One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed. Prologue: Ira talks about a priest who set up what may have been the first hotline in the United States. It was just him, answering a phone, trying to help strangers who called. (2 minutes) Act One: The Never Use Alone hotline was set up so that drug users can call if they are say, using heroin by themselves. Someone will stay on the line with them in case they overdose. We hear the recording of one call, from a woman named Kimber. (13 minutes) Act Two: An EMT learns he was connected to the call, in more ways than he realized. (16 minutes) Act Three: Jessie, who took the call, explains how she discovered the hotline. She keeps in touch with Kimber. Until one day, Kimber disappears. (16 minutes) Act Four: We learn what happened to Kimber after she called the line. (10 minutes)
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Before we start the show today,
I want to just say a word about the bonus content
that we've been making lately,
which includes our very first Ask Me Anything session.
And people did ask me anything.
What is your favorite color?
But it's a two parter.
Mm.
And why?
Okay, so in addition to that very existential question,
people also ask questions about how we make our show,
about what books and movies I'm liking these days,
and many, many questions,
more questions than on any other subject
about all those fake Tori Mattia quotes that we do
at the end of our show.
If you want to hear this,
if you want to hear all the other bonus episodes
and bonus content that we're making,