Remember conventions, before the pandemic? When people with one common interest gather in monstrous, fluorescent-lit halls for the weekend. Sometimes they drive each other crazy, sometimes they fall in love.
Convention worker
Dark Shadows
John Connors has very mixed emotions about attending a convention for viewers of the TV program Dark Shadows. (18 minutes)
Dish Out Of Water
Dishwasher Pete, author of the book Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, went to the National Restaurant Association convention on assignment from This American Life. (15 minutes)
Song:
When Worlds Collide
John Perry Barlow, a founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and former rancher and Grateful Dead lyricist, on an experience that began at the boundary of two conventions. (20 minutes)
Song:
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Act One: I've Got A Secret I've Been Hiding From You
Act Two: Does Niceness Pay?
Act Three
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