BROADCASTS.com

b'There are moments when the world we take for granted changes instantaneously \\u2014 when reality is upended and replaced with the unimaginable. Though we try not to think about it, instability is always lurking, and at any moment, a kind of terrible magic can switch on and scramble our lives.\\xa0\\n\\nYou may know the feeling.\\n\\nIn 1964, it happened to Anchorage, Alaska, and to a woman named Genie Chance. Today, the author Jon Mooallem tells her story \\u2014 and the story of the biggest earthquake to hit North America in recorded history \\u2014\\xa0using sonic postcards from the past.\\n\\nGuest: Jon Mooallem, author of the book \\u201cThis Is Chance.\\u201d For more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily'