I Want What I Want

我欲我所欲

This American Life

2026-02-23

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People deciding to do things that most of us do NOT choose to do.  Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: A new documentary called The Boys and the Bees captures a moment where a six-year-old has a very unlikely wish, and his dad decides to grant it. Host Ira Glass talks with filmmaker Arielle Knight about what happens next. (9 minutes)Act One: John Tothill tells the story of Edward Dando, a 19th-century British glutton who would eat hundreds of oysters at a time and then run out on the check. John makes the case that we should all be more like Edward Dando. (15 minutes)Act Two: Producer Tobin Low listens in as Evan Roberts calls up an ex for the first time in years and tries to make the case that they should have been friends all along. (16 minutes)Act Three: Producer Zoe Chace brings us a dispatch from a courtroom in Texas this week, where on the very first day of a landmark federal trial about Antifa, the judge makes an unusual decision that no one sees coming. (15 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org This American Life privacy policy. Learn more about sponsor message choices.
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  • A quick warning, there are curse words that are un-beaped in today's episode of the show.

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  • Arrow is the youngest and he's kind of always bouncing around.

  • He's he's comedic relief in the film and Carver is the oldest and he's a lot more serious.

  • He's a lot more thoughtful Carver is the one who reminds little brother what the rules are Arrow just breezes past them and the way all this plays out and this family of beekeepers Arrow has been stung many many times by bees and Carver has never been stung And how do you explain that?

  • I mean, you know, Carver is probably always paying attention, taking his time, moving slowly.

  • Girls follower.

  • Exactly.

  • And Arrow just sort of puts on his suit too fast and there's a bee in there or,

  • you know, he steps somewhere where he shouldn't or he's just, you know.

  • They have parents who have made a very deliberate choice to spend a ton of time with their kids.

  • Birdwatching and fishing and going through the woods and lifting up rocks to see what's underneath them,

  • explaining everything about nature.

  • And there's a scene that Ariel captured on film of the boys with their dad, Nehemiah.

  • So we were wrapping up filming for the day and Nehemiah usually in the evening will check on the bees.

  • So he's checking on the bees,

  • he's lifting the racks of beehives out of their boxes and then he gets stung.

  • Ouch!

  • I got me!

  • You boys back up though.