I Hate Mysteries | This American Life | Episode 875

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What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!? 00:00 Prologue: A class of second graders is handed a sealed box with a mystery object inside. They are supposed to guess what it is, but the lesson goes off the rails. (8 minutes) 08:16 Act One: A man is hired along with a crew to dig a mysterious hole on the slopes of Mt. Shasta. The hole goes sixty feet down. But what are they looking for? (24 minutes) 33:06 Act Two: A sparkly mystery. One woman hopes the military-industrial complex is involve...