List of 2002 This American Life episodes
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In 2002, there were twenty-five This American Life episodes.
- Episode 203 – Recordings for Someone
- Act 1: Love Story - Ira Glass
- Act 2: War Story - John Brasfield
- Act 3: Special Effects Story - Kevin Murphy
- Act 4: Buddy Picture - Jonathan Goldstein
- Episode 204 – 81 Words
- Show description: Devoted entirely to Alix Spiegel's feature on the removal of homosexuality as a form of mental illness from the DSM-II during the 1973 meeting of the APA. Spiegel won the 2002 Livingston Award for National Reporting for this episode.
- Act 1: Untitled - Alix Spiegel
- Act 2: Untitled - Alix Spiegel
- Episode 205 – Plan B
- Act 1: It's Another Tequila Sunrise - John Hodgman
- Act 2: Why Talk? - Starlee Kine
- Act 3: Kidnapping as Plan B - Ira Glass
- Act 4: A Fate Most of Us Fear - Jonathan Goldstein
- Act 5: The Accursed Items - J. Robert Lennon
- Episode 206 – Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
- Act 1: Untitled - Wendy Dorr, Alex Blumberg and Ira Glass
- Episode 207 – Special Ed
- Act 1: Get on the Mic - Ira Glass
- Act 2: Black Hole Son
- Act 3: Walkout - Veronica Chater
- Episode 208 – Office Politics
- Act 1: Hang In There Kitty Cat, It's Almost Friday - Starlee Kine
- Act 2: Sheetcakes in the Conference Room, Whiskey After Dark - David Rakoff
- Act 3: When the Job That Takes You Off the Streets Is On The Streets - Julie Snyder
- A story about the culture and politics of street vendors and panhandlers in New York City
- Episode 209 – Didn't Ask to Be Born
- Act 1: The chronicle of a family that unravelled - Debra Gwartney and Sandy Tolan
- Act 2: Untitled - Brent Runyon
- Episode 210 – Perfect Evidence
- Act 1: Hawks and Rabbits - Shane DuBow
- Act 2: Snitch
- Episode 211 – Naming Names
- Act 1: How Britain Nearly Saved America - Jon Ronson
- Act 2: One Crucible Leads to Another - Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller
- Act 3: Beating the Erasers - Susan Drury
- Episode 212 – The Other Man
- Act 1: Psychic Buddha, Qu'est-ce Que C'est - Davy Rothbart
- Act 2: The Jackson Two - Ira Glass
- Act 3: Mr. Fun - Jonathan Goldstein and Heather O'Neill
- Episode 213 – Devil On My Shoulder
- Act 1: It's Fun to Make Hell on Earth - George Ratliff
- Act 2: Sixteen Candles Can Lead to a Lot of Fire - Ira Glass
- Act 3: Devil in Angel's Clothing, or Is It the Other Way Around? - Sarah Koenig
- Episode 214 – Family Physics
- Act 1: Occam's Razor - Cris Beam
- Act 2: The Trajectory and Force of Bodies in Orbit - Jon Ronson
- Act 3: Conservation of Energy and Matter - David Sedaris
- Episode 215 – Ask An Expert
- Act 1: An Epidemic Created by Doctors - Alix Spiegel
- Act 2: Not Stella Adler, Just Stellllaaah - Jod Kaftan
- Episode 216 – Give the People What They Want
- Act 1: Let Them Eat Cake, Wedding Cake - Ira Glass
- Act 2: God Shed his Grace on Thee - Jack Hitt
- Act 3: Have Paint, Will Travel - Alex Kotlowitz and Amy Dorn
- Act 4: Handing People Their Dreams - Ali Davis
- Act 5: What Daddy Wants - Curtis Sittenfeld
- Episode 217 – Give It to Them
- Act 1: Life Indoors - Nancy Updike
- Act 2: Here and There in the Land of Israel - Ira Glass
- Act 3: What's a Moderate? - Nancy Updike
- Episode 218 – Act V
- Episode 219 – High Speed Chase
- Act 1: Cowboys and Indians, Part 1 - Susan Burton
- Act 2: Cowboys and Indians, Part 2 - Susan Burton
- Episode 220 – Testosterone
- Act 1: Life at Zero - Ira Glass
- Act 2: Infinite Gent
- Act 3: Contest-osterone
- Act 4: Learning to Shut Up - Miriam Toews
- Episode 221 – Fake I.D.
- Act 1: Pole Vault - Ira Glass
- Act 2: This Blessed House - Jhumpa Lahiri
- Act 3: The Lie that Binds - David Sedaris
- Episode 222 – Suckers
- Act 1: No Receipt, No Surrender - "Jen"
- Act 2: The Stereo Type - Shane DuBow
- Act 3: Suckers in the Promised Land - Adam Davidson
- Act 4: Mother Sucker - Heather O'Neill
- Episode 223 – Classifieds
- Centered around classified ads appearing on the same day in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader
- Act 1: Lost and Found Ads - Todd Bachmann
- Act 2: Help Wanted - Joe Richman
- Act 3: Musicians Classifieds - Starlee Kine
- Act 4: Personal Ads - Jonathan Goldstein
- Act 5: For Sale - Jay Allison
- Episode 224 – Middlemen
- Act 1: Show Me the Monet - Alex Blumberg and Davy Rothbart
- Act 2: Stuck inside of Memphis
- Act 3: What it Takes to Tromp Through the Desert - Wendy Dorr
- Episode 225 – Home Movies
- Act 1: The Big Night - Jonathan Goldstein
- Act 2: The Kids Stay in the Picture - Ira Glass
- Act 3: A Half-Million Home Videos Can't be Wrong - Ira Glass
- Act 4: The Cinema of Upward Mobility - Susan Burton
- Act 5: Untitled - David Sedaris
- Episode 226 – Reruns
- Act 1: Action! Action! Action! - Starlee Kine talks about Trent Harris' Beaver Trilogy
- Act 2: Marriage as Rerun - Ira Glass
- Act 3: Reruns at the back of the Bus - Sarah Vowell
- Episode 227 – Why We Fight
- Act 1: Senator's Proxy - Ira Glass
- Act 2: When Firas Comes Marching Home Again - Adam Davidson
- Act 3: Realism 101 - Ira Glass
- Act 4: Who Cares?
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- 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 2003 This American Life episodes
- List of 2004 This American Life episodes
- List of 2005 This American Life episodes
- List of 2006 This American Life episodes
- List of 2007 This American Life episodes
- List of 2008 This American Life episodes
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