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747: Suitable for Children

Sept. 10, 2021

Act One: Stars & Bars & Bars

Producer Neil Drumming talks with the rapper Breeze Brewin about a toy car they both loved playing with as kids: The General Lee from the hit TV show The Dukes of Hazzard.

741: The Weight of Words

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Act Two: Daddy Lessons

Parents try to shape who we are in their own image.

707: We Are in the Future

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Act Four: Childhood’s End

Producer Neil Drumming looks into two videos he found on YouTube—one that takes place in Atlantic City, another in Brooklyn—that deal with the trouble kids face walking home from school.