This week, stories of people who are feeling the ground shift underneath them when people they are close to change. Including conservative radio host Tony Beam in South Carolina who is completely baffled by the candidate his audience has decided to get behind this election season.
-
Download Control-click (or right-click) Tap and hold to download
- Transcript
Radio host Tony Beam prepares for a broadcast. Photo by Zoe Chace.
Prologue
Host Ira Glass talks with Adam Mansbach about what happened when he went looking for an apartment and was mistaken for someone else. Adam is the author of the book Go The F*** To Sleep. (9 minutes)
Who's Really On Line 1?
My Little Bruce Dupe
One day comic Jay Larson's phone rang. And the people on the other end of the line thought they knew who they were talking to. So Jay decided to play along. (7 minutes)
A Light From the Other Side
Robert had a bad reputation as a kid who didn't do his schoolwork and had little respect for adults. But his best friend, Lilly thought he was misunderstood. After Robert died, Lilly decided to step in and do for him what he could never do for himself: Tell people how great he was. And also tell his teachers how much he'd appreciated their efforts, even though he'd never shown it. Eve Abrams, one of Robert's former teachers and a freelance radio reporter, tells the story. This story originally aired in 2007.
I Thought I Knew U2
Scott Aukerman and Adam Scott have a podcast called "U Talkin' U2 To Me" that is all about the band U2. Scott and Adam love U2. But then they invited comic Todd Glass on the show who it turns out really knows nothing about U2 or music at all really. He's not even sure who the lead singer of U2 is. (6 minutes)
Related
Act Two: Psychobabble, Qu'est-ce Que C'est
Act Two: Fire Sale
Act One: The Miseducation of Castlemont High
Staff Recommendations
No Coincidence, No Story!
We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions!
Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde
Did a beloved family doctor with no criminal history suddenly up and strangle his own father?