Two Is One, One Is None!

二合一,一归无!

This American Life

2026-05-18

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One family faces the Trump administration’s ban on trans people serving in the military, and responds with a surprising secret weapon. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Geirid and Chrissy are extreme planners. But about a year ago, they were confronted with a situation that even they had no idea how to plan for. (4 minutes)Act One: Geirid and Chrissy make an “in case of emergency, break glass” spreadsheet and get some big news. (14 minutes)Act Two: Geirid and Chrissy have less than a month to make a life-changing decision. The government gives them two options, and they try to find a third. (21 minutes)Act Three: A short story from Rachel Khong: Two people have a very consequential choice to make, given to them by God. (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 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 Laura Starczewski, sitting in for Ira Glass.

  • I'd been waiting for months for a certain moment to arrive.

  • Garrett had mentioned it, Chrissy had mentioned it, and here we all were.

  • Sitting in their house in the suburbs of D.C., we were in their living room.

  • Their son was hopping around with an icy popsicle in his hand.

  • This was left in the freezer overnight.

  • Feel it.

  • And Garrett's laptop was right there.

  • Wasn't open yet, but I was on the edge of my seat.

  • And finally she asked me.

  • Are you ready for this?

  • I'm ready.

  • Okay.

  • Chrissy jumped in to hype it up.

  • It's beautiful.

  • It's excellent.

  • Yeah, it's a thing of beauty.