Tapes recorded in a Chicago home Christmas morning, more than 50 years ago. (3 minutes)
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Act Four: Occam’s Toilet
Editor Bethel Habte examines video evidence of two parents trying to get to the bottom of a minor crime committed in their own home. (7 minutes)
Act Two: Sealed With A Diss
An excerpt from “Belles Lettres," a short story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires from her book Heads of the Colored People, performed by actors Erika Alexander and Eisa Davis with a cameo from our colleague Alvin Melathe.
Act Three: Ride or Die
There are many kids who do not gradually discover that grown ups don’t have a handle on everything. These kids already know.
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Act Three: History Lesson
Ira and music contributor John Conners on Sinatra's worst songs.
Act One: Dark Shadows
John Connors has very mixed emotions about attending a convention for viewers of the TV program Dark Shadows.
Act Two: Instructions For Sissies
Chicago performance artist John Conners reads from a 1942 book called How To Improve Your Personality, from a chapter instructing men on how to avoid being sissies.