And you know what that speaks to? There are not many songs for people who split up and get back together again. The reunited couple is a completely underserved market, right? There's "Love's More Comfortable the Second Time Around." There's "Break Up to Make Up." And there's "Reunited." That's pretty much it. Oh, wait a second. Here's the chorus. Peaches And Herb [SINGING] Reunited and it feels so good. Reunited cause we understood.
Ira Glass Who is singing the song for the reunited people? Who is writing their stories? Well, today our radio show, we try to re-dress this grievous, grievous oversight and tell three stories of reunions. In each case, very unlikely reunions that were gotten to through very unusual means. Act one's a man reunited with a woman. Act two is a man reunited with an animal. Act three, a man reunited with a nation. Sarah Vowell tells that last story. And let's just get right to it, huh?
Act One. Not Your Parents' Parent Trap. Ira Glass Act one, "Not Your Parents' Parent Trap." This is the story of two marriages, one unhappy, the other happy. One's an arranged marriage, the other's by their own choice. One's a big formal wedding, the other's in city hall. One's in Iran, the other's in America. The only thing they have in common is the bride and groom, who also are the parents of Nazanin Rafsanjani, who tells our story.
Ira Glass Who is singing the song for the reunited people? Who is writing their stories? Well, today our radio show, we try to re-dress this grievous, grievous oversight and tell three stories of reunions. In each case, very unlikely reunions that were gotten to through very unusual means. Act one's a man reunited with a woman. Act two is a man reunited with an animal. Act three, a man reunited with a nation. Sarah Vowell tells that last story. And let's just get right to it, huh?
Act One. Not Your Parents' Parent Trap. Ira Glass Act one, "Not Your Parents' Parent Trap." This is the story of two marriages, one unhappy, the other happy. One's an arranged marriage, the other's by their own choice. One's a big formal wedding, the other's in city hall. One's in Iran, the other's in America. The only thing they have in common is the bride and groom, who also are the parents of Nazanin Rafsanjani, who tells our story.