Brian Reed, a senior producer at This American Life, is the host of S-Town.

“It’s a story about the remarkableness of what could be called an unremarkable life.”

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Reed's This American Life archive

[30:00] "Cops See It Differently" (This American Life • Feb 2015)

[30:00] "Wake Up Now" (This American Life • Dec 2014)

[45:45] Stoner (John Wiliams • Viking • 1965)

[49:30] Photo of the S-Town planning room

[47:15] The Known World: A Novel (Edward P. Jones • HarperCollins • 2003)

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