This American Life

Comment On Our Disability Series

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000

Hundreds of people on Facebook and Twitter have already commented on our disability series. We wanted to give readers and listeners a chance to comment here, as well.

So: Read the full story here, and add your comment below.

Episode 446: The Invisible 14 Million

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:38:00 +0000

We're an economics show. We cover the economy. But it's come to our attention that, until now, we've missed one of the biggest stories in our economy: The startling rise in the number of people on federal disability programs.

It's the story of 14 million people who don't show up in most of the numbers we look at to understand the economy. These 14 million Americans don't have jobs, but they don't show up in any of the unemployment measures that we use.

Unfit For Work: The Startling Rise Of Disability In America

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:25:00 +0000

Parts of this story will air on This American Life this weekend, and on All Things Considered today and next week.

Planet Money On This American Life

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:46:00 +0000
We'll be on This American Life this weekend, with a story from our trip to Honduras. As we wrote recently:
The big idea is that a poor country should take a small part of its territory and say: We're going to build a new city here.

On Tour With Nancy Pelosi, Fundraising Rock Star

Andrea Seabrook — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:49:00 +0000
This story is part of a Planet Money series on money in politics. Also see our story, "Senator By Day, Telemarketer By Night, and listen to us this weekend on This American Life.
Democrats love Nancy Pelosi. Republicans hate Nancy Pelosi.
One key reason for both the love and the hate: Nancy Pelosi is incredibly good at her job.