The Runaround

This American Life

社会与文化

2023-01-20

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People being dodged, delayed, and evaded—and what they do to put an end to it. Prologue: Ira talks to producer Sean Cole about a nightmarish runaround he’s been caught in. It all started when Sean thought: I'd like a new bed. (8 minutes) Like The Show “48 Hours", Except A Lot More Hours: Reporter Brenna Smith tells the story of Renee, a mom who is determined to get back nearly $3000 worth of food stamps stolen from her. She soon finds herself caught in a bureaucratic runaround. (24 minutes) Brenna first reported Renee’s story for the Baltimore Banner. Strange Loop: Our senior editor David Kestenbaum introduces us to someone who is literally running around the block as a way to solve one of his problems. David tries to figure out why it works. (7 minutes) Americans Most Wanted: American criminals who flee to Mexico to evade law enforcement discover it's not so simple as crossing the border. Reporter Kevin Sieff embedded with a Mexican police unit called the "Gringo Hunters," who work to bring these runaways to justice. (17 minutes) Kevin also reported this story for the Washington Post.
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  • A quick warning.

  • There are curse words that are unbeeped in today's episode of the show.

  • If you prefer a beeped version, you can find that at our website, thisamericanlife.org.

  • From WBEZ Chicago, it's this American Life.

  • I'm Ira Glass.

  • Why aren't you more mad?

  • I think I'm just too tired to be mad.

  • It's like when I think of it, I get exhausted, I get a little desperate.

  • I can feel like a little bit like, I feel a little bit like underwater.

  • This is my co worker, Sean Cole, who's a producer here on the radio show.

  • And the thing that brought him to this state is a bed.

  • A bed he does not have.

  • He ordered it back in September when we moved to a new apartment.

  • This is where I've been sleeping since I moved in.

  • On the floor on my old mattress, awaiting my new bed.

  • Just to be clear, the mattress for the new bed arrived right away after he ordered it.

  • It's rolled up like a burrito near the window.

  • The issue is the bed frame and the headboard.

  • They're still awol, undelivered, absent four months after ordering.

  • And I'm talking to Sean about this because today's program is about all kinds of different sorts of runarounds and he is in the middle of a sort of classic one, one lots of us have experienced.