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Jan 2025
59m 33s

851: Try a Little Tenderness

THIS AMERICAN LIFE
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In the new year, stories of people trying a radical approach to solving their problems.

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  • Prologue: Ira meets two sisters who got into a fight, and then learned a lesson in turning the other cheek. (8 minutes)
  • Act One: A hardened PI works the toughest case of his very young life. (18 minutes)
  • Act Two: Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talks to a man who finds himself the target of vengeful crows. (8 minutes)
  • Act Three: Comedian Josh Johnson wonders if some people should’ve been spanked as kids. (10 minutes)
  • Act Four: Writer Etgar Keret reads his story about a bus driver who refuses to open the doors for late passengers. (9 minutes)

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