We got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake calamari, wondered if it could be true, and decided to investigate. Doppelgängers, doubles, evil twins and not-so-evil twins, this week. Fred Armisen co-hosts with Ira Glass.
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Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, friends, and strangers inside.
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A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are.
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Boen Wang has a theory that a lot of the misery in his life can be traced to a single moment that happened years before he was born. So he makes a pilgrimage to see if he’s right.
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Mike Birbiglia got used to strange things happening to him when he slept—until something happened that almost killed him. This and other reasons to fear sleep, including bedbugs, "The Shining," and mild-mannered husbands who turn into maniacs while
The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's going to turn out okay in the end. When you're living one? Not so much.
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People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.
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For Easter weekend — and the end of Passover! — stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments.
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A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families.
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