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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

DeAndre D’Angelo, a scam artist with a talent for forged documents and a taste for red sports cars finds the perfect persona to escape his checkered past. He's the Camaro driving, show tune singing, high school student who is actually 31 years old.

What if you could relive your youth and do it all over again the right way?

Thank you, Michael Backman, for sharing your story with Snap! Check out Michael's music.

Produced by Jeff Maysh and Nancy López, edited by Anna Sussman, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff, illustration by Alex Williamson.

Season 16 - Episode 47

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0:00.0	Snap Studios.
0:05.0	I'm David Remnick, host of the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:13.0	There's nothing like finding a story you can really sink into that lets you tune out the noise and focus on what matters.
0:20.0	In print or here on the podcast,
0:22.4	The New Yorker brings you thoughtfulness and depth
0:24.7	and even humor that you can't find anywhere else.
0:27.9	So please join me every week for the New Yorker Radio Hour,
0:31.2	wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:36.6	Music High School.
0:47.4	On my way to algebra, late as usual, completely lost in the class, but no know I've got a week
0:54.2	to figure it out
0:55.1	before the big test
0:56.5	it's gonna ease in
0:58.6	head down,
1:00.0	sit in the back
1:00.6	and hope
1:01.6	Mr. Vandemolin doesn't call on me
1:04.1	I sprang
1:06.0	open the door
1:07.4	slide over to my seat
1:09.4	and notice
1:10.2	everybody's putting their stuff under their desk so open the door, slide over to my seat, and notice.
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