#14 The Break-Up episode of This American Life
If your heart is broken, try giving it to Ira and Starlee for a bit.
I might be Ira’s oldest fan. I used to listen to him on the radio with a coat-hanger antenna from the Idaho mountains, where I was homeschooled, must have been 1990s-ish.
But I didn’t really appreciate his show until I heard long-time contributor Starlee Kine interview Phil Collins on the Break-Up episode shortly after a tough divorce
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Over the years, I’ve listened to this episode again and again, and each time I’m in a different place. Each time I hear something different. Creativity, heartbreak, renewal, and always… compassion.
I think this might be the most authentic and healing radio piece I’ve ever listened to, and I’ll probably be a fan of radio until I die and they hold my funeral in VR :)
If your heart is broken, try giving it to Ira and Starlee for a bit. I promise you they will make it better.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/break-up