Full episode 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Act Three Lullaby of Broadway Subscribe on Spotify Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Transcript Host Ira Glass meets some of the city’s newest arrivals in every New Yorker’s least favorite place. (9 minutes) By Ira Glass More in ImmigrationView all 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act One: No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn Producer Valerie Kipnis follows a group of people who’ve just arrived at their new home, a tent shelter in the middle of nowhere. (11 minutes)Reporting help from Jika Gonzalez. 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Two: 150 Days of Bummer Producer Diane Wu talks to an asylum seeker trying to hustle his way through bureaucratic limbo. (11 minutes) 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Four: The New Kids Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school. (11 minutes) Staff RecommendationsView all 387 Aug. 7, 2009 Arms Trader (2009) The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man suspected of being an illegal arms dealer. 472 Aug. 17, 2012 Our Friend David Favorite stories by our longtime contributor and friend David Rakoff.
818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act One: No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn Producer Valerie Kipnis follows a group of people who’ve just arrived at their new home, a tent shelter in the middle of nowhere. (11 minutes)Reporting help from Jika Gonzalez.
818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Two: 150 Days of Bummer Producer Diane Wu talks to an asylum seeker trying to hustle his way through bureaucratic limbo. (11 minutes)
818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Dec. 15, 2023 Act Four: The New Kids Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school. (11 minutes)
387 Aug. 7, 2009 Arms Trader (2009) The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man suspected of being an illegal arms dealer.
472 Aug. 17, 2012 Our Friend David Favorite stories by our longtime contributor and friend David Rakoff.