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890: Maximal Americanness

890: Maximal Americanness

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The people, places, objects, and social norms that make this country what it is.

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This American Life

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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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On this country's 250th birthday, we bring you stories about the
most American people, places, objects, and social norms that make
this country what it is.

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(00:00:00) Prologue: Ira talks to Pablo Torre about Major League
Baseball’s new challenge system, and how it’s been optimized for
maximum drama. (10 minutes)

(00:11:10) Act One: Writer Jiayang Fan wrestles with a very
common question she has never quite understood. (5 minutes)

(00:17:15) Act Two: People come from all over the country to walk
down one of Michigan’s tallest sand dunes, and then promptly turn
around and trudge back up. Aviva DeKornfeld talks to Americans
spending their limited vacation time on this punishing
activity. (8 minutes)

(00:26:13) Act Three: Emanuele Berry talks to Ira about Season 13
of the reality TV show, Survivor, known to fans as the “race war”
season. (8 minutes)

(00:34:08) Act Four: Years before his famous dictionary, Noah
Webster wrote a book that took on a life of its own and served an
unexpected purpose. (8 minutes)

(00:42:27) Act Five: Emmanuel Dzotsi investigates a musical
phenomenon very particular to the United States: singers
embellishing the end of the national anthem. (9 minutes)

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