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Reality Check
A Texas rancher displays a particular affinity for a pet bull that doesn’t quite return the favour, in the series opener. Also: a New York City guerilla-theatre group supports a struggling rock band and gives them “the greatest gig of their life”., A Texas rancher displays a particular affinity for a pet bull that doesn’t quite return the favor. Also: a New York City guerilla-theater group supports a struggling rock band and gives them “the greatest gig of their life.”, This episode of This American Life offers three different stories about people who tried to bring their dreams to reality but found that the road to their lofty goals was a rocky one. In the first story, a young boy confronts a simple childhood problem with no simple answer. In the next segment, a farmer goes to extreme ends to save a pet but is torn with what he gets as a result. In the last portion, a team of performers conspire to give an obscure rock band their greatest show ever, but the band feels a tumult of emotion when it’s revealed that the whole evening was planned.
