List of 1999 This American Life episodes

• – "Lockup"
• – "Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be"
• – "Twentieth Century Man"
• *The story of Keith Aldridge, who repeatedly reinvented himself over the course of his life to coincide with the major cultural events of the late 20th century, until he died in 1993. Gillian Aldridge tells his story by interviewing her half-siblings.
• – "Valentine's Day '99"
• – "High Cost of Living"
• – "Welcome to America"
• – "Apocalypse"
• – "Do-Gooders"
• – "Pimp Anthropology"
• – "Four Corners"
• – "Advice"
• – "Away From Home"
• – "The Kids Are Alright"
• – "Father's Day '99"
• – "Sales"
• – "We Didn't"
• – "Allure of Crime"
• *Show description: Through our crimes, we express who we are.
• *Act 1: Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad – Ira Glass interviews Julia Sweeney.
• *Act 2: You'll Pay – Marilyn Snell reports on a former bank robber.
• *Act 3: Grandma Takes a Fall – Documentary filmmaker Jean Finley talks with an elderly shoplifter.
• – "You Are Here"
• – "The Book that Changed Your Life"
• – "The Real Thing"
• – "Ghosts of Elections Past"
• – "Family Business"
• – "Invisible Worlds"
• – "Barbara"
• – "Sentencing"
• – "Where Words Fail"
• – "Poultry Slam '99"
• – "Urban Nature"
• – "A Teenager's Guide to God"
• – "The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Suit"