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Alex Zharov

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122 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I'm going to go out and try to make it somewhere.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

And I did.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I knew, I 100% knew that it was going to float, although it was pretty badly dug into the sand, and...

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

As I was digging out the scooter, something really bad happened.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

Like, there was pieces of glass under it.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I didn't see.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I was just digging and digging.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

And I didn't have any shovel or anything.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

And I cut my finger really bad.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I started getting huge amounts of blood was coming out.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

And I had this white T-shirt.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

It was eventually all in blood.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I was, like, thinking, how in the hell did I get myself into this situation?

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

I never believed that something like this could happen in, like, in New York City, you know?

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

Like, it's such a huge city that you could see skyscrapers, like, 10 miles away, and on the other side, you can die looking at them, you know?

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

Like...

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

And also I got a little mad at the city of New York.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

Like I couldn't, I couldn't understand if they had just one payphone there or at least, I don't know, like a button to press to know that you're there, you know?

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

by probably six o'clock in the evening.

This American Life
628: In the Shadow of the City

It was getting a little dark.