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24 alternatives to This American Life - Prom

The un-natural disaster that is prom

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 - Prom launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Life – A timeline of important events in (your) life▲268

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable▲87

   The extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   This American Life - My Damn Mind▲68

   The brain can betray you or benefit you. Act I w/ the NYT

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89

   First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Shock Doctrine▲62

   The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77

   This week: people trying to show others what they see

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Only Human - Listen Up! The Big Turkey in the Sky▲51

   Tips from crisis negotiators on surviving Thanksgiving

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   This American Life - I Thought I Knew You▲57

   What happens when the ground shifts underneath you

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76

   Stories of people climbing to be number one.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Serial Podcast▲177

    From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    This American Life - That's One Way to Do It▲58

    People who come up with innovative (& unusual) solutions

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    This American Life - 556: Same Bed, Different Dreams▲66

    People that imagine radically different futures.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori to embrace every week▲116

    2022 · life-cal.com · its alternatives →

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    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Heart - Hurricane▲2

    An ode to the short and sweet moments in life

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Wedding & Disaster of Felona Mabel▲60

    A novel exploring means, matrimony and thoughts of matricide

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Deep Simplicity▲62

    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    What "Disruption" Really Means▲152

    An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives▲62

    How can messiness lead to more creativity and new ideas?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Lifetramp▲95

    Be someone else for a day.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    American Girls▲60

    Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    American Girls▲67

    Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    This American Life - The Problem We All Live With▲62

    Examining racism in the public school system

    2015 · its alternatives →

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