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Joe Franklin? I'm ready. It's Ira Glass here. Oh, you're the emcee on the show, Ira. I am the emcee on the show. Yes. Oh great. Ira? I-R-A, Ira? Ira, I-R-A. Oh, great. Now hold on one second, Ira. Don't go away. Hello? [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. Call me after 3 o'clock. I have great news for you. Ira. Yes. So listen, Tony. If t... |
There's what we wish for and there's what we get. For Susan Bergman, the story went like this. Her father led a double life. On the one hand, he proudly described himself as a family man, a church organist, in a denomination that was so strict the women covered their heads, wore no make-up, no dancing, no smoking, no d... |
From WBEZ Chicago and Public Radio International, it's This American Life. I'm Ira Glass. And let me do something that I've never done before. Let me just reach out and retune your radio for you. You're on the air at WPLP. Good evening, Bob. I'm going to write more than one letter. I'm going to write the station. I'm g... |
In the 1830s, the area around Niagara Falls was still mostly wilderness. Railroads were just coming in, and already people were complaining about how commercialization was ruining Niagara Falls. Already there were cheesy attempts to make money off tourism. In 1827, promoters sent a ship full of animals over the falls. ... |
"It's hard. After \"On the Road Again\" and \"Six Days On the Road\" and \"Hit the Road Jack\" and \(...TRUNCATED) |
"Before he got sick, he pictured the world this way. There are the people who are healthy, like him,(...TRUNCATED) |
"Here's my seventh grade teacher's sad fate-- he trained as a classical musician, loved music, truly(...TRUNCATED) |
"Here's an editorial from a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi, The Clarion-Ledger, from October 6, 1(...TRUNCATED) |
"From WBEZ Chicago and Public Radio International, it's This American Life. I'm Ira Glass. And for t(...TRUNCATED) |
"What's history good for anyway? A couple of years ago I went with a group of Chicago eighth-graders(...TRUNCATED) |
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