Zoe Chace

Oct 31, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Zoe Chace |Nadia Reiman |Ike Sriskandarajah

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. Ira talks with Zoe Chace about watching Trump’s victory from an ecstatic room in Michigan. Then he checks in with a DC cop who was injured at the Capitol on January 6. (7 minutes) By Ira Glass and Zoe Chace Trump has claimed that he will be able to deport between 15 and 20 million people. But neither he nor his team have spelled out exactly how they’d do it.

Oct 4, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Ben Terris |Zoe Chace

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. When you have some power, but not a lot, how do you wield it when you’re suddenly cast into the spotlight? (4 minutes) Zoe Chace and Ben Terris follow Abbas Alawieh as he fights to broker a deal at the DNC – a way to potentially satisfy the people who voted “Uncommitted” in the primaries as a protest vote against Biden’s handling of the war in Israel and Gaza.

Aug 8, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Nicole Piasecki |David Kestenbaum |Zoe Chace

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. Ira goes out with a letter carrier, ‘Grace,’ as she delivers mail on her route. He learns about the people who bring us our mail and also how people treat their mail. (11 minutes) Writing a letter decades after an event that shaped her life was the only way that Nicole Piasecki could make some sense of it. (18 minutes)A version of this essay first appeared in Hippocampus Magazine.

Jul 12, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Zoe Chace |Ira Glass |Elna Baker |Nadia Reiman

Ira observes that we are in a moment of national reconsideration. (2 minutes) Zoe Chace reports on a surprising guest at the Republican National Convention: Teamsters president Sean O’Brien. (18 minutes) Ira talks to Representative Seth Moulton about what it was like to be among the first members of Congress to call for President Joe Biden to step aside. (18 minutes) Two adult sisters revisit old rivalries when they compete for a world record in typing with their pinkies.

Jun 3, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Alix Spiegel |Zoe Chace

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. Donald Trump has talked about taking revenge on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign. Ira Glass talks to reporter Jonathan Karl about how Trump has placed retribution at the center of his run and what we know about how he’s thinking about it. (16 minutes) Reporter Alix Spiegel talks to two people with good reason to fear a second Trump administration.