In 2002, there were 25 This American Life episodes.

Act 1: Love Story – Ira Glass Act 2: War Story – John Brasfield Act 3: Special Effects Story – Kevin Murphy Act 4: Buddy Picture – Jonathan Goldstein

Show description: Devoted entirely to Alix Spiegel's feature on the removal of homosexuality as a form of mental illness from the DSM-II during the 1973 meeting of the APA. Spiegel won the 2002 Livingston Award for National Reporting for this episode. Act 1: Untitled – Alix Spiegel Act 2: Untitled – Alix Spiegel

Act 1: It's Another Tequila Sunrise – John Hodgman Act 2: Why Talk? – Starlee Kine Act 3: Kidnapping as Plan B – Ira Glass Act 4: A Fate Most of Us Fear – Jonathan Goldstein Act 5: The Accursed Items – J. Robert Lennon

Act 1: Untitled – Wendy Dorr, Alex Blumberg and Ira Glass

Act 1: Get on the Mic – Ira Glass Act 2: Black Hole Son Act 3: Walkout – Veronica Chater

Act 1: Hang In There Kitty Cat, It's Almost Friday – Starlee Kine Act 2: Sheetcakes in the Conference Room, Whiskey After Dark – David Rakoff Act 3: When the Job That Takes You Off the Streets Is On The Streets – Julie Snyder A story about the culture and politics of street vendors and panhandlers in New York City

Act 1: The chronicle of a family that unravelled – Debra Gwartney and Sandy Tolan Act 2: Untitled – Brent Runyon

Act 1: Hawks and Rabbits – Shane DuBow Act 2: Snitch

Act 1: How Britain Nearly Saved America – Jon Ronson Act 2: One Crucible Leads to Another – Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller Act 3: Beating the Erasers – Susan Drury

Act 1: Psychic Buddha, Qu'est-ce Que C'est – Davy Rothbart Act 2: The Jackson Two – Ira Glass Act 3: Mr. Fun – Jonathan Goldstein and Heather O'Neill

Act 1: It's Fun to Make Hell on Earth – George Ratliff Act 2: Sixteen Candles Can Lead to a Lot of Fire – Ira Glass Act 3: Devil in Angel's Clothing, or Is It the Other Way Around? – Sarah Koenig

Act 1: Occam's Razor – Cris Beam Act 2: The Trajectory and Force of Bodies in Orbit – Jon Ronson Act 3: Conservation of Energy and Matter – David Sedaris

Act 1: An Epidemic Created by Doctors – Alix Spiegel Act 2: Not Stella Adler, Just Stellllaaah – Jod Kaftan

Act 1: Let Them Eat Cake, Wedding Cake – Ira Glass Act 2: God Shed his Grace on Thee – Jack Hitt Act 3: Have Paint, Will Travel – Alex Kotlowitz and Amy Dorn Act 4: Handing People Their Dreams – Ali Davis Act 5: What Daddy Wants – Curtis Sittenfeld

Act 1: Life Indoors – Nancy Updike Act 2: Here and There in the Land of Israel – Ira Glass Act 3: What's a Moderate? – Nancy Updike

Act 1: Act Five, Scene 1 – Jack Hitt Act 2: Act Five, Scene 2 – Jack Hitt

Act 1: Cowboys and Indians, Part 1 – Susan Burton Act 2: Cowboys and Indians, Part 2 – Susan Burton

Act 1: Life at Zero – Ira Glass Act 2: Infinite Gent Act 3: Contest-osterone Act 4: Learning to Shut Up – Miriam Toews

Act 1: Pole Vault – Ira Glass Act 2: This Blessed House – Jhumpa Lahiri Act 3: The Lie that Binds – David Sedaris

Act 1: No Receipt, No Surrender – "Jen" Act 2: The Stereo Type – Shane DuBow Act 3: Suckers in the Promised Land – Adam Davidson Act 4: Mother Sucker – Heather O'Neill

Centered on classified ads appearing on the same day in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader Act 1: Lost and Found Ads – Todd Bachmann Act 2: Help Wanted – Joe Richman Act 3: Musicians Classifieds – Starlee Kine Act 4: Personal Ads – Jonathan Goldstein Act 5: For Sale – Jay Allison

Act 1: Show Me the Monet – Alex Blumberg and Davy Rothbart Act 2: Stuck inside of Memphis Act 3: What it Takes to Tromp Through the Desert – Wendy Dorr

Act 1: The Big Night – Jonathan Goldstein Act 2: The Kids Stay in the Picture – Ira Glass Act 3: A Half-Million Home Videos Can't be Wrong – Ira Glass Act 4: The Cinema of Upward Mobility – Susan Burton Act 5: Untitled – David Sedaris

Act 1: Action! Action! Action! – Starlee Kine talks about Trent Harris' Beaver Trilogy Act 2: Marriage as Rerun, featuring John Hodgman and Robert Krulwich – Ira Glass Act 3: Reruns at the back of the Bus – Sarah Vowell

Act 1: Senator's Proxy – Ira Glass Act 2: When Firas Comes Marching Home Again – Adam Davidson Act 3: Realism 101 – Ira Glass Act 4: Who Cares?

External links This American Lifes radio archive for 2002