A 15-year-old boy travels more than one thousand miles—alone—to seek out his hero, a man he's never met. Plus more stories about people in trouble who look for help in mystifying places.
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Owen Freeman
Prologue
A man discovers that his wife is cheating on him, and turns for advice to someone he's sure will have his back: his lawyer in the separation proceedings. Unfortunately for him, this is the worst person he could be turning to for advice...because his wife is cheating with the lawyer. (7 minutes)
Just South of the Unicorns
A teenager runs away from home to move in with someone he's never met, his idol, the person he respects most of all — a fantasy writer named Piers Anthony. Logan Hill reports. (32 minutes)
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. Except the doctor will only respond in rhyme. This story was written and performed by David Rakoff and Jonathan Goldestein, with a cameo by Julie Snyder. It originally aired on the CBC show Wiretap. Jonathan Goldstein's book I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow is out in paperback. Before he died in 2012, David Rakoff finished a final book, a novel written in rhyme called Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish, A Novel By David Rakoff. We devoted an entire episode to David. (13 minutes)
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Act One: Part One
Act Three: Swiss Near-miss
Act One: Choosers, Not Beggars
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