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May 23, 2014

Is That What I Look Like? (2014)

You've been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So why does it often take an outsider to see things about you that are obvious, and set you straight?

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Baby looking at itself in the mirror with a surprised expression

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Prologue

Guest host Nancy Updike talks about learning something new, and unpleasant, about herself in — where else — a makeup store. She also talks with other people about moments where someone made an observation about them that was shocking. (8 minutes)

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Nancy Updike
Act One

Blunt Force

Writer Domingo Martinez tells a story from his memoir The Boy Kings of Texas, about when he was forced to face how he might look in 20 years, if he kept doing what he was doing. (12 minutes)

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Domingo Martinez

Song:

“Wrong Crowd” by Prince George
Act Two

One Life To Live

A woman, who got in a car accident and was in a coma for 52 days, woke up having forgotten the last two years of her life — during which she'd divorced her husband. Producer Miki Meek spent a week with this family, in the midst of their difficult situation.  (14 minutes)

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Miki Meek
Act Three

The Blunder Years

Producer Ben Calhoun talks about the moment when the cool teacher at school told the girls they should pay attention to Ben, and they did. Then Ira Glass interviews actress Molly Ringwald about what happened when she watched one of her own movies, The Breakfast Club, with her daughter. (22 minutes)

Song:

“How Do You See Me” by Matrimony & “Who Are You Who Am I” by Spida

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