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

[28:45] Cops See It Differently, Part One (This American Life • Feb 2015)

[28:45] Wake Up Now (This American Life • Dec 2014)

[44:30] Stoner (John Wiliams • Viking • 1965)

[45:15] Photo of the S-Town planning room

[46:00] The Known World: A Novel (Edward P. Jones • HarperCollins • 2003)

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