Podcasts Culture The Voice Of Free Planet X Episode 103: Can I Ask You A Question?

Episode 103: Can I Ask You A Question?

Published: April 8, 2008, 3:01 a.m.

b'A panhandler came up to me the other day and said \\u201cCan I ask you a question??

I answered no, he couldn\\u2019t ask me a question. I knew what the question was, and I didn\'t want him to ask it.\\xa0 So I told him that he couldn\'t ask me a question.

Faced with a "no," he then proceeded to threaten my life.

When it was all over, I did what anyone else would have done in such a situation:

I picked up the phone, and called Alison Buck, my sociologist.

Special thanks to the men and women who shared their experiences with panhandlers.

The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net.
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