No Coincidence, No Story!
This American Life

No Coincidence, No Story!

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 20261 hr

We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones that we decided to make a whole show about them. From a chance encounter at a bus station to a romantic dollar bill to a baffling apparition in a college shower stall. Start aLife Partners free trial to watch our new video A Night of Stories and Improv. (00:00:00) Prologue: Hannah Jacoby tells the story of when she and her best friend Lindsey bonded over those toy soldiers with the parachutes, called (really) Poopatroopers — and...

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Hey, it's Ira, with a quick word before the show starts. So I have this video that I want to show you. Maybe you heard, because we did so many promos, actually, that we just did this live show on stage in Los Angeles

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where I told stories, and then Vic Michaelis and these really talented comedians did improvised scenes based on those stories on the spot. And we live streamed video of this show.

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And I'm just here to say that if you missed the live stream, you can now see the show. We have posted the video online. It's a really fun show.

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