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628: In the Shadow of the City 2017 Oct. 13, 2017 Act Three: Yes, In My Backyard The story of the government cracking down on smokestack emissions at a city factory...even though the residents LIKE the emissions.
495: Hot In My Backyard May 17, 2013 Act Three: Find an Enemy Host Ira Glass tells the story of writer turned activist Bill McKibben.
495: Hot In My Backyard May 17, 2013 Act Two: The Right Man for the Job Producer Ben Calhoun tells the story of a former Congressional Representative from South Carolina, Bob Inglis.
731: What Lies Beneath Feb. 12, 2021 Act Four: Boiling Under Lots of things go unspoken between family members, sometimes for years.
730: The Empty Chair Jan. 22, 2021 Act Three: There’s a German Word for That Ira Glass talks to journalist Jochen Bittner about a political lie from 1920s Germany and the lessons it holds for 2020s America.
728: Lights, Camera, Christmas! Dec. 25, 2020 Act Two: Deer in the Footlights Ira talks with Connie Rex about the deer she and her sisters kidnapped and ended up putting into their school’s Christmas pageant in Woodruff, Utah, in a starring role.