Full episode 174: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones Prologue Transcript We hear the story of a disastrous birthday party and how it's hard not to see these kinds of moments as symbolic of something bad. (5 minutes) ByIra Glass More in ChildrenView all 839: Meet Me at the Fair Sept. 6, 2024 Act Two: How Bad is Your Bunny? What life lessons can kids learn at the 4-H rabbit competition? A lot. (11 minutes) 821: Embrace the Suck Jan. 19, 2024 Act Two: The Dream Police When producer Ike Sriskandarajah tries to sleep-train his baby, a neighbor decides to call the police. 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Four: The New Kids Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school. (11 minutes) More by Ira GlassView all 824: Family Meeting Feb. 23, 2024 Act One: A Slow Decision Process That’s Mostly But Maybe Not Completely Over For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. 781: Watching the Watchers Oct. 7, 2022 Act Two: I’ll Be Watching You A group of 6th grade boys are bothered by their teacher’s behavior. 777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug. 12, 2022 Margus Morrison Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six.
839: Meet Me at the Fair Sept. 6, 2024 Act Two: How Bad is Your Bunny? What life lessons can kids learn at the 4-H rabbit competition? A lot. (11 minutes)
821: Embrace the Suck Jan. 19, 2024 Act Two: The Dream Police When producer Ike Sriskandarajah tries to sleep-train his baby, a neighbor decides to call the police.
818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Four: The New Kids Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school. (11 minutes)
824: Family Meeting Feb. 23, 2024 Act One: A Slow Decision Process That’s Mostly But Maybe Not Completely Over For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth.
781: Watching the Watchers Oct. 7, 2022 Act Two: I’ll Be Watching You A group of 6th grade boys are bothered by their teacher’s behavior.
777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug. 12, 2022 Margus Morrison Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six.