Prologue

Producer Sean Cole scrubs in to observe heart surgeon Dr.

When Adele wrote into our show last summer, she described herself as “the worst phlebotomist in the whole hospital.” Producer Diane Wu couldn’t resist calling her up to find out exactly what she meant by that.

When Neena Pathak found out she had a fibroid, it didn’t seem so bad.

Carmen Milito tells Ira the story of a date she went on as a teenager, and the bird her mom brought to the occasion.

Jaime Amor does yoga storytelling for kids at Cosmic Kids Yoga and on YouTube. We ask her to try taking on a film for grownups.

Host Ira Glass with the last piece in today’s show, inspired by the New York Times podcast, The Daily. (3 minutes)