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Mary Harris

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
300 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

This American Life
809: The Call

Jessie gets the caller's phone number and address, just in case she has to call the ambulance. The caller, Kimber, is in Massachusetts. Jessie is down in Georgia.

This American Life
809: The Call

She's like, she's like, just I'm here to get this done. She was there to do a job.

This American Life
809: The Call

She's like, she's like, just I'm here to get this done. She was there to do a job.

This American Life
809: The Call

She's like, she's like, just I'm here to get this done. She was there to do a job.

This American Life
809: The Call

Is that because you do that when your other veins are like blown out? You're using terminology I don't understand, like half a point. What does that mean?

This American Life
809: The Call

Is that because you do that when your other veins are like blown out? You're using terminology I don't understand, like half a point. What does that mean?

This American Life
809: The Call

Is that because you do that when your other veins are like blown out? You're using terminology I don't understand, like half a point. What does that mean?

This American Life
809: The Call

Small doses are one way to try to stay safe when you're using a drug like heroin or fentanyl. But the truth is, you really have no idea what you're getting if you're buying drugs off the street.

This American Life
809: The Call

Small doses are one way to try to stay safe when you're using a drug like heroin or fentanyl. But the truth is, you really have no idea what you're getting if you're buying drugs off the street.

This American Life
809: The Call

Small doses are one way to try to stay safe when you're using a drug like heroin or fentanyl. But the truth is, you really have no idea what you're getting if you're buying drugs off the street.

This American Life
809: The Call

Sometimes a personal call in wanting to talk. With her regulars, Jessie knows the names of their pets, keeps track of their birthdays. But her main job is just to stay on the line and check in every now and then. For this call, she was sitting at her kitchen table. Her husband walks in at some point for help with a Ziploc bag. But every minute or so, she's trying to get a read on Kimber.

This American Life
809: The Call

Sometimes a personal call in wanting to talk. With her regulars, Jessie knows the names of their pets, keeps track of their birthdays. But her main job is just to stay on the line and check in every now and then. For this call, she was sitting at her kitchen table. Her husband walks in at some point for help with a Ziploc bag. But every minute or so, she's trying to get a read on Kimber.

This American Life
809: The Call

Sometimes a personal call in wanting to talk. With her regulars, Jessie knows the names of their pets, keeps track of their birthdays. But her main job is just to stay on the line and check in every now and then. For this call, she was sitting at her kitchen table. Her husband walks in at some point for help with a Ziploc bag. But every minute or so, she's trying to get a read on Kimber.

This American Life
809: The Call

About 60 seconds later, Jesse checks in again.

This American Life
809: The Call

About 60 seconds later, Jesse checks in again.

This American Life
809: The Call

About 60 seconds later, Jesse checks in again.

This American Life
809: The Call

What are you thinking in this moment?

This American Life
809: The Call

What are you thinking in this moment?

This American Life
809: The Call

What are you thinking in this moment?

This American Life
809: The Call

Jesse stays on the line. And then after a little while, you can faintly hear in the background over the phone, someone shouting, anybody home? The ambulance got there just three and a half minutes after Jesse disconnected from 911. Jesse hears him say, you awake? Then move that suitcase. And then she hangs up.