Kathie tells the story of the night he disappeared, and about how, in the weeks following, she and each of their three children were visited by a bird, who seemed to be delivering a message to them. (9 minutes) ![]() Two months later, his body was pulled out of the East River. Witnesses said they saw him on the Staten Island Ferry that night. It's performed with dressed-up styrofoam balls, it's sung in Italian and, no kidding, able to make grown men cry. (14 minutes)Īct Three: Ira accompanies photographer Tamara Staples as she attempts to photograph chickens in the style of high fashion photography. The chickens are not very cooperative. (15 minutes)Īct Four: Kathie Russo's husband was Spalding Gray, who was best known for delivering monologues onstage-like "Monster in a Box," and "Swimming to Cambodia." On January 10, 2004, he went missing. Jack Hitt reports on an opera about Chicken Little. (10 minutes)Īct Two: Yet another testimony to the power chickens have over our hearts and minds. (2 minutes)Īct One: Scharlette Holdman's story continues, in which she and the rest of a legal defense team try to save a man on death row by finding a star witness - a chicken with a specific skill. Why did she suddenly end the moratorium on press? Because her story is about something important: namely, a beautiful chicken. Prologue: Ira Glass talks with Scharlette Holdman, who works with defense teams on high profile death row cases, and who has not talked to a reporter in more than 25 years. ![]() ![]() During the highest turkey consumption period of the year, we bring you a This American Life tradition: stories of turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks, fowl of all kinds-real and imagined-and their mysterious hold over us.
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