This American Life Work
Updike's work has been featured in the following episodes of This American Life:
- Episode 13 – Love (autobiographical story)
- Episode 25 – Basketball
- Episode 46 – Sissies
- Episode 105 – Take A Negro Home
- Episode 110 – Mapping
- Episode 123 – High Cost of Living
- Episode 141 – Invisible Worlds
- Episode 143 – Sentencing
- Episode 149 – Bedside Diplomacy
- Episode 155 – Hoaxing Yourself
- Episode 164 – Crime Scene
- Episode 169 – The Pursuit of Happiness
- Episode 172 – 24 Hours at the Golden Apple
- Episode 182 – Cringe
- Episode 200 – Hearts and Minds
- Episode 217 – Give It to Them
- Episode 238 – Lost in Translation
- Episode 251 – Brother's Keeper
- Episode 266 – I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help
- Episode 268 – My Experimental Phase
- Episode 293 – A Little Bit of Knowledge
- Episode 324 – My Brilliant Plan
- Episode 327 – By Proxy
- Episode 333 – The Center for Lessons Learned
- Episode 361 – Fear of Sleep
- Episode 370 – Ruining It For the Rest of Us
- Episode 372 – The Inauguration Show
- Episode 386 – Fine Print
- Episode 388 – Rest Stop
- Episode 428 – Oh You Shouldn't Have (served as guest host)
- Episode 429 - Will They Know Me Back Home?
- Episode 432 - When To Fold 'Em
- Episode 433 - Fine Print
- Episode 434 - This Week 05.05.2011
- Episode 442 - Thugs
- Episode 475 - Send a Message
- Episode 480 - Animal Sacrifice
Updike won a Peabody Award in 1996 for her work as a producer on This American Life. She won the Edward R. Murrow Award for news documentary (2005), and the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Award (2004) for her hour-long documentary about private contractors in Iraq: "I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help" (This American Life episode 266).
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