Podcasts Culture This American Life 818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

Published: Dec. 17, 2023, 11 p.m.

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In the last year and a half, New York City has scrambled to try and provide shelter and services to over 150,000 migrants. We take a look at how that\\u2019s going.\\n

  • Prologue: In the middle of the night, host Ira Glass meets a woman on a mission at Port Authority bus station.\\xa0(13 minutes)
  • Act One: Producer Valerie Kipnis follows a group of people who\\u2019ve just arrived at their new home, a tent shelter in the middle of nowhere.\\xa0(11 minutes)
  • Act Two: Producer Diane Wu talks to an asylum seeker trying to hustle his way through bureaucratic limbo.\\xa0(11 minutes)
  • Act Three: Host Ira Glass meets some of the city\\u2019s newest arrivals in every New Yorker\\u2019s least favorite place.\\xa0(9 minutes)
  • Act Four: Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school.\\xa0(11 minutes)
  • Act 5: One woman needs to find shelter for 27 young men in a matter of hours.\\xa0(15 minutes)

Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org

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