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This American Life

851: Try a Little Tenderness

12 Jan 2025

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32.881 - 44.97 Ira Glass

May's six years old, in first grade. And she's the kind of forthright kid who, when we sit down for an interview, before I can get to any of the things that I want to ask her, she launches into a few get-to-know-you questions of her own. Hi, May.

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45.29 - 47.032 Johanna

Uh, what's your favorite color?

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47.532 - 58.58 Ira Glass

We discuss favorite colors, and then she moves on to... What's your middle name? I'm glad you're asking me that. My middle name is... We move on to last names, and soon she's instructing me on the pronunciation of her last name.

59.221 - 62.223 Johanna

Can you say Zmujanski? That's how you say it.

62.958 - 64.099 Ira Glass

Zmil Jenski.

65.7 - 70.204 Johanna

Zmil Jenski. Z-M-U-D-C-Z-Y-N-S-K-I.

70.884 - 78.17 Ira Glass

The story I was there to talk to Ms. Jenski about happened this fall, at the beginning of the school year. In St. Louis, where she lives, it was hot out.

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