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Oct 19
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489: No Coincidence, No Story!

THIS AMERICAN LIFE
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We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones that we decided to make a whole show about them. From a chance encounter at a bus station to a romantic dollar bill to a baffling apparition in a college shower stall.  (00:00:00) Prologue: Hannah Jacoby tells the story of whe ... Show More
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