Ira calls his parents Shirley Glass and Barry Glass in Baltimore to ask them for advice about his new radio show. (7 minutes)
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Act Two: Classified Dad
Chris Benderev speaks with writer Georgie Codd, who went searching for someone to be the father she never had.
Act Three: This Must Be the Place
For more than a decade, Boris Furman has meticulously tracked the whereabouts of his family members, averaging the latitude and longitudes to arrive at “The Family Average Location.” But nobody really knows why.
Act One: 1.5 Degrees of Separation
Producer Aviva DeKornfeld was interested in the toll that having a wakeup-moment could have on a family, and she heard about someone who had a moment like that over a decade ago.
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Act Four: Next
Host Ira Glass walks through possible next steps with a pro-life activist who worked on the Texas SB8 bill, that set a precedent for enforcement of abortion bans throughtout the country.
Act One: The Audition
Ira’s story of Yibin Li continues.
Act Four: A Matter of Principal (podcast only)
Protestors came out across Russia after the Ukraine invasion.