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Use this feature to search through the tens of thousands of essays that have been submitted to This I Believe. In addition, you can search through many of the essays from Edward R. Murrow's original 1950s radio series. You can select a last name, city, state, country, age range, or theme, or you may enter specific keywords. You can select multiple themes by holding down the control (Ctrl) key (Apple key for Macs) while selecting each theme. For privacy purposes, when an essay is viewed, the essayist will only be identified by first name, city, and state, although you can search by last name if you are trying to find a particular essay. We hope you enjoy exploring this new feature of our database.

 

[Please note: Other than the essays from the 1950s and those that aired on NPR, these essays have not been edited.]

 

First Name:
Last Name:
City:
State:	(All) APO FPO Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Indiana Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Phillipines Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington Washington, DC West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Country:	(All) Afganistan Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Belgium Bolivia Brazil British West Indies Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Columbia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Falkland Islands Finland France Gambia Germany Ghana Great Britain Greece Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea South Latvia Lebanon Malaysia Mexico Moldova Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Tokelau Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Erimates United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam Wales Zimbabwe
Age Range:	(All) Under 18 18 - 30 30 - 50 50 - 65 65+
Essay Type:	Contemporary 1950s (All)
Theme:	(None) addiction afterlife america/patriotism atheism birth brotherhood/friends carpe diem change (power of) charity/service children christianity citizenship community courage creativity death democracy disability discrimination education/knowledge empathy/compassion environment equality faith/religion family fear forgiveness freedom golden rule good/evil goodness/kindness government/constitution gratitude hard work holocaust hope humanism humility humor/laughter illness immigrant injustice integrity legacy love morality nature parenthood patriotism peace pets/animals place pleasure popular culture prejudice purpose question race respect responsibility science self-determination self-knowledge setbacks social justice sports tolerance values/spirituality war
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