Ira Glass

I am who I am partly because of this place. But now it's mute. So we take a selfie and try to tune into the past like a distant radio station whose signal we can just barely make out. Today on our program, we have a story of somebody else who heads out to a place like that from his family's history, looking for answers.

And he gets so much more out of it than I ever did at 1119 Bayard about who he is. From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. I'm Eric Glass. Stay with us.

And he gets so much more out of it than I ever did at 1119 Bayard about who he is. From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. I'm Eric Glass. Stay with us.

It's just American life. Okay, so we're devoting today's entire program to this one story. Today's show is a rerun, by the way. It's by Bowen Wong, who we've had on our show before. He's a producer whose work has its own very distinct sound and feeling. That's one of the things that we on our staff really like about him. Here's what he put together today for you.

It's just American life. Okay, so we're devoting today's entire program to this one story. Today's show is a rerun, by the way. It's by Bowen Wong, who we've had on our show before. He's a producer whose work has its own very distinct sound and feeling. That's one of the things that we on our staff really like about him. Here's what he put together today for you.

Bowen Wong. Coming up, Bowen flies home and considers the question, maybe it wasn't Christianity that messed him up as a kid. That's in a minute on Chicago Public Radio when our program continues. This is American Life from Ira Glass. Today's program, Children of Dave, Bone Wong's pilgrimage to finally understand why his parents decided to become Christians when they arrived in America.

Bowen Wong. Coming up, Bowen flies home and considers the question, maybe it wasn't Christianity that messed him up as a kid. That's in a minute on Chicago Public Radio when our program continues. This is American Life from Ira Glass. Today's program, Children of Dave, Bone Wong's pilgrimage to finally understand why his parents decided to become Christians when they arrived in America.

Today's show is a rerun. We pick up our story where we left off before the break.

Today's show is a rerun. We pick up our story where we left off before the break.

That story by Bowen Wong. He's an audio producer and adjunct instructor living in Pittsburgh with his fiancée, Grace Gilbert. You can come up with a title for today's episode. Bowen's website is bowen.cool. That's B-O-E-N dot cool. In the years since we first broadcast today's story, Dave has died. Well, Rowan was produced today by Lily Sullivan.

That story by Bowen Wong. He's an audio producer and adjunct instructor living in Pittsburgh with his fiancée, Grace Gilbert. You can come up with a title for today's episode. Bowen's website is bowen.cool. That's B-O-E-N dot cool. In the years since we first broadcast today's story, Dave has died. Well, Rowan was produced today by Lily Sullivan.

The people who put together today's show include Fia Benin, Michael Comete, Henry Larson, Seth Lynn, Catherine Raimondo, Safiya Riddle, Ryan Rumery, Alyssa Shipp, Elise Spiegel, Christopher Sotala, and Matt Tierney. Our managing editors, Sara Abdurrahman. Our senior editors, David Kestenbaum. Our executive editor is Emmanuel Berry. Help on today's rerun from Stone Nelson and Angela Gervasi.

The people who put together today's show include Fia Benin, Michael Comete, Henry Larson, Seth Lynn, Catherine Raimondo, Safiya Riddle, Ryan Rumery, Alyssa Shipp, Elise Spiegel, Christopher Sotala, and Matt Tierney. Our managing editors, Sara Abdurrahman. Our senior editors, David Kestenbaum. Our executive editor is Emmanuel Berry. Help on today's rerun from Stone Nelson and Angela Gervasi.

Also Adam Kozma at B-Tone Studio in Budapest. Special thanks today to Rebecca Curtis at the University of Oklahoma, Ah-Sin Hwa, Jenny Lin, Man Hong Liu, and Jesse Noss and Greta Ziwi at Red Cayman Studios. Our website, thisamericanlife.org, where you can stream our archive of over 850 episodes for absolutely free.

Also Adam Kozma at B-Tone Studio in Budapest. Special thanks today to Rebecca Curtis at the University of Oklahoma, Ah-Sin Hwa, Jenny Lin, Man Hong Liu, and Jesse Noss and Greta Ziwi at Red Cayman Studios. Our website, thisamericanlife.org, where you can stream our archive of over 850 episodes for absolutely free.

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This American Life is delivered to public radio stations by PRX, the public radio exchange. Thanks as always to our program's co-founder, Mr. Torrey Malatia. You know, he is the worst babysitter I have ever seen. Baby won't go to bed, starts crying. Tori's technique? He leans into the crib, looks into the baby's eyes, and says, Why are you being so immature about this? I'm Eric Glass.

Back next week with more stories of This American Life. Next week on the podcast of This American Life, Alicia was out of a job when she started making wigs for pets. She decided this is going to be my thing, which worked.

Back next week with more stories of This American Life. Next week on the podcast of This American Life, Alicia was out of a job when she started making wigs for pets. She decided this is going to be my thing, which worked.

That good news turned out to be not entirely good news. Next week on the podcast, on your local public radio station.