The King of Fruit

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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One night in 2018, Ahmed Ali Akbar rented a car and drove two hours to the Detroit airport. He was picking up a package for his cousin – over a dozen boxes of a very special fruit. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Seven Rooms.
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0:55.1	a major city, or maybe room service in a famous hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant, or a
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1:23.6	One night in 2018,
1:26.2	Am and Ali Akbar borrowed a car and drove two hours to the Detroit airport.
1:30.3	It was almost midnight when he arrived.
1:33.3	He wasn't going there to take a flight. He'd been sent there to pick up some packages.
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