Ira Glass

This is American Life from Ira Glass.

Today's show is a rerun.

Act one, let me kiss your stiff upper lip.

So we begin with this story from England.

And if you've read much 19th century British literature or seen any of the many, many movies based on those books, they give a sense of England as an island filled entirely with people who are full of submerged and often misplaced passions for other people.

Which brings us to this next story.

Ruby Wright interviewed her own parents, Lyle and George.

And also, the man who split them up, Andrew.

Ruby Wright.

She's an illustrator and author.

Her website is rubywright.com.

Coming up, what to say to your parents about the rich married guy who set you up in an apartment when you're 22 years old.

And what to say to yourself.

And other dilemmas of cheaters and the cheated on.

In a minute, from Chicago Public Radio, when our program continues.

This American Life from Ira Glass.

Each week on our show, of course, we choose a theme, bring you different kinds of stories on that theme.

Today's show, Infidelity.

So back when we first broadcast today's program, presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth were still people who were in the news.

He admitted cheating on her.