Stories of the difficult relationships between parents and their grown children, including two long stories from Sandra Tsing Loh about her father.
Me and My Mom
Ira continues the story about his conversation with his mom. Then he calls her up on the air. (10 minutes)
Sandra's Dad
A story about how the adult children in Sandra Tsing Loh's family deal with her father. This story originally appeared in her book Depth Takes a Holiday (15 minutes).
My Father's Chinese Wives
Sandra's father decides, at age 70, to take a Chinese wife. (27 minutes)
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Act One: She Said, She Said
Producer Alex Blumberg conducts an investigation, perhaps the first ever, into this American subspecies: People who compulsively imitate their mother's voices in everyday conversation, well into adulthood.
Act Two: Baltimore
Ira plays tapes of his own father, Barry, who was a radio deejay in the mid-1950s.
Act Three: Let's See How Fast This Baby Will Go
Gloria Harrison was pregnant and in labor when she decided that the thing she needed to do before heading to the hospital, was go to the Nissan dealership and buy a new car.
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