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89
January 9, 1998

Sibling Rivalry

Stories about people who are destined to fight: brothers and sisters.
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Tony the Misfit

Prologue

Two quick real life fables about the power of sibling rivalry. (2 minutes)

By

Ira Glass
Act One

He Is Heavy, He's My Brother

True tales of sibling cruelty. (4 minutes)

By

Ira Glass
Act Two

Drama Of The Gifted Child's Sister

Tamar Brott, on growing up with two music prodigies, and Sandra Tsing Loh's sister Kaitlin, a ballet prodigy. (20 minutes)

By

Sandra Loh
Act Three

Destiny

Deb Monroe's two daughters as they fight. (6 minutes)

By

Ira Glass
Deb Monroe
Act Four

Fraternity Is Destiny

Writer Donald Antrim's The Hundred Brothers, and the question: What happens when we grow up? (24 minutes)

By

Donald Antrim

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