Andrew McGill's father, a NYC taxi driver for 35 years, had been giving his son items left behind by passengers as gifts — including a wallet with someone else's money, ID, and credit card.
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Jodi Powell introduces the hour with characteristic warmth and candor, sharing her own recent risk: committing to swimming lessons as an adult who grew up on an island but was terrified of being in the water. After two weeks with a trusted instructor, she discovered a love of being underwater — though the coordination still escapes her and she hates the bubbles. The anecdote is both self-deprecating and galvanizing, establishing the episode's central thesis: hear that inner voice asking 'What are you doing?' and jump in anyway. The four storytellers to follow will each do exactly that.
San Francisco's average rent rose 18% over the past two years to $3,728/month, surpassing New York City as the most expensive rental market in the country.
San Francisco's average monthly rent now stands at $3,728, surpassing New York City to become the most expensive rental city in the United States.
At a childhood sleepover, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises on his face and he walked 7 miles home on a dirt road before being picked up by Eric Purvis's mom.
In 1950, about 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty; today it's about 1 in 10, attributable to capitalist economic growth.
From 2021 to 2024, 6 million children fell below the poverty line in the US after the expanded child tax credit expired.
Private domestic infant and international adoptions typically cost $40,000 to $70,000, while foster care adoption is the most affordable route at $0 to $2,000.
Historically, only 40% of men have ever reproduced — Galloway uses this to argue that romantic success requires effort, not a hall pass.
Robby Hoffman is the 7th of 10 children raised in a Hasidic household in Montreal, where the family was poor and comedy was a survival mechanism.
Robby's Hasidic community had no concept of 'too soon' in comedy — if it was funny, you threw it, and if you bombed, your sibling told you immediately.
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