Act One: More Drama
David Sedaris continues his story.
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Act One: In the Nude
David Sedaris reads from his story "Naked." (21 minutes)
Act One: Wannabe
Writer David Sedaris remembers the days his mother and sister played armchair detective, and the odd crime wave that hit their own home. This story, titled "True Detective," appears in David's book Naked.
Act Three
Writer David Sedaris tells of the giddiness he felt when he purchased a taxidermy's turkey head— attached to its foot.
Act One
David Sedaris reads his story of getting the drama bug.
Act Three: The Meaning of Basketball
Chicago playwright David Isaacson, on hating the Bulls.Then, Nancy Updike presents a sound portrait of a Philadelphia woman and her basketball trophies.
Act Four: Another Dave
Sarah Thyre reads author David Sedaris' "The Last Time You'll Ever Hear from Me," a story of the ultimate Machiavellian scheming.
Act Three: Fan, Not Fan
The first in a series of pieces in the coming months on This American Life: Non-journalists covering aspects of the Presidential campaign. First up: Chicago playwright David Isaacson presents a piece on Pat Buchanan.
Act Three: Christmas Freud
David Rakoff tells about his experience playing Sigmund Freud in the window of upscale Barney's department store in Manhattan. For Christmas. This was the first of dozens of appearances on our show by David Rakoff, who died in 2012.
Act Two: More Animals Eating Other Animals
An original radio drama called "Kathleen on the Carpet," in which animals talk and hold their own "animal court." It's a comedy by David Sedaris, starring our own radio theater company, the Pinetree Gang.
Act One: I Like Guys
David Sedaris reads one of his funniest and most affecting stories from his book Naked before a live audience. As an adolescent boy, David feared he might be a homosexual.
Act Three: Voyager
Alix Spiegel tells the story of her friend Jayna, who made a Faustian bargain at 11 years old.
Act Three: From The Audience Seats
Mark O'Brien is in an iron lung and comes out for short periods of time. What does he do with those precious moments free of the machinery that keeps him alive? He goes to the theater.
Act Five: First Contact
Daniel Pinkwater reads his children's picture book Devil in the Drain. (4 minutes)
Act Three: The Moment When Humans Stopped Being Animals
Anthropologists agree that humans stopped being animals when they started walking upright, on two legs. But scientists don't agree on why our ancestors did this.
Act One: Duki
When Danielle's family serves poultry at their dinner table, no one utters the word "chicken." Instead, it is always called "fish." Danielle explains why with the help of her friend "Duki." (16 minutes)
Act One: Dave's Love
Bob and Dave were close childhood friends — until their relationship began to lead their peers to believe that it might be more than a friendship. The accusations led to Dave turning on Bob.
Prologue
Host Ira Glass goes to Navy Pier to visit the clearance sales.
Prologue
A first-grader explains to host Ira Glass how bullies become bullies. His explanation: They read a book on how to be a bully.
Prologue
As high-school freshmen, Kim, Tiffany, and Laura were enamored of their fellow students who netted the leads in all the school plays. They're seniors now, and they're the ones landing all the lead roles.
Act Four: Basketball and Commerce
Chicago playwright Beau O'Reilly goes with Ira to the Scottie Pippen Dodge Store.Then, singer/songwriter/playwright Jeff Dorchen on Niketown.
Act Three: Dave's Response
Ira reaches current-day Dave, who is a born-again Christian living with his parents. According to Dave, Bob was at fault for the breakdown in their relationship, because Bob had decided to become friends with someone else.
Act One: Toys R Us
Host Ira Glass goes to one of the epicenters of modern Christmas — the world's biggest toy store — minutes before closing on Christmas Eve. (5 1/2 minutes)