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The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the best-kept secrets in American business. Years ago, our show got hold of what might be an early version of it, mixed up a batch, and handed it to cola drinkers to see if they could tell the difference.

The full story is in our new episode: “Original Recipe.” Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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"The rarest thing in podcasting is for somebody to invent something that feels completely new. And with this show, [Sayre] has done that."

For years, @SayreQuevedo recorded nearly all of his personal conversations. Including many raw, kind of passive-aggressive ones with his twin brother, Connor. Those tapes became "Reaching Out," a series from @futuromedia that documents the two brothers as they set out to find their long-lost birth father.

Hear excerpts from Sayre's series in our new episode, "Reaching Out." Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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@SayreQuevedo’s invented a way to do a podcast that feels completely new. He’s been recording nearly all his conversations for years, and the result is something that captures a person’s life in a raw and complicated way that’s rarely heard. His new show Reaching Out, from @futuromedia, also documents his mutually judge-y relationship with his twin brother as they set out to find their long-lost birth father.

Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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Ira has spent a surprising amount of his working life talking to lawyers about dirty words. Case in point: a story about teenagers tearing tickets at a movie theater and telling customers "enjoy your chode." 🤣

This is from Ike's story in Act Two of our episode "Intergenerational Space Travel." It's a funny one! Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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Ten years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones chose a regular public school for her daughter in New York City and challenged other parents to do the same. Now her daughter, Najya, is 16, and has very different views.

Hear a series of conversations Nikole had with producer @chanajoffewalt and with Najya — who gives her side at length — in our episode "An Argument." by @thisamerlife

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Every morning, @myraflynn — host of Homegoings with Myra Flynn — finds herself in a standoff with her daughter over her hair. Recently, to understand why these hair sessions are so fraught, Myra started recording them.

Hear their conversations, and Myra's conversation with her own mom, in our episode "Intergenerational Space Travel." Link in bio.

Myra hosts the podcast "Homegoings with Myra Flynn." @homegoingswithmyraflynn by @thisamerlife

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Nikole Hannah-Jones made an argument 10 years ago in The New York Times Magazine that became famous. She wrote about choosing a public school for her daughter, Najya, in one of the most racially and economically segregated school systems in the country: New York City.

Nikole chose a regular public school, one that most wealthy and middle-class parents wouldn’t consider, and she challenged other parents to do the same.

She revisits that argument, and that choice, in a series of conversations with producer Chana Joffe-Walt and with her daughter, Najya, who’s now 16 and has her own very different views.

Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote in The New York Times Magazine about the school she chose for her daughter, and it launched conversations everywhere: social media, right-wing media, family group chats. This American Life producer @chanajoffewalt has been talking with Nikole over the last few months as she's prepared that essay. She also talked at length with Nikole's daughter, Najya.

Hear their conversations in our episode "An Argument," out now. Link in bio to listen. by @thisamerlife

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The distance between two generations can feel vast. Our latest episode has people trying to cross it, with a wedding toast, a fight over hair, and one teenager's idea of the greatest job in the world.

"Intergenerational Space Travel," listen at the link in bio. by @thisamerlife

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Some NPR podcasts started getting mysterious comments on Spotify. They made no sense to the staff reading them – until someone from a younger generation cracked the code.

Link in bio to hear the full story in our episode "Intergenerational Space Travel." by @thisamerlife

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Ira Glass joins Emmylou Harris and Lee C. Camp on November 22 in Nashville for No Small Endeavor's annual Thanksgiving variety show. The evening of song and story comes from the acclaimed podcast and public radio show.

Tickets: https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/nosmallendeavor by @thisamerlife

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