Ira Glass

Right.

Maybe there's a room somewhere you could discuss it objectively.

I just don't know if that room exists in the United States.

This is Ira Glass.

On This American Life, we look for stories that are surprising, that you won't hear anywhere else.

Like, for example, this one astronaut who went to the moon.

You know what he's not into?

Space.

Was it cool to float around weightless?

No, no, no.

This American Life, unexpected stories, wherever you get your podcasts.

Rebecca remembers exactly when she learned the astonishing truth.

She was in second grade and ran into her best friend Rachel at school one day.

Now, in his day job, what did Ronnie Loeberfeld do?

So when you would actually run into Ronnie Loeberfeld, what was it like for you?

How would you act?

So it's like meeting a celebrity.

But you knew enough to play it cool.

You did play it cool.

One interesting question in all this, why did both girls come to what seems like the least likely conclusion from the evidence in front of them of a parent swapping money for a tooth under a pillow?