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824: Family Meeting

824: Family Meeting

Update: 2024-02-2520
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Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about.

  • Prologue: A family sits down to discuss one thing. But then the true purpose of the meeting emerges. (9 ½ minutes)
  • Act One: For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. (28 minutes)
  • Act One: For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. (28 minutes)
  • Act Two: An excerpt from “Belles Lettres," a short story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires from her book Heads of the Colored People, performed by actors Erika Alexander and Eisa Davis with a cameo from our colleague Alvin Melathe. (14 minutes)

Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org

Comments (4)

This is my Pride Flag

If you want common sense, turn on the Trump rally going on right now.

Mar 2nd
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Toilet Brush Head

One thing's for sure about today's events at the border. Joe Briben is trying to protect illegal aliens while President Donald Trump is trying to protect America and Americans.

Feb 29th
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Toilet Brush Head

In an effort to misdirect from his own severe cognitive decline, Joe Briben' is trying to tell you that President Donald Trump called his wife Melania "Mercedes", when in reality he was addressing Mercedes Schlapp, who was in the front row of his rally. Don't let the demons gaslight you anymore.

Feb 28th
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Toilet Brush Head

Joe Briben' copying President Trump again by announcing he's going to the border (on the same day no less) days after President Trump said he was going. Just vote for the real deal in November, not this copying nonsense.

Feb 27th
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824: Family Meeting

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