Jonathan found the book in his apartment recently and decided to look into the magical claims the book made.
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Stories where one person's powerlessness is transformed when they discover they have backup. And what happens when that backup goes away.
An update on a story from episode 530, "Mind Your Own Business."
A cellphone hidden in a bag of chips starts a messy turf war between the FBI and a local sheriff.
A Japanese reality show contestant has to enter sweepstakes from magazines to win enough sustenance to survive.
A video of Ira talking to the cast and crew before we went onstage at BAM.
Like a real Broadway show, our cast recorded the whole thing in one session.
In our most ambitious live show, we turn journalism into a Broadway musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Stories of people who go one way, and then, for what ever reason, turn around and go the exact opposite direction.
For our “Return to the Scene of the Crime” live show, Chris Ware and John Kuramoto created this animated short, about a mouse falling in love with a cat head. Set to a song by Andrew Bird.
Photos from rehearsals, backstage and the performance.
Our most ambitious live show ever! Nearly 50 actors, singers, dancers, musicians, and comedians onstage including Sasheer Zamata, Stephin Merritt, Mike Birbiglia, and an original mini-musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
A woman wakes up from a coma having forgotten that she'd divorced her husband. And Molly Ringwald watches The Breakfast Club with her daughter.
Stories of people coming to terms with being in serious trouble.
Mike will receive credit for the entire time that he was accidentally out of prison.
Alex Blumberg talks to his dad about the daily pot habit he had while Alex was growing up.
We ask the people who work at a hospice facility some personal questions about death and dying.
A pedophile who has never acted on his impulses starts an online support group to help himself and others like him.
The Florida State Attorney released a report on the shooting of Ibragim Todashev.
They're small. And they're cuddly. But sometimes it feels as though our babies were replaced with demon replicas.
Stories of people who are coming to terms with the places they call home.
Last May, the FBI killed a guy in Florida who was loosely linked to the Boston Marathon bombings.
An update on our story about women in the Orthodox Jewish community whose husbands refuse to give them a divorce.
We collaborated with Google on the Valentine's Day Google Doodle.
A clerical error allowed a convicted man to walk free for 13 years. Then the justice system realized its mistake.
We made six mini-love stories for the Google team.
David Sedaris tells us how losing a sister prompted a family reunion, and an impulse buy of an oceanfront cottage big enough for all of them.
Stories about how it sucks to be in limbo, and a man who absolutely loves listening to hold music.
Stories of valiant men attempting to do good in challenging circumstances: in war zones, department stores, public buses, and at the bottom of a cave 900 feet underground.
It's the thought that counts. Unfortunately, sometimes it's not always so clear what that thought was.
One car dealership tries to make its monthly quota: 129 cars. It is way more chaotic than we expected.
Google sometimes invites people in to give little talks or Q&As. Ira was asked, while he was visiting California.
The history of racial housing discrimination in the United States and what has been done—and hasn't been done—to rectify it.
Sarah Koenig's mother lives by a set of rules about conversation. We tried to prove her wrong.
The story of a police officer and a squirrel. Plus, a small town production of Peter Pan goes off the rails.
Stories of people whose lives are altered when seemingly boring documents like birth certificates and petitions are used against them.
Which is better: flight or invisibility?
What should a person suspected of murder say?
Artist Alice Leora Briggs created a drawing to accompany a story from "Secret Identity."
An update on episode 465, "What Happened At Dos Erres."
A drawing by Alice Leora Briggs accompanies the text of this story.
A teenage girl becomes a whole new person when she becomes the school mascot — a tiger — at her high school.
Hear the full statement from Vice President for Medical Affairs, Ed Kuffner.
More than 150 Americans die each year on average after accidentally taking too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.
After talking to us, the Georgia Tech Admissions Director got this email.
How a stolen library book got one man into his dream school and changed his life forever. Or at least that's the story he tells himself.