# This weeks theme on "This American Life" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-theme-on-this-american-life/192805 "2003-08-04T01:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-theme-on-this-american-life/192805/1 "2003-08-04T01:45:31Z")
I head just the opening of this week’s “This American Life” while I was in the car, and the start of the first segment. They involved a guy who could pronounce the Period Table symbols, and a guy who was getting therapy for his stuttering. What was the theme of this week’s show. The [website](http://www.thislife.org) doesn’t offer any clues. Anyone know? -M ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-theme-on-this-american-life/192805/2 "2003-08-04T06:25:03Z")
Are you sure it was this weeks show? The one I listened to Sunday morning (8/3) was “Act V,” a re-run from last summer. If you click on “03” episodes you can see a list of all the shows produced in 2003. When you click on that you will see at the top of the page a link to a chronological “main archive.” This will list every show in order regardless of its original air date. There is a show called “Later That Same Day” for July 25. Unfortunately I missed that show so I have no idea if this is the one you are looking for. It is not yet available online. I’m a big TAL fan; please let me know which episode you are talking about, because it doesn’t sound familiar to me at all.