Call Your Parents | This American Life | Episode 883

In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews. This episode started as a bonus episode for Life Partners — it's the kind of personal and behind-the-scenes material we make exclusively for subscribers. Become a Life Partner to support the show and get access: https://bit.ly/3QANCX4 00:00 Prologue: Ira talks about why four conversations reveal how his relationship with his parents changed. (4 minutes) 03:49 Interview One: Ira’s mom, Shirley, is invited to lead a discussion about how to get along with your adult children. Her adult children question her expertise. (9 minutes) 13:17 Interview Two: Ira asks his parents for advice on how he should build the radio show. His parents don’t hold back. (9 minutes) 22:04 Interview Three: Ira talks with his dad, Barry, about Barry’s own brief and doomed career in radio. (21 minutes) 42:16 Interview Four: An interview with Ira’s mom that, to this day, makes Ira’s skin crawl. (13 minutes) Episode transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/883/...