Stories from the heart of heartbreak. Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks with Lauren Waterman, who's in the middle of a break-up right now and grappling with totally contradictory feelings. (5 minutes) Act One: In the wake of a break-up, writer Starlee Kine finds so much comfort in break-up songs that she decides to try and write one herself—even though she has no musical ability whatsoever. For some help, she goes to a rather surprising expert on the subject: Phil Collins. (29 minutes) Act Two: Eight-year-old Betsy Walter goes on a campaign to understand her parents' divorce — a campaign that takes her to school guidance counselors, children's book authors, and the mayor of New York City. (10 minutes) Act Three: Ira talks with divorce mediator Barry Berkman about why it's bad when the justice system gets involved in a break-up. (8 minutes) Act Four: What divorce looks like from the dog's point of view. (5 minutes)
From wbez, Chicago.
It's this American life.
It's so embarrassing.
I don't want to get upset, but, like, he has a car.
So the last time I saw him on purpose was just in the car in front of my house.
And I don't know, it's just bad, bad.
Like when you walk out of your house, you think, like, there his car was.
Yeah, I still look for it.
It's crazy.
Okay, now we're about a bott from your house.
Like, on that.
In front of that building right there.
It's
like churchy looking building was where we were parked when we first had the conversation where we decided we were gonna be exclusive,
which was a joke.
Like, I don't really date around, and I don't think he does either.
But, you know, it's like kind of a big conversation.
But yeah, we were parked in the middle of that block right where that white car is.
And so every time you walk down this street, you'll think like, oh, yeah, there's the spot.
I don't walk down this street.