The story about what happens when you discover the medical reason your mother was such a bad parent all your life. Laura Tangusso tells the story of how she and her siblings learned the name of something they'd always wondered: What was wrong with their mother? (14 minutes)
Song:
“What's the Good Word” by Jackie Reinach/Mel Poretz
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Act Three: Sklar-Crossed Brothers
Being an identical twin is kind of like having a parallel world right on top of ours, one in which there is another version of you running around.
Act Three: Pigeons on a Plane
Reporter Kevin Sieff travels from Mexico to Chicago with a group of seniors reuiniting with their undocumented kids in the U.S., some for the first time in decades. (18 minutes)
Act One: How Do I Say This?
Scaachi Koul is trying to learn a language native to her parents, and heads back to Calgary to ask why they never taught it to her in the first place. (21 minutes)
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