46: A Dime for Mr. Fetterman

Family Ghosts

Sam Dingman

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're celebrating family stories that seem simple on the surface, but are actually the keys to understanding our entire personalities. Featuring comedians Pat Regan and Gastor Almonte. Listen to Pat's podcast, Seek Treatment, and watch Hacks, the show he writes for, on HBO Max. Find more of Gastor's stories on PBS and Comedy Central, and check out his album, Immigrant Made.

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0:00.0	You're listening to WALT.
0:02.0	HONGRONG
0:06.0	Homemade Radio
0:08.0	Hello, Ghost Family.
0:10.0	Welcome to Family Ghost.
0:20.0	I think the thing that I love most about family stories
0:24.0	is that on the surface
0:26.0	they seem like the most low-stakes, relatable type of story you can imagine.
0:32.0	To use a family ghost example,
0:34.0	one person steals another person's plate of Chinese food leftovers,
0:38.0	the victim of the theft becomes obsessed with figuring out who did it
0:42.0	and ends up holding a family-wide court martial to determine the culprit.
0:48.0	It's fun, it's relatable, and it's just a plate of Chinese food leftovers, right?
0:56.0	Well, no.
0:58.0	Because like many family stories,
1:00.0	that one starts out with something trivial,
1:02.0	and before you know it,
1:04.0	it has morphed into this decades-long saga of deception
1:08.0	and betrayal that gets told and retold
1:12.0	and actually becomes
1:14.0	this kind of rosetta stone for understanding the real dynamics of this family
1:20.0	and how those dynamics shaped each member of it.
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