216: Give the People What They Want
Jul 12, 2002
Stories of people who go to great lengths to give people what they want, and how they're rewarded sometimes, misguided other times.
- Host Ira Glass goes to a fake wedding at a home for Alzheimer's patients in Davenport, Iowa. Two high school kids who've never even kissed are the bride and groom. Most of the residents couldn't tell you either of their names. But the staff of the Country House residence stages the event because it makes the residents happy...even if they won't remember it by dinnertime. (3 minutes)
