Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing

Chris Benderev

👤 Person
74 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

tedious and small and narrow and boring. Because when you're in high school, what is better than hanging out with your friends? That was the best thing you could do. And so you're going to have less and less of that. And this tiny world where you don't even get to pick your friends, I don't know, that just seemed very sad at the time and scary a little bit.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

tedious and small and narrow and boring. Because when you're in high school, what is better than hanging out with your friends? That was the best thing you could do. And so you're going to have less and less of that. And this tiny world where you don't even get to pick your friends, I don't know, that just seemed very sad at the time and scary a little bit.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

I was scared of the end of high school in a way that I think most 18-year-olds aren't. It seemed like this was going to be the beginning of the end. And so I became very kind of nostalgic and also fearful, like, you know, a doomsday clock or something was running down.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

I was scared of the end of high school in a way that I think most 18-year-olds aren't. It seemed like this was going to be the beginning of the end. And so I became very kind of nostalgic and also fearful, like, you know, a doomsday clock or something was running down.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

A few, a few.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

A few, a few.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

Three or four, three or four, and really only one that I see regularly.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

Three or four, three or four, and really only one that I see regularly.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

Yes, he was absolutely right. He fully predicted my future.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

Yes, he was absolutely right. He fully predicted my future.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

In fact, the only friends I've made recently are the parents of the other kids who were in my son's daycare.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

In fact, the only friends I've made recently are the parents of the other kids who were in my son's daycare.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

In some ways it is, but I like it. I really like it. I obviously like spending time with my kid and my wife and the people I made friends with that are the parents of the kids randomly assigned to my kid's daycare class. Yeah, they're delightful.

This American Life
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away

In some ways it is, but I like it. I really like it. I obviously like spending time with my kid and my wife and the people I made friends with that are the parents of the kids randomly assigned to my kid's daycare class. Yeah, they're delightful.

← Previous Page 4 of 4 Next →