Zoe Chace is a reporter and producer at This American Life.

“Radio is a movie in your head. It’s a very visual thing. It’s a transporting thing—when it’s done well. And it’s louder than your thoughts. It is both of those things. It would just take me out of the place that I was, where I was lost and couldn’t figure things out. ... They had a very personal way of telling the story to you, so that you kind of felt like you’re there with them. Like it’s less lonely, it’s literally less lonely to have them there. And that felt really good.”

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[02:30] Chace's Archive at This American Life

[02:30] Chace's Archive at Planet Money

[04:00] Longform Podcast #239: Brian Reed

[05:50] S-Town

[16:10] Weekend Edition Saturday

[25:45] "Donald Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S." (Jeremy Diamond • CNN • Dec 2015)

[28:55] "I Thought I Knew You" (This American Life • Jan 2016)

[33:35] "Sex, Boyhood and Politics in South Carolina" (This American Life • Feb 2016)

[41:35] "The Believer" (Julia Ioffe • Politico • June 2016)

[43:00] "Will I Know Anyone at This Party" (This American Life • Oct 2016)

[43:30] "Party in the USA" (This American Life • Oct 2016)

[50:25] "Flake News" (This American Life • Oct 2017)

[55:10] "Fighting Donald Trump Cost Jeff Flake His Job. But He's Not Going Quietly" (Nash Jenkins • Time • Nov 2017)

[55:20] Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle (Jeff Flake • Random House • 2017)

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