New Lore Drop | This American Life | Episode 878

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People discovering information about their own lives that they did not know, and suddenly everything looks very different. 00:00 Prologue: When Pete turned 18, his dad took him on a drive to reveal a family secret he was finally old enough to know. (11 minutes) 11:00 Act One: Sometimes, a lore drop comes when you least expect it. That happened to Jake Cornell and his grandmother. Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talked to Jake about it. (14 minutes) 26:22 Act Two: Ben Austen had a kind of new lore d...