572:Transformers
下崽:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1dEirJ7V 关键词:Love,Family,Society Podcast以坐过山车的经历为开头,讲述了这个故事的主题,生活中的重大改变,这种改变看起来难到无法相信可以改变,然而改变了~ Act One 讲述者说的是自己的外婆——一个90岁的老太太Vickie,半聋的意大利移民,言论中总能透出racism(种族主义)的人,住在疗养院(nursing home)里认识了自己的男朋友Frank——一个62岁的已瞎的,只剩半条腿的黑人。 他外婆本来是个很鄙视(despise)男人的人,因为她在很早以 前意外发现外公出轨,并要求离婚,但外公就是不愿意承认他having an affair(有外遇),最后外婆没有钱离婚后独自搬出去养大四个孩子,因而后来他们还住在一起(但外婆已经和他在不同房间住了多年,以至于她孙子,也就是这个讲故事的人一直以为他外公是个房客lol)。最后她把外公赶出去了,后来外公死于心脏病,但她听到也完全没有伤心(no emotion)。曾经有两个男人,非常努力地追求过他外婆(court her),但是他外婆已经没有对男人的信任了。 后来她进了养老院,变成了一个特别封闭的人,整天呆在房间里,不喜欢和周围的人交流。直到她遇到了Frank,她发现Frank是个盲人,她很想帮助他,然后Frank就让她帮忙。后来她知道Frank之前也有一个心碎的婚姻。但他们现在觉得互相在一起很快乐~现在他们结婚了。Its a huge transformation. Act Two 讲述一个阿富汗难民M,因为在国内受到暴力和迫害(persecution)威胁,寻求庇护,搬到了美国。这样的人需要适应在美国的生活改变,于是有一个组织叫Freedom House,教他们如何在美国生活。这个故事讲的是这个组织的志愿者会带领他们一起去坐公车,于是主持人Ira Glass这次和M一起去学坐公车。对于这个大学毕业,之前在做humanitarian relief(人道主义救援)的人来说,学习下车前拉绳子(pull the cord)并不是什么难事,但是要让她一个人在美国这个新地方生存却是非常难的,她有三个孩子,但她不能回国。她也没有工作,每天在家闲呆着。这样政治庇护过来的难民,美国目前有6000万人。 Act Three 讲述一个犯人Rich,过去30年28次因为arsons(纵火)被抓,明年有机会被释放。他加入了一个叫Toastmasters的俱乐部。这个俱乐部帮助监狱里的犯人学习演讲,或者怎么去面试,等等。他平时和人沟通会觉得非常不安,甚至觉得呼吸困难。后来他参加这个俱乐部,用几周时间准备了一个公开演讲的幽默故事。最后得到了大家的赞赏。 Act Four 讲述一个男生向家长出柜,结果后来发现她妈妈其实也是同性恋的故事。他说,因为这件事,发现原来家长也不是“墙上的壁画”,而是会有变化,有自己想法的人。最后是个好结局。
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220 - Testosterone
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1pJkdBo3 关键词:LGBT, sexuality, psychology, family 这一期超级赞,配乐也很赞,特别是前两个故事,听傻了都。Testosterone睾丸素,这个激素的水平是怎么对一个人的行为模式和性格产生改变的,这期异常生动地从各个角度表达出来了。 前篇说这期producer的Alex小时候看了一本书The Women's Room,从此改变了对男人的看法。他发现睾丸素水平的确在影响自己的生活方方面面。 Act1,讲述了一个因为疾病有四个月没有分泌睾丸素的男人,世界是变得如何得incredible的。简要说,这个人就是变成了一个complete dispassionate和objective的人,看什么都觉得"That is beautiful." Act2,最喜欢的故事,坦白说听的时候觉得人生观被颠覆了。。先是stunned,然后只能sigh。讲述名校Bryan Marr的一个非常hip和popular的dyke(lesbian),butch,突然有一天心血来潮给自己注射了超过男性平均水准的睾丸素,然后世界就变了。。TA除了生理上的appearance变成了男性,思考模式也变成了男性,非常erotic,走在大街上看到美女就忍不住性冲动(libido),看到Xerox machine(复印机)和convertible(敞篷车)都觉得drive me crazy。 他不得不重新学着与女性沟通的方式,还很忧伤地觉得自己已经不cool了,没法自在与女性交朋友。(想下辈子做男人的T你们慎重)而且由于自己变性了,找工作的时候不能说自己是Bryan Marr毕业的,只好委屈自己说隔壁Haverford毕业的,同事们都不知道自己其实以前是女的,觉得自己不再fascinating,笑死了。唯一觉得开心的是,别人开始叫他sir了。他说,现在他变得既懂女人也懂男人,如果开个网上专栏"Ask a Guy Who Used to Be a Girl." 一定赚得盆满钵满。这个故事要听才知道有多有趣。 Act3,TAL的工作人员都来测睾丸素指标,用spit(saliva)来测,结果一个做过演员的基佬和一个很pushy很bossy的女人最高,表示指标最低的人很不高兴。“What scientific studies can tell us is that in general, more testosterone does not mean you're a more successful person. In fact, blue-collar workers tend to have more testosterone than white collar workers, and unemployed men have more than either group. Actors and trial lawyers, people who basically go onstage in one way or another, tend to have very high testosterone levels.Higher testosterone correlates with baldness and with bigger muscles. And researchers