cover of episode 815: How I Learned to Shave

815: How I Learned to Shave

2024/12/1
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C
Carol Crutchfield
I
Ira Glass
J
Jackie Wyant
争取父亲在Trapper Keeper发明中的正当认可
J
John Wyant
K
Ken Crutchfield
L
Louise Sullivan
T
Thea Benin
Topics
作者回忆了父亲教他刮胡子的经历，这在他看来是父亲少有的主动教导，象征着某种成年礼，也让他反思了父子关系中缺乏沟通和亲密接触的现实。父亲的性格内敛，不善表达，作者也继承了父亲的一些特质，这让他在人际交往中感到不适。作者认为，我们从父母身上学到的很多东西并非他们有意传授的，而是潜移默化的影响。

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Chapters
Ira reflects on his father's unusual lesson on shaving and how it shaped his understanding of masculinity and fatherhood.
  • Ira's father's rare act of teaching him to shave
  • The physical and emotional impact of the lesson
  • Ira's realization of his father's absent presence in his life

Shownotes Transcript

Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not.

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  • Prologue: Ira talks about the time his dad taught him to shave, and how unusual that was. (5 minutes)
  • Act One: When Jackie read the obits for the man who had invented the famous Trapper Keeper notebook, she was very surprised. As far as she knew, the inventor was very much alive. It was her dad. Not the guy in the obit. (15 minutes)
  • Act Two: A father and son find themselves in a very traditional relationship. Until the end. (21 minutes)
  • Act Three: Simon Rich reads his short story "History Report," in which a father explains the sex robots of the future. And other things as well. (14 minutes)

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