Prologue

Comedian Mike Birbiglia talks about the questions his daughter asks him and how trying to answer them showed him surprising reflections of himself.  (15 minutes) This is an excerpt from Mike Birbiglia’s special, “The Good Life.”

What life lessons can kids learn at the 4-H rabbit competition? A lot. (11 minutes)

When producer Ike Sriskandarajah tries to sleep-train his baby, a neighbor decides to call the police.

Producer Chana Joffe-Walt talks to researcher Mary Koss about how she came to see a thing that others couldn’t, and about what she did with that knowledge. (15 minutes)

Producer Chana Joffe-Walt tells the story of a woman who took it upon herself to do something in an effort to help, and was not well received. (8 minutes)

When school closed and threw routines into disarray, one mom and daughter figured out a new way to make it work.