Aikshrees Kanduraja

If you want to see Pablo's paintings or follow his campaign for standing committee, he's at pablo.menriquez on Instagram.

That brings us to Act 2, Cerberus.

You know how in Greek mythology there's Hades, where everyone goes when they die?

You gotta cross the river Styx to get there.

And then there's this gate with this three-headed dog, Cerberus.

He's guarding the entrance, and he's supposed to make sure only actually dead people enter.

This story is about a real person in America who stood at those very gates, which is not the easiest job, it turns out.

At least not right now.

Nadia Raymond talked to him about it.

Nadia Raymond is a producer on our show.

By the way, we did reach out to all the people and agencies Jeremiah names in this story.

Only the Department of Homeland Security got back to us.

They gave us a statement saying, quote, the government is finally doing what it should have all along, sharing information across the federal government to solve problems.

Two congressional offices are currently looking into the allegations Jeremiah made in his whistleblower claim.

Coming up, one man will suffer through many ordeals to have a private encounter with the God living here on Earth, specifically in Barcelona.

That's in a minute from Chicago Public Radio when our program continues.

It's This American Life.

I'm Aikshree Sikandarajah.

Today's show, not today, Hades.

Our last act, act three, Zeus.