Leticia Lehmann

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122 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 19 Jul

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This American Life · 892: Trapped on a Bus · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

I board early.

I'm sitting in my seat, which was a window seat all the way in the back of the airplane, like close to the toilets in the back of the airplane.

And eventually this lady comes and sits next to me and she immediately starts talking to me.

And I thought, oh God, no, like I've sat next to someone who wants to chat.

I really don't want to chat.

But you know, my parents taught me to be polite to my elders.

So I'm kind of nodding along to what she's saying and trying not to engage or like show too much interest, but also not be rude.

First, she's got this bag with her and she's taking all these things out of her bag and looking for something.

And she kept apologizing that she was looking for something.

And then she pulled out this huge rosary.

And she's like, okay, now I've got it.

And then she starts telling me, I'm quite nervous because this is my first time on an airplane.

And I said, oh, okay.

And she said, yeah, she was from somewhere in the countryside and had taken a bus for...

18 hours or something to get to Sao Paulo to fly out.

And she was flying out because her daughter had gone to Germany for work and had met a German man.

and was getting married.

And so they had sent her the tickets to come to the wedding.

But she's going on and on.

And I could tell she was quite nervous because she kept fidgeting with the rosary and she's just talking and then she couldn't put on her seatbelt.

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