Stories of people who quit everything in their lives that they hated—and what happened to them afterwards.
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Prologue
Evan Harris was entrenched in her life, stalled and going nowhere both personally and professionally. A silly conversation with a co-worker about the letter "Q" led her to start a magazine called Quitter Quarterly. That one conversation changed her life completely. (22 minutes)
Act One
A story about quitting by Sandra Tsing Loh. (10 minutes)
Act Three
Lisa Buscani reads a two-part story about not being able to quit something or someone. The piece was written for This American Life. (13 minutes)
Song:
Act Four
Dwight Okita reads the poem "Farewell Samba" from his book Crossing with the Light.
Ira Glass reads Philip Larkin's poem "Poetry of Departures." (3 minutes)
Related
Act Four: And I Love Her
Act One: Life Indoors
Act Three: Reverb
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