I Don't Know If It's God - Alix Spiegel's "Pray"
Apr 29, 2025•44 min
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Episode description
Rob and Britta discuss the classic Alix Spiegel story “Pray” from This American Life, including Spiegel’s origin story as a producer and what happened to her when members of the megachurch she was reporting on urged her to become a Christian.
This is the second of three episodes Rob and Britta recorded in 2019 and never released until now. The first of those was our episode about TAL’s “Notes on Camp.”
Show Notes:
Tape: A radio show about people who make radio, hosted and edited by Mooj Zadie
Alix Spiegel’s manifesto at Transom.org
Music:
Defect 2: Curiosidade - Tom Ze (John McEntire Remix)
Coffaro’s Theme - Bill Frisell
Other Music - Blue Dot Sessions
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