Could it be more obvious? Stories in which someone's dream is someone else's nightmare. All of us get into these situations with strangers, with the people we love most, with our own parents, with our children.
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Your House, My Nightmare
Ira with 19-year-old Claudia Perez at a furniture store in Claudia's Mexican neighborhood. (4 minutes)
Act One
Noise
Writer Sarah Vowell goes to Rock-n-Roll Fantasy Camp in Miami Beach. (16 minutes)
Act Two
Act Three
Motion
Jay Allison on people moving into their dream neighborhoods, and their new neighbors' reactions. (7 minutes)
Act Four
Blood
Writer David Sedaris on parents' dreams and children's nightmares. (13 minutes)
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Act One
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