411: First Contact
Jun 25, 2010
Stories of first encounters with unknown and distant beings: Girls, foreigners and perhaps even aliens. Including a story by comedian Mike Birbiglia about his first kiss.
- Ira Glass mentions a very silly mistake he made with a girl when he was in junior high. Then comedian Mike Birbiglia tells the story of his rocky foray into the world of making out with girls. Mike has a book coming out this Fall called Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories, which features this story and some others he’s told here on This American Life. (15 minutes)
