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In 2008, there were 25 This American Life episodes.
| Link and Title | Original Airing Date | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5 |
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| Episode 347 – "Matchmakers" | 1/18/2008 | A Good Year For Grand Gestures | Part Of Me, Why Not Take Part Of Me | Babies Buying Babies | ||
| Episode 348 – "Tough Room" | 2/8/2008 | Make 'Em Laff | Bar Car Prophesy | Mission: Impossible | Tough News Room | |
| Episode 349 – "Valentine's Day 2008" | 2/15/2008 | Before And After | The Over-Protective Kind | Istanbul | ||
| Episode 350 – "Human Resources" | 2/29/2008 | The Rubber Room | The Plan | Almost Human Resources | ||
| Episode 351 – "Return to Childhood 2008" | 3/7/2008 | Ich Bin Ein Mophead | Punk In A Gray Flannel Suit | Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, David Ben Gurion, and Me! | When We Were Angels | |
| Episode 352 – "The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar" | 3/14/2008 | Part One | Part Two | |||
| Episode 353 – "The Audacity of Government" | 3/28/2008 | The Prez Vs. The Commish | This American Wife | 44 | ||
| Episode 354 – "Mistakes Were Made" | 4/18/2008 | You're As Cold As Ice | You're Willing To Sacrifice Our Love | |||
| Episode 355 – "The Giant Pool of Money" | 5/9/2008 | Part One | Part Two | |||
| Episode 356 – "The Prosecutor" | 5/30/2008 | Conviction | Retaliation | |||
| Episode 357 – "The Truth Will Out" | 6/13/2008 | Lieland | The Spy Who Bugged Me | Rosa In The Study With The Atm Card | ||
| Episode 358 – "Social Engineering" | 6/27/2008 | Choosers, Not Beggars | Take My Bike...Please | Educated Guess | ||
| Episode 359 – "Life After Death" | 7/18/2008 | Guity As Not Charged | Soldier Of Misfortune | |||
| Episode 360 – "Switched at Birth" | 7/25/2008 | Part One | Part Two | |||
| Episode 361 – "Fear of Sleep" | 8/8/2008 | Stranger In The Night | Sleep's Tiniest Enemies | The Bitter Fruits Of Wakefulness | Hollywood-induced Nightmare | A Small Taste Of The Big Sleep |
| Episode 362 – "Got You Pegged" | 8/22/2008 | The Fat Blue Line | Stereotypes Uber Alles | Yes, No Or Baby | Paradise Lost | |
| Episode 363 – "Enforcers" | 9/12/2008 | Hanging In Chad | Now You SEC Me, Now You Don't | |||
| Episode 364 – "Going Big" | 9/26/2008 | Harlem Renaissance | Lonely Hearts Club Band...Of One | Prisoner Of The Heart | ||
| Episode 365 – "Another Frightening Show About the Economy" | 10/3/2008 | The Day The Market Died | Out Of The Hedges And Into The Woods | Swap Cops | What's Next | |
| Episode 366 – "A Better Mousetrap 2008" | 10/10/2008 | Mother Of Invention | Financial Mousetrap | Everything Must Go | The Not-for-profit Motive | |
| Episode 367 – "Ground Game" | 10/24/2008 | Scranton | State College | Union Halls | State College, Part Two | Scranton, Part Two |
| Episode 368 – "Who Do You Think You Are?" | 11/7/2008 | Hard Times | What A Difference An Election Day Makes | Putting The Cart Before The Porsche | ||
| Episode 369 – "Poultry Slam 2008" | 11/28/2008 | You Gotta Ask Yourself One Question: Do You Feel Clucky? Well...do Ya, Punk? | Winged Migration | A Pastor And His Flock | Twistery Mystery | Chicken Coop For The Soul |
| Episode 370 – "Ruining It for the Rest of Us" | 12/19/2008 | Shots In The Dark | Tragedy Minus Comedy Equals Time | Disturbing The Peace Train | ||
| Episode 371 – "Scenes from a Mall" | 12/26/2008 | Love Line | Not Dead Yet | Santa Fight Club | Job: Security |
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