RIP Snape
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Dedicated to characters who turn out to be very different than they first appeared.
In honor of Professor Snape, from JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Fault Line / Jad Abumrad & Pat Walters, Radiolab
The Living Room / Briana Breen & Brendan Baker, Love + Radio
The Hospital Always Wins / Laura Starecheski, State of the Re:Union
Leaving a Mark / Emily Hsiao, Transom
My Way or the FBI Way / Michael May, This American Life
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Fault Line
Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.
- 2014
- 24:14
- Jad Abumrad
- Pat Walters
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The Living Room
Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.
- 2015
- 22:22
- Brendan Baker
- Briana Breen
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The Hospital Always Wins
Back in 2004, Laura Starecheski visited a mental hospital in Queens, N.Y. called Creedmoor, where she met a patient named Issa Ibrahim.
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Leaving a Mark
Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.
- 2014
- 13:14
- Emily Hsiao
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My Way or the FBI Way
A year ago, a swat team broke down the door of a home in downtown St. Paul and found eight Molotov cocktails inside.
- 2009
- 36:12
- Michael May