873: Got You Pegged

This American Life, hosted by Ira Glass, presents a series of stories revolving around the theme of people making assumptions about others. The episode includes Amy's experience at a children's museum where she's mistaken for being developmentally disabled, Richard Price's story about cops profiling a black man with a white child, Nancy Updike's exploration of a pregnant woman judging potential adoptive families, David Rakoff's critique of the musical "Rent," and Shalom Auslander's humorous tale of a disastrous vacation complicated by an elderly man. The stories collectively highlight the errors and consequences of jumping to conclusions about people based on limited information and stereotypes.