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In 1995, there were seven This American Life episodes; all were broadcast under the original name of the program ''Your Radio Playhouse.'' * :Our program's very first broadcast – 1995-11-17 : *Prologue – Ira Glass seeks advice from long-time talk show host Joe Franklin. (six minutes) :Interlude: Dinah Washington – "Destination Moon" : *Act 1 – Kevin Kelly (23 minutes) ::Kevin Kelly has a sort of religious experience in Jerusalem and decides to live the next six months of his life to the fullest. This plot was revisited for episode 50 – Shoulda Been Dead : *Act 2 – Ira Glass (seven minutes) ::Ira calls his parents in for advice about broadcasting. : *Act 3 – Lawrence Steger (13 minutes) ::Steger recounts a road trip he and a friend took after hearing about Steger's HIV diagnosis. :Interlude: The Treniers – "(Uh-Oh) Get Out of the Car" : *Act 4 – Ed Ryder, interviewed by Ira Glass and Nancy Updike (nine minutes) ::Ryder was wrongly imprisoned for twenty years and recently released, and he discusses dream of playing music. Ryder performs "God Bless the Child"—this performance was re-broadcast in episode 119 – Lock-Up. :Interlude: Django Reinhardt – "''I've Had My Moments''" * :Small-scale stories on the nature of small-scale sin – 1995-11-24 : *Prologue – Ira Glass visits the Hackers On Planet Earth conference and talks to three teenagers who committed credit card fraud tell their stories. (16 minutes) : *Act 1 ::Playwright Jeff Dorchen writes a play about the previous act. (10 minutes) : *Act 2 – Ira Glass interviews Michael Warr ::Poet Warr discusses his childhood as a Jehovah's Witness. (eight minutes) : *Act 3 ::A member of the hacking group MOD discusses his arrest and imprisonment and his success as a criminal. (26 minutes) * :Stories decrying the wonders of turkeys, chickens, and other fowl – 1995-12-01 : *Act 1 ::Danielle explains why her family calls chicken "fish" at the dinner table. (20 minutes) :Interlude: Louis Jordan – "Saturday Night Fish Fry" : *Act 2 ::Julie discusses life on a turkey farm (eight minutes) : *Act 3 – Luis Rodriguez ::Rodriguez reads a poem about poultry. (four minutes) :Interlude: Cab Calloway – "A Chicken Ain't Nothing But a Bird" : *Act 4 – Verda Mae Cosgrove ::The hostess of NPR's ''Seasonings'' explains how to cook a chicken. (six minutes) :Interlude: Charles Mingus – "Eat That Bird" : *Act 5 – David Sedaris ::Sedaris buys a taxidermied turkey. (three minutes) : *Act 6 – Ira Glass ::Glass presents the first new episode of the WCFL radio program "Chickenman" since 1969. (eight minutes) * :Stories about vacations gone awry—or perhaps vacations that never should have happened – 1995-12-08 : *Prologue – Ira Glass ::Ira discusses his family photos from a trip to Hawaii. (nine minutes) : *Act 1 – Sandra Tsing Loh ::Loh reads a story about her family vacation in Ethiopia. (22 minutes) : *Act 2 – David Sedaris ::Sedaris discusses hitchhiking. (25 minutes) :Interlude: Ozark Mountain Devils – "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" * :Stories that reveal the societal "trend" toward anger and away from genuine forgiveness – 1995-12-15 :Prologue – Ira Glass ::Glass reads a list of words that Newt Gingrich advised Republicans use when referring to Democrats. (seven minutes) : *Act 1 – Jack Hitt ::Hitt is confronted by someone who read an article he wrote about Susan Smith. (15 minutes) : *Act 2 – Iris Moore and Larry Steeger ::Moore and Steeger give monologues about forgiveness. (nine minutes) :Interlude: Unknown artist – "I Blame God" : *Act 3 – Darrin Bowden ::Bowden explains the effects of harsh criminal sentences on minors. (six minutes) :Interlude: Johnny Cash – "The Wall" : *Act 4 – Ira Glass ::Glass interviews Glen Fitzgerald, a Christian missionary who works with gang members. (nine minutes) :Interlude: Johnny Cash – "Folsom Prison Blues" : *Act 5 – Cheryl Trykv ::A story read before a live audience about someone who doesn't want forgiveness. (14 minutes) * :Several Christmas-themed performances – 1995-12-22 : *Prologue – David Sedaris ::A Christmas radio play with Sedaris and the Pinetree Gang. (28 minutes) : *Act 1 – Beau O'Reilly ::A Christmas tree story. (14 minutes) : *Act 2 – Reginald Gibbons ::A story about Christmas at juvenile court. (10 minutes) : *Act 3 – Peter Clowney ::Christmas at the Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church, whose choir provides music for the entire episode. (nine minutes) * :Stories of people who quit everything in their lives that they hated—and what happened to them afterwards – 1995-12-29 : *Prologue – Ira Glass ::Evan Harris starts the magazine ''Quitter Quarterly'' with Shelley Ross (22 minutes) :Interlude: Ella Fitzgerald – "Don't Fence Me In" : *Act 1 – Sandra Tsing Loh ::Loh reads a story about quitting. (10 minutes) :Interlude: Brave Combo – "Do Something Different (Disappear)" : *Act 2 – Ira Glass ::Glass plays excerpts from ''Shut Up, Little Man!'' (nine minutes) : *Act 3 – Lisa Buscani ::A story about being unable to quit. (13 minutes) :Interlude: Robert Metrick – "The Calendar Song" : *Act 4 – Dwight Okita and Ira Glass ::Okita reads the poem "Farewell Samba" from his book ''Crossing with the Light'' and Glass reads Philip Larkin's "Poetry of Departures". 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