Places" - David Segal
**Act 4: "Spray My Name, Spray My Name" - Brian Thomas Gallagher
*TAL episode|06|310|Habeas Schmaebeas
**Act 1: "There's No U.S. in Habeas" - Jack Hitt
**Act 2: "September 11th, 1660" - Jon Ronson
**Act 3: "We Interrogate the Detainees" - Jack Hitt
*TAL episode|06|311|A Better Mousetrap
**Act 1: "Mother of Invention" - Karen Sosnoski
**Act 2: "Everything Must Go" - Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
**Act 3: "What Would Fill-in-the-Blank Do?" - Brett Martin
**Act 4: "Squashing the Creative Spirit" - Andy Raskin
*TAL episode|06|312|How We Talked Back Then
**Show description: A return to two live shows from the TAL archive including show 36, "Letters" and show 66, "Tales from the Net".
**Act 1: "Letters"
**Act 2: "Internet"
*TAL episode|06|313|Parental Guidance Suggested
**Act 1: "Two Possibilities, Both Bad" - Ira Glass
**Act 2: "The Grandma Letters" - Will Seymour, Mortified
**Act 3: "My Angel's in the Centerfolds" - Thea Chaloner
*TAL episode|06|314|It's Never Over
**Act 1: "Who Takes the Class Out of Class Reunion" - Jon Ronson
**Act 2: "Life Without Leanne" - Larry Doyle
**Act 3: "Deal of a Lifetime" - Sarah Koenig
**Act 4: "One Word: Timing" - Tami Sagher
*TAL episode|06|315|The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig
**Act 1: "Parrot" - Ira Glass, Alex Lane, and Erik Holm
**Act 2: "Pig" - Jonathan Goldstein
**Act 3: "Combo Platter" - David Sedaris
*TAL episode|06|316|The Cat Came Back
*TAL episode|06|317|Unconditional Love
**Act 1: "Love Is A Battlefield" - Alix Spiegel
**Act 2: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Dave Royko
*TAL episode|06|318|With Great Power
**Act 1: "Objects in Side View Mirror Are Truer Than They Appear" - Alex Kotlowitz
**Act 2: "Unwelcome Wagon" - Ira Glass
**Music interlude: Dave Barker, "I Got to Get Away"
**Act 3: "Waiting for Joe" - Shalom Auslander
**Music interlude: Bettye Lavette, "The High Road"
*TAL episode|06|319|And the Call Was Coming From the Basement
**Show description: Scary stories that are all true.
**Prologue: Ira Glass and Albert Donnay read a ghost story from a 1921 medical journal.
**Act 1: "The Hills Have Eyes" - Alix Blumberg
**Music interlude: 45 Grave, "Evil"
**Act 2: "The Hitcher" - Ira Glass
**Act 3: "And the Call Was Coming from ... the Listeners!"
**Act 4: "Graveyard Shift" - David Sedaris
**Music interlude: Gnarls Barkley, "The Boogie Monster"
*TAL episode|06|320|What's In a Number – 2006 Edition
**Show description: Discussion about a new study by The Lancet about the number of Iraqis who have died since the US invasion.
**Prologue: Ira Glass talks with ordinary Iraqis about life after the invasion.
**Act 1: "Truth, Damn Truth and Statistics" - Alex Blumberg
**Act 2: "Not Just a Number"
**Act 3: "The War This Time" - Ira Glass
**Music interlude: The Roots, "Somebody's Gotta Do It"
*TAL episode|06|321|Sink or Swim
**Prologue: a story about a German interpreter for Ford whose skills fail him
**Act 1: "Mr. Central High"
**Act 2: "I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn"
**Act 3: "If This Arc Is A-Rockin', Don't Come A-Knockin"' - Jonathan Goldstein interprets the story of Noah's Arc
*TAL episode|06|322|Shouting Across the Divide
**Show description: Stories of Muslim and non-Muslim relations.
**Prologue: A depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on display in the main courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court.
**Act 1: "Which One of These Is Not Like the Others?" -- Why is it so hard for Muslims and non-Muslims to get along in the fourth grade?
**Act 2: "America the Ad Campaign" - Shalom Auslander

External links

* [http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Archive.aspx?year=2006 This American Life's radio archive for 2006]

ee also

*List of 1995 This American Life episodes
*List of 1996 This American Life episodes
*List of 1997 This American Life episodes
*List of 1998 This American Life episodes
*List of 1999 This American Life episodes
*List of 2000 This American Life episodes
*List of 2001 This American Life episodes
*List of 2002 This American Life episodes
*List of 2003 This American Life episodes
*List of 2004 This American Life episodes
*List of 2005 This American Life episodes
*List of 2007 This American Life episodes
*List of 2008 This American Life episodes
*List of This American Life (TV series) episodes