We use cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. If you continue to use our site, you agree to the use of such cookies. For more info, see our privacy policy.
Skip to main content

Hi. We love you. Be our Life Partner.

Support the show to get ad-free listening, bonus content, and our new Greatest Hits Archive.

Learn more
This American Life Partners logo
00:00
00:00
  • Transcript
  • Share
This American Life
  • Life Partners
  • How to Listen
  • Episodes
  • Recommended
  • About
    • Overview
    • Staff
    • Announcements
    • Fellowships
    • Jobs
    • Music
    • Make Radio
    • On The Road
    • FAQ
    • Submissions
    • Merch
    • Contact Us
    • Our Other Shows
  • Merch
  • Follow Us
  • Life Partners
Full episode
593: Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee
Act Two

Thank You for Smoking

  • Subscribe on Spotify Subscribe in Apple Podcasts
  • Transcript

People don’t have a lot of money in the refugee camps, and our producer Miki Meek went to see what that’s like at a camp that’s been built on the grounds of an abandoned psychiatric hospital. About 1,300 people are living there. They’re Yazidi, a religious minority from Iraq. (9 minutes)

By

Miki Meek

More in Iraq

View all
607: Didn’t We Solve This One?
Jan. 6, 2017

Act One: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. But Not Always.

An Iraqi translator named Sarah has been trying to get to the U.S. for eight years.
607: Didn’t We Solve This One?
Jan. 6, 2017

Act Two: He’s Making a List

Nancy returns with a story that explains the origins of the special visa program for interpreters.
499: Taking Names
June 28, 2013

Act One: Reluctant Sailor

Kirk sleepwalks through an open window and into a completely different life.

More by Miki Meek

View all
771: The Parents Step In
May 27, 2022

Act One: Keep Breathing

Sandy and Lonnie’s daughter, Jessi, died back in 2012, when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
771: The Parents Step In
May 27, 2022

Act Two: Down the Rabbit Hole

Lenny Pozner’s son, Noah, was killed at Sandy Hook.
718: Same Bed, Different Dreams (2020)
Sept. 25, 2020

Act Three: The Haunter Becomes the Haunted

When someone stole Jessamyn Lovell’s ID, she became obsessed with the thief. Miki Meek tells what happened.
This American Life

This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange.

  • How to Listen
  • Episodes
  • Recommended
  • About
    • Overview
    • Staff
    • Announcements
    • Fellowships
    • Jobs
    • Music
    • Make Radio
    • On The Road
    • FAQ
    • Submissions
    • Merch
    • Contact Us
    • Our Other Shows
  • Merch
  • Contact
  • Life Partners
  • Serial
  • S-Town
© 1995 - 2025 This American Life Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

Share

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

Subscribe

  • on Spotify
  • in Apple Podcasts

Share

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email