Host Ira Glass talks about the role of mealtime in family dynamics. (2 minutes)
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Act One: How Do I Say This?
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Act Four: Boiling Under
Lots of things go unspoken between family members, sometimes for years.
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Act Two: Deer in the Footlights
Ira talks with Connie Rex about the deer she and her sisters kidnapped and ended up putting into their school’s Christmas pageant in Woodruff, Utah, in a starring role.