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This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

You get in an airplane and you watch cartoons. And when you wake up, you're in her house and there's a turkey.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

You get in an airplane and you watch cartoons. And when you wake up, you're in her house and there's a turkey.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

That's what I'm gonna find out. Chapter three. Nana was elusive. Sometimes she was lying in a recliner. Sometimes she was small inside a phone. If I was gonna track her down, I needed good old-fashioned shoe leather. First, I tried the playroom. Then I tried the room that has the chairs. I'd been at it for over ten seconds when I finally caught a break in the case.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

That's what I'm gonna find out. Chapter three. Nana was elusive. Sometimes she was lying in a recliner. Sometimes she was small inside a phone. If I was gonna track her down, I needed good old-fashioned shoe leather. First, I tried the playroom. Then I tried the room that has the chairs. I'd been at it for over ten seconds when I finally caught a break in the case.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Nana picked me up and started carrying me. Before long, she was making a phone call.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Nana picked me up and started carrying me. Before long, she was making a phone call.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

It was impossible to follow. Like all grown-ups, Nana spoke in a secret code designed to keep her operations hidden. What does smart cycle mean?

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

It was impossible to follow. Like all grown-ups, Nana spoke in a secret code designed to keep her operations hidden. What does smart cycle mean?

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

And that's when a familiar voice rumbled out of Nana's phone. We're driving to the beach. Just Google it, okay? There was no mistake in it. The voice belonged to Mama. And that could only mean one thing. This one went all the way to the top. Chapter four. I'm off the case.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

And that's when a familiar voice rumbled out of Nana's phone. We're driving to the beach. Just Google it, okay? There was no mistake in it. The voice belonged to Mama. And that could only mean one thing. This one went all the way to the top. Chapter four. I'm off the case.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

That was before I knew the score. If Mama's mixed up in this, I don't want anything to do with it.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

That was before I knew the score. If Mama's mixed up in this, I don't want anything to do with it.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

We all like Mama. She smells nice and is warm. But that doesn't change the fact that she runs this whole goddamn town.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

We all like Mama. She smells nice and is warm. But that doesn't change the fact that she runs this whole goddamn town.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Look, you're just a kid, so I'll spell it out for you. Mama's the big boss around here. The doctor, the dentist, the Gymboree instructor. They're all on the take.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Look, you're just a kid, so I'll spell it out for you. Mama's the big boss around here. The doctor, the dentist, the Gymboree instructor. They're all on the take.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Dada. Dada's just a bag man. He wears a shiny watch. It's Mama's the ones that's calling all the shots.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Dada. Dada's just a bag man. He wears a shiny watch. It's Mama's the ones that's calling all the shots.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Oh, don't you get it? This is bigger than Moo Moo. Something's going down here, and I'm not hanging around long enough to find out what it is. I was halfway to my crib when the girl began to sob. It didn't take a detective to see she was frightened. Her eyes were bleary, her face pale and drawn, and at some point, she had pooped big in her pants.

This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness

Oh, don't you get it? This is bigger than Moo Moo. Something's going down here, and I'm not hanging around long enough to find out what it is. I was halfway to my crib when the girl began to sob. It didn't take a detective to see she was frightened. Her eyes were bleary, her face pale and drawn, and at some point, she had pooped big in her pants.