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753: What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate
Act Three
Amelia Bedelia Works From Home
Literally, Amelia Bedelia works from home. (4 minutes)
More in Work
Act One: Goodbye Mr. Facey
Producer Chana Joffe-Walt wondered what it was like for surviving MTA employees coping with the loss of their co-workers due to Covid-19.
Act Two: Music of the Night after Night after Night
The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades—and how they’ve learned to make their peace with it. (22 minutes)
Act One: A Policeman Burns Down the Firehouse
A strongman gets hired to take over the Amsterdam Fire Department.
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