79: Stuck in the Wrong Decade
Oct 10, 1997
People stuck in the wrong decade — or simply carrying a lot of the props from another decade.
NOTE: This American Life has removed the audio for this episode because of questions about the truthfulness of the story by reporter Stephen Glass (who’s no relation to Ira Glass). We have removed the audio from our site, and have left the transcript up only for reference.
- A communist, the filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, the band Camper Van Beethoven, and other people who may be stuck in the wrong decade. (3 minutes)
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- A former addict and a former prisoner discuss the developmental retardation their experiences caused. (8 minutes)
- New York writer Sarah Miller talks about two men she knows. (9 minutes)
- Stephen Glass (no relation to Ira) takes a job as a "field hand" at Mount Vernon. (8 minutes)
- Jeff Dorchen reads Italo Calvino's short story All At One Point from Calvino's book Cosmicomics. (9 minutes)
