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Sep 12, 2003

246: My Pen Pal

from This American Life (Unofficial)

Stories of very unusual pen pals, including a ten-year-old girl from Michigan who befriends Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. A show from 2003 that we’re bringing back with news this week of Noriega’s death.

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