Summary
The recording doesn't lie. Performed by Ed Herbstman and Tami Sagher, with Libby George and Christian Paluck. It was produced by Jonathan Mitchell, and written by Jonathan Mitchell, Ed Herbstman, and Melanie Hoopes. This story originally aired on This American Life.
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| 0:00.0 | The truth. |
| 0:05.2 | It was our first date. |
| 0:07.3 | We had never met. |
| 0:08.9 | All right, get here tonight. |
| 0:10.4 | Uh, me? |
| 0:11.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.3 | We'd email, but we hadn't even spoken. |
| 0:14.2 | Well, I should wait and I was waiting for her. |
| 0:19.7 | Waiting and waiting and waiting. |
| 0:25.1 | Hello. |
| 0:26.2 | I like send it to Erica Colley. |
| 0:28.5 | Hey, Erica, how are you? |
| 0:30.8 | Hi, I'm sorry. |
| 0:32.2 | I'm running a little bit late. |
| 0:33.9 | OK, that's OK. |
| 0:35.1 | That's totally OK. |
| 0:36.1 | I'm here. |
| 0:36.7 | Um, I'm here. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm here. |
| 0:38.7 | You know, I've been sick lately, so I had to. |
| 0:40.9 | I've been smiling, compared to the bed. |
| 0:43.1 | Is she OK? |
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