<p>What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?
</p><p>Visit <a href="https://thisamericanlife.supercast.com">thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners</a> to sign up for our premium subscription.</p><ul><li>Prologue: A class of second graders is handed a sealed box with a mystery object inside. They are supposed to guess what it is, but the lesson goes off the rails. (8 minutes)</li><li>Act One: A man is hired along with a crew to dig a mysterious hole on the slopes of Mt. Shasta. The hole goes sixty feet down. But what are they looking for? (24 minutes)</li><li>Act 2: A sparkly mystery. One woman hopes the military-industrial complex is involved. (4 minutes)</li><li>Act Two: What happens when the full force of the federal government arrives on your block? (14 minutes)</li><li>Act Three: A comedian finds himself trapped in an uncomfortable mystery in the backseat of a cab. (4 minutes)</li></ul><p>Transcripts are available at <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/875/transcript">thisamericanlife.org</a></p><p><a href='https://www.thisamericanlife.org/page/privacy-policy'>This American Life privacy policy.</a><br /><a href='https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'>Learn more about sponsor message choices.</a></p>
