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Host Ira Glass talks to B.A. Parker about her birthday tradition.
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Kirk Johnson tells Ira about a strange choice he made during his family’s evacuation from the Sunset Fire in Los Angeles. (5 minutes)
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Ira meets two sisters who got into a fight, and then learned a lesson in turning the other cheek. (8 minutes)
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Ira talks to Chris Benderev, whose high school years were completely upended by an impromptu thing his teacher said. (8 minutes)
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Ira talks with Zoe Chace about watching Trump’s victory from an ecstatic room in Michigan. Then he checks in with a DC cop who was injured at the Capitol on January 6.
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Who’s trying to bridge the gap between Blue America and Red America? Ira gets a glimpse of one guy who might be able to do just that.
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When you have some power, but not a lot, how do you wield it when you’re suddenly cast into the spotlight? (4 minutes)
Part Five: Moving Around
Chen talks about what it was like to walk around the streets of Gaza in disguise and their eventual release, 51 days after they were taken from their home. (13 minutes)Excerpts from interviews conducted by Lee Naim and produced by Echad Bayom.
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A big bull, a giant slide, and cowboys on horseback shooting balloons are just a few sights you can take in at the Iowa State Fair.
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Ira goes out with a letter carrier, ‘Grace,’ as she delivers mail on her route.
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Ira talks to two members of a recreational swimming club who intentionally swam straight toward a shark that had just bitten their friend. (10 minutes)
Act Two: Out on a Limb
Ira talks to Representative Seth Moulton about what it was like to be among the first members of Congress to call for President Joe Biden to step aside. (18 minutes)
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Ira talks about what it’s like to go back to 1119 Bayard Street in Baltimore. (6 minutes)
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Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Yousef Hammash has decided where to go next and when. In Rafah, he is out of options and faces his toughest move yet.
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Donald Trump has talked about taking revenge on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign.
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Ira interviews David Wallechinsky, who wrote a wildly popular book in the 1970s called The Book of Lists, full of trivia and research, gathered into lists like "18 Brains" and "What They Weighed." The book sold millions of copies and had four sequels and a brief spin-off TV show. The list books were like the internet, before the internet.
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Host Ira Glass bikes around Manhattan with Gersh Kuntzman, in search of illegal license plates.
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Ira tells the stories of three things that broke–two of them in his own family. (8 minutes)
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Jackson Landers tells the story of a very strange decision he made one summer day. (6 minutes)The name of today’s show is from a quote by climate futurist Alex Steffen, in an article about wildfires by Elizabeth Weil.
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A family sits down to discuss one thing.