I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust, Cascatelli, Medical Bills for COVID-19

Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 8 p.m.

A woman with autism finds her voice and releases her poetry at the age of 25. Then, a food writer comes up with an entirely new shape of pasta. And, insurance companies have stopped footing the bill for COVID-19 tests and treatments. Also, on today's show: why families develop words or phrases that mean something special to them; donating to thrift stores doesn’t do much good; a bestselling author revisits the agony of 8th grade.