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February 19, 2016

That's One Way to Do It

Forget the easy way. This week, stories about people who come up with very innovative…and unusual...solutions to their problems. Including the story of a young voter who defies political categorization.

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Prologue

As a California game warden Terry Grosz went to great lengths — and some depths — to stop illegal fishing. Terry also tells this story in his book Wildlife Wars. (9 minutes)

By

Ira Glass
Act One

Sex, Boyhood and Politics in South Carolina

Producer Zoe Chace hangs out with an unlikely Trump supporter in order to get to the bottom of his unusual motivation. (31 minutes)

By

Zoe Chace
Act Two

Here's Looking at You, Kidney

Sigrid Fry-Revere was fed up with the kidney donation system in this country. So, she went somewhere that seemed to be doing a better job with its transplant patients— possibly one of the last places you’d expect. Producer Stephanie Foo has that story. Sigrid is the author of the book The Kidney Sellers. (16 minutes)

By

Stephanie Foo

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