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862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore June 20, 2025 Act Two: Case Study Two Americans moved to Eswatini when that country was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.
862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore June 20, 2025 Act Three: Two Daughters When USAID suddenly stopped all foreign assistance without warning or a transition plan, it sent people all over the world scrambling.
862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore June 20, 2025 Act One: 63 Years, 7 Months, 26 Days USAID was founded in 1961.
470: Show Me the Way July 27, 2012 Act Two: Oh! The Places You Will Not Go! A man who believes he's turning into a cockroach reaches out to a world famous doctor for advice.
464: Invisible Made Visible May 18, 2012 Act Three: Stiff as a Board, Light as a Feather David Rakoff tells this story, about the invisible processes that can happen inside our bodies and the visible effects they eventually have.
433: Fine Print 2011 Apr. 15, 2011 Act Two: Occupancy May Be Revoked Without Notice David Rakoff tells the story of a contract between a son and his visiting mother.
