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EPISODE · Jan 24, 2012

Shorts: Wake Up and Dream

from Radiolab · host Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich

In today's short, a man confronts a bully, and frees himself from a recurring nightmare that's terrorized him for more than 20 years.

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In today's short, a man confronts a bully, and frees himself from a recurring nightmare that's terrorized him for more than 20 years.

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