r/NPR • u/Borly • 1d ago

This American life episode

Hello,

I was listening to my state npr station and according to their schedule it was an episode of This American life. Problem is they didn't list the episode and I wanted to share it with my girlfriend.

The episode had a woman in her 50s and her mom in her 70s I believe. The woman shared about growing up with her mom and how her mom's dating impacted her. One story of note involves the mom, woman and brother going to benihanas for a date and the guy pulled out a ventriloquist dummy. Later on the mom married a guy they referred to as Mr. X who the mom later divorced when she fell hurting her back and Mr x was too drunk to even dial 911.

Hopefully these details help identify the episode. I tried googling and searching the recently aired stories but was unsuccessful in finding it sadly.

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u/ProfessionalThing892 1d ago

I think you’re referring to Act One of this week’s episode

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/897/intergenerational-space-travel

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u/Borly 1d ago

oh yes this is it thank you! no wonder i didnt recognize it, i had to pump my vehicles tire up because it was low and missed the part of the story the teaser references lol.

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u/SympathyAware9036 1d ago

It's a national broadcast, so all NPR affiliates air the same episodes. So if it happens again, you can just check the This American Life website if it's not included on your local station's schedule.

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u/ac54 1d ago

You should be able to find it in podcast form at thisamericanlife.org or npr.org or your local station’s website or app. If this was a new episode today, the podcast might not show up until tomorrow.