The Choice

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Film, Public, Mitchell, Prx, Fiction, Drama, Radio, Storytelling, Audio, Radiotopia, Story, Jonathan

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

After three friends make a mysterious yet simple choice, they must make sense of the inconceivable results.

Written by Davy Gardner

Performed by Erin Harland, Dennis Pacheco, Chris Cafero, Louis Kornfeld, and Nikki Thomas.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes strong language.

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0:00.0	3, 2, 1!
0:05.0	AHHHHH!
0:06.0	AHHHHH!
0:07.0	AHHHHH!
0:10.0	Hello, and thank you for listening.
0:12.0	We'd like to invite you to participate in the choice.
0:16.0	In a few seconds, I'll count down from 5.
0:19.0	And when I get to 1, you can say yes or no.
0:23.0	You can say it out loud or whisper it into the mic of your phone.
0:28.0	5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
0:38.0	Thank you. Please wait.
0:58.0	So did you say yes or no?
1:00.0	Or nothing?
1:01.0	How do you choose without a context to just seem so random?
1:06.0	But in a way, we make choices like that all the time.
1:09.0	What to wear, what to eat, what to buy, what to believe, what to have faith in?
1:17.0	This is the truth. I'm Jonathan Mitchell.
1:20.0	And this episode solicits a random choice that may not be random,
1:24.0	or even a choice at all.
1:38.0	Hey there, a quick favor.
1:39.0	We're conducting an audience survey, and we'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes to answer our survey.
1:44.0	Please visit survey.prx.org slash truth to take the survey today.
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