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FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
Anyone a fan of this tv show or podcast?

http://www.thislife.org/Default.aspx
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    I watched the last season on Showtime. I think I saw every episode, but I really loved the one where you could ask an Iraqi guy anything. This guy set up a stand (kind of like Lucy from Peanuts). With a sign that said "talk to an Iraqi" or something like that.

    There was another one with a guy that was a complete vegetable. Forgive me, I don't know the pc way to put that. He was just all messed up and had to be wheeled around on a cart, but he was really mentally sharp. He even had a girlfriend. That one actually made me cry.
  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I don't watch the show regularly but did see both of the episodes you mentioned. The one with the guy in the cart was touching.

    I really enjoy the podcasts and highly recommend them to all.
    anotherclone wrote:
    I watched the last season on Showtime. I think I saw every episode, but I really loved the one where you could ask an Iraqi guy anything. This guy set up a stand (kind of like Lucy from Peanuts). With a sign that said "talk to an Iraqi" or something like that.

    There was another one with a guy that was a complete vegetable. Forgive me, I don't know the pc way to put that. He was just all messed up and had to be wheeled around on a cart, but he was really mentally sharp. He even had a girlfriend. That one actually made me cry.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    I just started listening to the podcasts. I think they are great.
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    The one draw-back is that you can't download old podcasts, but you can go on the website (above) and listen to them online.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
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