List of 2012 This American Life episodes

In 2012, there were 29 new This American Life episodes.


 * This American Life retracted this episode two months after it was originally broadcast, after learning that Mike Daisey exaggerated or fabricated various claims about his experiences in China. The investigation behind the retraction is the subject of episode 460, "Retraction."
 * Act 1: Mr. Daisey Goes to China – Mike Daisey
 * Act 2: Act One – Ira Glass
 * Act 1: Currency of Dreams
 * Act 2: Eurotopia
 * Act 3: Ooh, I Shouldn't Have Done That!
 * Act 4: Do-Over
 * Act 5: What's a Greek Accountant Got to Do with Me?
 * Act 1: Alien Experiment
 * Act 2: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens – Danny Lobell
 * Act 1: Best Laid Plans
 * Act 2: 21 Chump Street
 * Act 3: Cold Stone Dreamery – Ben Loory
 * Act 4: Fantastic Mr. Fox – Jeanne Darst
 * Act 1: The Audacity of Louis Ortiz – Ryan Murdock
 * Act 2: Wife Lessons
 * Act 1: The Sound of Sirens
 * Act 2: Dream Come True
 * Act 3: Do You Want a Wake Up Call?
 * The entire episode is spent retracting and examining Episode 454, including further investigation of claims made by Daisey by Glass, Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai correspondent for Marketplace, and New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg.
 * Act 1: Cathy's Account
 * Act 2: Mike's Account
 * Act 3: News That's Fit to Print
 * Act 1: The Hamster Wheel
 * Act 2: Pac Men
 * Act 3: The O.G.S.
 * Act 1: Aces Are Wild
 * Act 2: The Conversation
 * Act 3: Just as I Am
 * Act 1: The Postcard Always Rings Twice
 * Act 2: The Disenchanted Forest – Jonathan Goldstein
 * Act 3: The Geeks Come Out at Night
 * A rebroadcast of portions of the live show broadcast into movie theaters on May 3, 2012.
 * Act 1: Does a Bear Hit in the Woods?
 * Act 2: Groundhog Dayne – With Special Guest Taylor Dayne
 * Act 3: Stiff as a Board, Light as a Feather – David Rakoff
 * Act 4: Turn Around Bright Eyes – David Sedaris
 * Act 1: Act One
 * Act 2: Act Two
 * Act 1: Render Unto Caesar's Palace What Is Due to Caesar's Palace
 * Act 2: Harrah's Today, Gone Tomorrow
 * Act 1: Why Do You Have to Go and Make Things So Complicated?
 * Act 2: Beautiful Downtown Wasteland
 * Act 1: Healthy Start
 * Act 2: Forgive Us Our Press Passes
 * Act 3: Runaway Groom
 * Act 1: There's Something About Mary
 * Act 2: Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear
 * Act 3: Seven Year Snitch
 * Act 1: Just South of the Unicorns
 * Act 2: Oh the Places You Will Not Go!
 * Act 1: Gym Rat
 * Act 2: Act Two
 * A special episode devoted to the late David Rakoff. The episode consists of stories and interviews over the course of years with the radio show.
 * 65. Who's Canadian?
 * 116. Poultry Slam 1998
 * 241. 20 Acts in 60 Minutes
 * 156. What Remains
 * 208. Office Politics
 * Interview with Terry Gross
 * "Rent" Monologue
 * 12. Animals
 * 470. Show Me the Way – with Jonathan Goldstein
 * 389. Frenemies
 * Excerpts from "Love Dishonor, Marry, Die; Cherish, Perish...A Novel by David Rakoff"
 * Act 1: Death Takes a Policy
 * Act 1: No, These Things Will Not Be on the Final Exam
 * Act 2: Act Two
 * Act 1: The Motherhood of the Traveling Pants
 * Act 2: Message in a Bottle
 * Act 3: Soul Sister
 * Act 4: Worst Mixtape Ever
 * Act 1: Too Soon?
 * Act 2: Just Keep Breathing
 * Act 3: A Real Nail Biter
 * Act 4: The Year After
 * Act 1: Take Your Kid to Work Day
 * Act 2: Get Away with It After the Beep
 * Act 3: Crime and Tutus
 * Act 4: Pre K-O
 * Act 1: I Know You Are, but What Am I?
 * Act 2: Nothing in Moderation
 * Act 1: Act One
 * Act 2: Act Two
 * Act 1: Semper Fido
 * Act 2: Run Rabbit. No, Really, Run!
 * Act 3: Human Sacrifice
 * Act 1: Kabul, Afghanistan
 * Act 2: Tucson, Arizona
 * Act 3: Washington, D.C.
 * Act 4: New Orleans, LA
 * Act 5: Cairo, Egypt
 * Act 6: Boston, Logan Airport; Chicago, IL; Springfield, OR
 * Act 1: Christmas in 3-D
 * Act 2: Deer in the Footlights
 * Act 3: Piddler on the Roof
 * Act 2: Just Keep Breathing
 * Act 3: A Real Nail Biter
 * Act 4: The Year After
 * Act 1: Take Your Kid to Work Day
 * Act 2: Get Away with It After the Beep
 * Act 3: Crime and Tutus
 * Act 4: Pre K-O
 * Act 1: I Know You Are, but What Am I?
 * Act 2: Nothing in Moderation
 * Act 1: Act One
 * Act 2: Act Two
 * Act 1: Semper Fido
 * Act 2: Run Rabbit. No, Really, Run!
 * Act 3: Human Sacrifice
 * Act 1: Kabul, Afghanistan
 * Act 2: Tucson, Arizona
 * Act 3: Washington, D.C.
 * Act 4: New Orleans, LA
 * Act 5: Cairo, Egypt
 * Act 6: Boston, Logan Airport; Chicago, IL; Springfield, OR
 * Act 1: Christmas in 3-D
 * Act 2: Deer in the Footlights
 * Act 3: Piddler on the Roof
 * Act 5: Cairo, Egypt
 * Act 6: Boston, Logan Airport; Chicago, IL; Springfield, OR
 * Act 1: Christmas in 3-D
 * Act 2: Deer in the Footlights
 * Act 3: Piddler on the Roof
 * Act 3: Piddler on the Roof