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24 alternatives to This American Life - My Damn Mind
The brain can betray you or benefit you. Act I w/ the NYT
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - My Damn Mind launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A conversation about life's unseen patterns
2016 · its alternatives →
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Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Serial Podcast▲177From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season
2014 · its alternatives →
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This week: people trying to show others what they see
2016 · its alternatives →
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From the outside, we think we know exactly what’s going on.…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Regret. Self-loathing. Jealousy. Happy V-Day!
2016 · its alternatives →
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A 30+ year struggle with self-doubt and loneliness
2016 · its alternatives →
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Coming to terms w/ a messed up subculture.
2016 · its alternatives →
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First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education
2015 · its alternatives →
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Replace all instances of "Trump" with "Drumpf."
2016 · its alternatives →
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People that imagine radically different futures.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Reading you the best blogs so you don't have to!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · its alternatives →
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Tim talks about his career, books, podcasts, and stoicism
2016 · its alternatives →
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Our beliefs about money are tied to many areas of our life
2016 · its alternatives →
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Creative inspiration debunked. Plus Chase's big announcement
2016 · its alternatives →
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