Hear an excerpt from a story from 1998, during the early days of the show. It’s about a teenager who’s doing drugs and selling drugs and realizes his dad has been tape recording his phone calls.

Also, Ira plays clips from a recent story by Miki Meek, in an episode about schools reopening during the pandemic.

Then, Ira plays a story from before coronavirus, when people could gather in theaters. It’s from one of our live shows – a story performed by Tig Notaro, about Taylor Dayne.

Finally, hear one of Ira’s favorite stories we’ve ever done, by David Wilcox, about his sister and his mom.

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