Eamon O'Gana

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This American Life · 892: Trapped on a Bus · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

I made sure to always take my meds as prescribed and guard my sleep like it was my job, especially on the days that I felt least like doing either.

When I sat up typing revelations at 2am, convinced I had uncovered truth, the rule was simple.

Type them out, but don't send them to anyone.

Then check in daylight.

Most mornings, the revelation looked like nonsense from an overheated mind.

For the first few months, it was hard to admit that none of it had actually happened.

I went back over it all, searching for proof that it was real, that someone really was watching me.

I've learned to remind myself that coincidences do happen, all the time.

When Claire found out Christos had been arrested, I was in Syria on a reporting trip.

She was worried how I would respond to the news.

I remember standing on the hotel balcony in Syria, the phone to my ear, taking it in, and thinking not just how strange it was, but that I wasn't going loopy.

No paranoia.

I just remember how amazing it was.

I felt like, yeah, okay, you're not completely crazy.

There are spies out there and there's one in your building.

And it felt almost like a part of me was like, yes, yes.

That's the reminder for my meds, which is very appropriate.

When I got home from Syria, I was still trying to wrap my head around the news about Christos.

I went to the garden where he used to carefully water the vegetable patch every evening.

Now weeds had started pushing up through the rows.

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