Stories of people and institutions who are worried about what the world thinks of them, and who take action...decisive action.
Prologue
Kristy Kruger realized in college just how bad her high school education had been. She was always having to pretend she knew what the people around here were talking about when she didn't know. And so she devised a troll-based system for getting through those moments without people thinking she was dumb. (Kristy's a musician in Dallas.) (7 minutes)
Dewey Decibel System
Alex Blumberg tells the story of an audacious act of rebranding done by a group of people who aren't normally thought of as very audacious: public librarians. In Michigan, they've started staging rock concerts in libraries. The band that's been thrown into the experiment— The High Strung—couldn't be more perfect for the job. (23 minutes)
Goldstein On Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein decides to find out—once and for all—if his dad Buzz thinks he's manly enough. (15 minutes)
Heart Shaped Box
Julie Hill explains how she's going to remake all the ideas her son has about his father, using a very simple tactic. (11 minutes)
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Act Two: Runaway
In 1940, Jack Geiger, at the age of fourteen, left his middle-class Jewish home and knocked on the door of a black actor named Canada Lee.
Act Two: More Lies
A girl who adored her father tries to figure out what to think after he takes some of her college money and lies to her about it.
Act Four: Nom De Plume, Nom De Guerre
How a guy named Tom became Camden Joy — and what he gained and what he lost.
