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This week, we revisit a favorite episode from the past — Episode #15: “The Sacred and the Profane”, in which Simon Rich wonders whether making sure that Orel Hershiser won his game prevented God from relieving half a million flood victims in Southeast Asia.
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Geronimo and the longest armed conflict in U.S. History, including the recently ended war in Afghanistan.
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The Spirit of Giving, 3 gals crazy for Santa, and Clyde McPhatter’s “White Christmas”.
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Stefan Fllambeau gets to the bottom of Atlanta’s scandal at the DOT. And, the Venona Project, and what we knew but could not reveal about Soviet espionage during the critical years toward the end of World War II and after.
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Acting at its finest, and a story about an imaginary playmate who can’t play because he has to take a meeting.
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Music from Eastern Europe: Corky Bucek’s “Bing Bong Bing Bong Did a Liddle Liddle”. Plus, the perils of sexual overstimulation, and Simon Rich with a story about God’s girlfriend.
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A grand mix of the St. Crispin’s Day Speech from “Henry V” and some insight into another Henry: Henry Hill, who helped engineer the largest cash robbery in American history. Plus, the life and music of Jackie Wilson.
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The varied films of George Miller from “Mad Max” to “Babe”, and the story of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and the battle against ISIS for the city of Mosul.
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Free-Range Chicken Number 1: “Life is really great here. The food is fantastic and you really get room to run around and peck others.”
Free-Range Chicken Number 2: “Tell me about it. I’m never thirsty because there’s always water nearby and I hear that when the farmer comes for you, they take you to a wonderful place where you’re taught to fly.”
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A shake-up in the executive suite at the Waffle and Pancake Council of America. Plus, the sex scandals at Meerkat Manor.