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827: All the King's Horses

The things we break and the ones we can't fix. Prologue: Ira tells the stories of three things...

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826: Unprepared for What Has Already Happened

People waking up to the fact that the world has suddenly changed. Prologue: Jackson Landers...

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304: Heretics

The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson. He was a rising star in the evangelical movement when he...

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825: Yousef

A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza named Yousef Hammash, between early December and now. He...

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824: Family Meeting

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about. A family sits down to discuss...

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653: Crime Scene

Every crime scene hides a story. In this week's show, we hear about crime scenes and the stories...

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823: The Question Trap

An investigation of when and why people ask loaded questions that are a proxy for something...

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822: The Words to Say It

What it means to have words—and to lose them. Prologue: Sometimes we don’t want to say what’s...

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821: Embrace the Suck

People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to really...

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567: What’s Going On In There?

Often we see someone’s situation from the outside and think we know exactly what’s going on. This...

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205: Plan B

There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing. Ira summarizes...

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241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

Instead of the usual "each week we choose a theme, and bring you 3 or 4 stories on that theme"...

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820: It Wouldn’t Be Make-Believe If You’d Believe In Me

A major political party in a major swing state bets on a new leader: a total political outsider....

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819: Special Bonus Podcast — Yousef’s Week

One of our producers, Chana Joffe-Walt, had a series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the...

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818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

In the last year and a half, New York City has scrambled to try and provide shelter and services...

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817: The Cavalry Is Not Coming

When you realize that help is not on the way, what do you do next? Prologue: Saddam Sayyaleh’s...

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816: Poultry Slam

During the highest turkey consumption period of the year, we bring you a This American Life...

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815: How I Learned to Shave

Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not. Prologue: Ira talks about the time...

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814: Parents Are People

What happens when you realize the people in charge don’t have the answers. Prologue: Guest Host...

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813: Is That What I Look Like?

You've been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So why does it...

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