Ira Glass

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I'm Ira Glass. Back next week with more stories of This American Life.

I'm Ira 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. And she decided, this is going to be my thing. Which worked.

Next week on the podcast of This American Life, Alicia was out of a job when she started making wigs for pets. And 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.

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

I think it's crazy, but my dad decided that he saw that letter and he had to read it.

I think it's crazy, but my dad decided that he saw that letter and he had to read it.

So he just opened the letter, read the whole thing. And as my dad put it, my mom's ex-fiance was declaring like his undying love for her and was like begging her not to go and was saying he wants to get back together with her. And my dad freaked out.

So he just opened the letter, read the whole thing. And as my dad put it, my mom's ex-fiance was declaring like his undying love for her and was like begging her not to go and was saying he wants to get back together with her. And my dad freaked out.

The way he told it was he was going through the airport, you know, running through the Florida airport, gets a ring out of a little, like, gumball machine, puts, like, you know, however much that costs, like a quarter or whatever, in the gumball machine, pulls out a Mickey Mouse ring, because it's Florida, naturally, gets on the plane, flies and meets my mom in Dallas, and right there in the airport, gets down underneath the second he sees her.

The way he told it was he was going through the airport, you know, running through the Florida airport, gets a ring out of a little, like, gumball machine, puts, like, you know, however much that costs, like a quarter or whatever, in the gumball machine, pulls out a Mickey Mouse ring, because it's Florida, naturally, gets on the plane, flies and meets my mom in Dallas, and right there in the airport, gets down underneath the second he sees her.

This is Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what.

This is Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what.

To try and do that, we've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts.

To try and do that, we've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts.

This is Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what.