Anonymous wrote:The feather heist, which is insane.

Yes!

Anonymous wrote:The month at the car dealership.

I listened to that based on this thread - it was stressful!

Anonymous wrote:Fiasco! https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiasco

+4 for Squirrel Cop

The month at the car dealership.

Anatomy of Doubt. It won a Peabody award. Some parts were hard to listen to, but it was very good. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

I want to thank PPs. I've listened to a few of these and they are fantastic!

Anonymous wrote:Fiasco! https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiasco

I was going to suggest this! I don’t remember the later stories but the Peter Pan play is AMAZING

Not TAL but the story “Rob” from NPR’s show Heavyweight is really good.

The U-Haul story from “Spectacular Failures”.

The price of Coke on Planet Money.

Anonymous wrote:The tattle phone is so so good. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/672/transcript

Sorry I linked to transcript by mistake. Try this - it’s the prologue https://www.thisamericanlife.org/672/no-fair

The tattle phone is so so good. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/672/transcript

Anonymous wrote:The one about the all-night diner in Chicago. The one about the rest stop service plaza in New York. Both my favorite formats - reporters interview people over 24 hours.

TAL is at its best in scenarios like this. They find amazing stories from random people and tie them together with a theme.

The one where they try and do 20 stories in one hour
There is one called the room of requirement which is amazing
there is also one about sociopathy, they all take the test to see if they are a sociopath and guess who is

Anonymous wrote:Anything appropriate for tweens?

TAL is a staple for our car drives up and down the east coast. Our children have listened to almost all of them.

The one about the all-night diner in Chicago. The one about the rest stop service plaza in New York. Both my favorite formats - reporters interview people over 24 hours.

There is a Christmas / Santa episode that is fantastic.