89: Sibling Rivalry

89: Sibling Rivalry

Jan 9, 1998

Stories about people who are destined to fight: brothers and sisters.

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Prologue
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Two quick real life fables about the power of sibling rivalry. (2 minutes)Children • Family • siblings
- Ira Glass
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Act One

He Is Heavy, He's My Brother.
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True tales of sibling cruelty. (4 minutes)Family • siblings
- Ira Glass
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Act Two

Drama Of The Gifted Child — And Her Sister.
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Tamar Brott, on growing up with two music prodigies, and Sandra Tsing Loh's sister Kaitlin, a ballet prodigy. (20 minutes)Family • Music • siblings
- Sandra Loh
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Act Three

Destiny.
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Deb Monroe's two daughters as they fight. (6 minutes)Mothers • Parenting • Parents • siblings
- Deb Monroe
- Ira Glass
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Act Four

Fraternity Is Destiny.
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Writer Donald Antrim's The Hundred Brothers, and the question: What happens when we grow up? (24 minutes)Fiction • siblings
- Donald Antrim
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