say that people with lots of testosterone have a wolfish smile. And people with less testosterone have a kinder smile, and they smile more often, as if to say, "Don't hurt me." Testosterone goes up when you score a victory at something. It goes down when you suffer a defeat. In one study of World Cup soccer fans watching a match on television, testosterone dropped in fans of the losing team and rose in the fans of the winning team.” Act4,一个妈妈养了一个女儿一个儿子,女儿看上去很开朗能说,但儿子的少言寡语却让妈妈担忧。她一开始不能理解,想方设法了解儿子,最终找到了一个合适的“交流方式”。最让我动容的其实是这段: -Mum:Is there anything about girls that you envy? -Son:No, nothing, nothing. -What about their, it seems, their ability to talk about how they feel about things easier? -Sure, yeah. -You envy that? -I definitely envy that. 293 - A Little Bit of Knowledge
关键词:Family,LGBT,Dream 下崽:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1i3vLdB3 这期主要讲了当人们只知道片面的事实时,会发生的故事。开篇就提到人们往往会有一些知识盲区,可能从小就有的奇葩误区,会保留到长大。比如有人一直觉得unicorn是一种濒临灭绝的endangered species。。有人一直以为misled是misle的过去式。。很多人甚至会相信一些其实外人看来完全是nonsense的事情。 Act One提到的最让我动容的,是一个关于Tissue Box的故事,讲述一个穷人家孩子,妹妹和姐姐圣诞节收到了tissue box,妹妹看到这个ugly的盒子都快哭了,姐姐说这个盒子painted by trained monkeys。妹妹如何相信了十年,最后又了解到真相的。 后面提到:She had always been jealous of her sister, always wanted to be the big sister. But reading her sister's story that day made her realize how responsible her sister felt for her, and for their entire family, and how there were benefits to being the baby. It was good to learn all that. Act Two,讲述一对gay,在加州同志婚姻合法化后,家里人建议结婚,但是他们7岁的adopted son却不同意。因为这个小孩DJ知道有异性恋结婚后离婚的事。且听小孩最后又如何希望家里的两位爸爸结婚的。 “I changed my mind. Why? You and dad have to stay together forever. We will, I said. We love each other and always will. DJ sat up on the couch and looked me in the eye. I want you and Daddy to promise, to pinky promise, to seriously and forever promise, and no breaking your promise. You want us to get married then, I said. Yes. And there it was, my reward for a sleepless night. My son was giving me his blessing to marry. I'll tell Terry, I said. We'll see what Daddy says.” Act Three,讲述一个只有中学物理水平的Bob,突然有天“发现”爱因斯坦的相对论是错的,然后花了一年时间开始做他的研究验证自己的想法……在这里面,我觉得最动容的是他老婆的话: “I think it would be a huge blow to his ego. It wouldn't change anything for me, as far as how I feel about him. He'd still be Bob, and he'd still be the man I love, and I'd still be in love with him. You have got to love him, man. It's either you love him or hate them. It's like he can be an arrogant son of a bitch. You live with the good and the bad. There's so much more to him than that, than that uncombed and unkempt hair, and the fact that he doesn't keep doctors' appointments, or make them, which makes me the nagging, bitching wife, but that's OK. It's part of the package.” Act Four,一个McCullors式的故事。一个小孩从小就和外婆关系异常好,但有天她突然开始怀疑这个关系背后的意义……最终她伤害了这段感情。个人还是非常喜欢这个故事的,通过孩子的角度道出了成人关系中的问题。 |