892: Trapped on a Bus

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People on journeys they did not intend — or agree to.

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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it...

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People on journeys they did not intend — or agree to.

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(00:00:00) Prologue: A woman on a nighttime bus ride wakes up to
discover the bus driver is taking the passengers somewhere none
of them want to go. (8 minutes)

(00:08:11) Act One: Ayman Oghanna was reporting in Syria when he
got a surprising call from home: one of his neighbors had been
arrested for spying. (13 minutes)

(00:21:18) Act Two: Eileen Sosin Martínez describes life in
Havana right now, where blackouts have become so constant that
it’s nearly impossible to make ice and garbage trucks don’t
collect the trash regularly. (11 minutes)

(00:33:33) Act Three: A beloved tree in England, more than 100
years old, is mysteriously cut down overnight, leaving the
country bereft and enraged and out for justice. (15 minutes)

(00:49:31) Act Four: When she was 16, Leticia flew from Sao
Paolo, where she lived, to Germany. She was seated next to an
older woman who did something so surprising during the flight
that Leticia still tells people about it today. (9 minutes)

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