Ira Glass
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A guy goes to a remote spot to help people who do not want to be helped.
Act three, please in my backyard.
Controversy over industrial odors coming from a factory.
Odors that for once people want to keep coming.
This is American Life.
Today's show is a rerun.
Act One, Brooklyn Archipelago.
Brett Martin has this story, which takes place on the outskirts of, well, perhaps you've already figured out which city.
He's a correspondent for GQ magazine and the author of Difficult Men, Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution.
Today's program, like I said earlier, is a rerun.
He's a DJ making electronic music under the name Duck Hunter, which is a name actually inspired by the ducks in this story.
He's at Duck Hunter Official on Instagram and his music's on SoundCloud and Spotify.
Coming up, the thing about Chicago that nobody outside Chicago believes about Chicago, but that actually is totally and completely true.
That's in a minute from Chicago Public Radio when our program continues.
This is American Life from Ira Glass.
Each week on our program, of course, we choose a theme, bring you a variety of different kinds of stories on that theme.
Today's show, In the Shadow of the City.