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We got the weirdest phone message from out of nowhere. I thought the voice on the other end was having a stroke, then all of a sudden the operator chimes in. Any explanations are welcome!
I thought I was living with the craziest roommates ever. Turned out I was the crazy one.Music is All His Exes by Sylvie Lewis, and Oh What a World by Rufus Wainwright
How movies get death wrong. And why two paramedics think physician-assisted suicide is a good idea.Music is Elegie by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
A classic story of rodent vs human.Except in this case, it wasn't just any mouse. It was our mouse. A tiny one that we had rescued from a snowstorm and brought home to take care of. It had a name and everything. But mice will be mice. Ours es
The worse her Alzheimer's got, the more he loved her. Arthur tells the story of how he took care of his mom for several years until she died from AD. At first he was her nurse. Then he became her advocate. And finally, he became the only barrie
His thesis was stopped at the border. His future as a college student in America was on the line. But Komail gave border agents the slip with a little anatomy lesson.Background music is Balkan's Joke by Jacques Pellarin. Check out Komail Aija
We're caught wearing shorts in tick-infested woods. But that's because when packing for our trip to Georgia, we had no idea we would be going hiking out there. Nor did we know we would be meeting Marcus, aka Tom Bombadil, who lives in an old wo
A seeing-eye dog learns to find bus stops. In this episode, we meet Powers, a black lab who helps out my visually impaired friend Mike. Powers is smart and obedient. But he has one big weakness. And it's not fire hydrants.The outro for this p
Who won the 2004 Hilary Duff essay contest? Several tween girls. And a six-foot-six man with a two-foot beard. This is a story about Deep Springs, an intensely academic all-male college, and its obsession with Disney pop princesses. Appropr
Two South Asian women lie to their mothers.In this installment of the podcast, three stories:The first one's a teaser. It's about a car accident. The kind where it's not your fault but you feel like somehow it should be.The second is about
You can't always say yes. It's hard to say no. But what happens when you try to say both at the same time? Saurabh Tak tells the story of meeting Olivia one night at an art event, and then bringing her back to his apartment for an evening tha
You might speak English, but do you understand it ?Me: 'Give up' means you stop doing something. 'Give in' means you start doing something. Her: No. 'Give in' also means a polite way of giving up. English is so confusing. But you don't thi
Three men coach me as I try to record myself peeing.Me: Oh! I think I'm gonna do it ... [waiting] ... nope. Just stopped. Man 1: What would you like us to sing? Man 2: Should all acquaintance be forgot...Me: Yeah, that's good!They were th
Took a recorder into DC for Obama's big day. Craziness. "We just broke through a bus caravan on G Street. We're like locusts, you can't hold us down."I've never seen so many people on a Metro train, heard so many boos for an outgoing presiden
How do you spend recess if you don't want to play kickball?There are exactly two nylon sacks. Balls in the right sack. And jump ropes in the left. This is a choice that has already been made for Kabir.Poor Kabir. Jump though he may, he gets
Scary stories about slot machines, as told by anthropologist Natasha Schull"At night while her husband was asleep, she would drive to the supermarket and play until dawn at these machines." What you always wanted to know about the random number
A children's song mash-up. Vocals by Patrick Callier. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I won- world -kle world world so worlds. What you worlds. In joy joy. Ever notice how similar the lyrics are in these "classic" American songs? There's
Talk about the end of innocence. My 12 year-old brother interviews my 24 year-old brother about going to Islamic summer camp. "I remember seeing an inscription on the wall next to my bunk bed. It was very simple and straightforward. It said: On
Andrea's got some advice for couples: Next time you're having an argument, switch sides.Over the years, Andrea and John have had plenty of disagreements. For example: hair--does it or does it not absorb water? (answer inside.) Through it all,
A hypothetical radio conversation where the worst possible host interviews the worst possible guest. In this, I took a 12-minute phone conversation between an actual public radio host and an actual guest. Then, instead of editing out all the ru
Take note, all you dumpster divers and free furniture junkies: metal prices are on the rise. And that means competition at junkyards is getting tougher.As if competing with grandmothers and barg
"How utterly the alabaster spreads / to shade the coming light." Good poetry gets better with background sound and music. Here are two poems: "Schuylkill Smoketacks at Sunrise," and "The Town Historian," written by my friend Edward Stephens, an
Muslims pray five times a day, even if they happen to be stuck in Harvard Square on a hot June day. My aunts use the sun to figure out the direction towards Mecca."Basically, it usually rises to
A sound journey: escape from a burning office building into the peaceful grip of asphyxia. "The devil doesn't buy individual souls anymore. Now, he buys pieces of souls. Soul-backed securities, diversified bundles of souls. It's less risky, you
Just hope you don't get caught.When the record companies sent Jared an email asking for three thousand dollars for music he’d downloaded online, he was dumbstruck. "Someone suggested I start selling illegal pirated music and movies. Pornograp
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