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#883 - 20 March 2026
In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews.
#882 - 6 March 2026
Two lawyers who work for ICE step forward and lift the curtain on what is really happening inside our immigration system right now.
#881 - 20 February 2026
People deciding to do things that most of us do NOT choose to do.
#880 - 30 January 2026
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
#879 - 16 January 2026
When a joke could get you killed, should you say it anyway? A group of Syrian comedians test the limits of their newfound freedom, a year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime.
#878 - 9 January 2026
People discovering information about their own lives that they did not know, and suddenly everything looks very different.
#877 - 19 December 2025
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
#876 - 5 December 2025
When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.
#875 - 21 November 2025
What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?
#874 - 14 November 2025
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families.
