Thank you for this -- listened to this last night, and it was indeed very affecting. I have always loved This American Life (it is, in my view, the renaissance of audio narrative[0]), but I haven't listened as much in recent years -- and it's a good reminder that they (unlike many/most long-running shows!) continue to turn out terrific stuff.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qiDhlFVCE