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This week: stories of people whose lives were changed by books.
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Two coaches spent a summer telling a sensitive kid he was actually a football star. He almost believed them. This week: adults telling kids who they are — and kids wondering if they're right.
A Social Security Administration veteran was asked by DOGE to declare 2.7 million people dead. The problem is, they were alive. Find out what he did on our show this week. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
A 25-year Social Security Administration veteran got called to a secret meeting with DOGE. They asked him to declare 6,000 people dead, with no proof that they had died. He said no. Then the list grew to 2.7 million. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
A DC reporter found a box of art supplies on his stoop and decided, with zero experience, that he would become the official oil painter of Washington. It did not go exactly as planned. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
Writer Daniel Alarcón got the assignment of a lifetime: to profile Lionel Messi for a magazine. He was sure they would just *get* each other. He waited 8 hours, sweating through his shirt, to find out if he was right. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
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We want to believe our lives can be changed by the ideas contained in a book.
A Social Security Administration veteran was asked by DOGE to declare 2.7 million people dead. The problem is, they were alive. Find out what he did on our show this week. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
A Social Security Administration veteran was asked by DOGE to declare 2.7 million people dead. The problem is, they were alive. Find out what he did on our show this week. link.podtrac.com/6cxk5300
Adults telling kids who they are, and kids wondering — are they right?
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