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A Houston woman tries to document every day of her four-year-old daughter's life...in preparation for a day far away. Produced by Julie Checkoway and Kimberly Meyer of Story Rodeo.

239: Lost in America

June 6, 2003

Act Three: I Found Your Letter

Davy Rothbart reads from letters, notes, scraps of paper and school papers, which have been lost by their original owners. He collects and publishes things like this in his magazine, Found Magazine.

233: Starting From Scratch

Mar. 7, 2003

Act Two: Making Money The Old Fashioned Way

The story of a hustler who wakes up every morning broke, hustles as much as $10,000, and then loses most of it by the time he goes to bed.

Act Three: The First Starting From Scratch

Jonathan Goldstein reads a story about the first people to ever start from scratch, a couple named Adam and Eve.This story appears in Jonathan's book where he rewrites Bible stories, called Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible. Jonathan is the host of the Gimlet show, Heavyweight.

253: The Middle of Nowhere

Dec. 5, 2003

Act Two: On Hold, No One Can Hear You Scream

This American Life senior producer Julie Snyder found herself in a ten-month battle with her phone company, MCI Worldcom, which had overcharged her $946.36. She spent hours on hold in a bureaucratic nowhere.

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