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Sarah Vowell re-traces the route her Cherokee ancestors took when expelled from their own land by President Andrew Jackson.

David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell on what's frustrating about music lessons, what's miraculous about them, and what they actually teach us.
With so many songs, movies, and books about the joy of the open road, it's hard to take just a normal road trip without huge expectations.

The story of a town that started with something huge—the falls—and built nothing lasting from it.

David Sedaris tells true stories of photographers who try to take pictures of him which will make him seem "wacky." That, and other stories of wackiness.
Stories of people who were lifted out of everyday life, thrown into much bigger events, and how that made sense of what they did years after the fact.

Stories of people struggling to redefine monogamy, to stay monogamous, and what we should make of these ad hoc experiments in everyday life.

The story of a teenager, illegal drug use, lying, stealing, and a kid's life changed completely when he heard how he sounded on the phone.