People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.
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Image from the Puppy Channel network, from the story in Act One.
Puppy Love, the Business Model
Molly FitzSimons tells the story of her father starting over. After 25 years in the same zip code, as an executive in the same company, he moved to Los Angeles and tried to start over in a new life with a new venture: A cable channel, with no people, no talking, no plots, but lots and lots of puppies. (15 minutes)
Song
Making Money The Old Fashioned Way
Mary Beth Kirchner documents one day in the life of a hustler named Joe, who wakes up every morning broke, hustles as much as $10,000 during the day and then loses most of it by the time he goes to bed. What it's like to start from scratch every day of your life. Some of the funding for this story came from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Radio Fund. (18 minutes)
The First Starting From Scratch
Jonathan Goldstein reads a story about the first people to ever start from scratch, a couple named Adam and Eve.
This story appears in Jonathan's book where he rewrites Bible stories, called Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible. Jonathan is the host of the Gimlet show, Heavyweight. (14 minutes)
Related
Act Two: A Notion Apart
Act One: The Straw That Broke Joe Camel's Back. / Can I Still Be a Joker and a Midnight Toker? / The Unbearable Lighterlessness of Being.
Act Five: Break It Down
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