Listen to This: What Happend At Dos Erres  ⚐

I like to pretend I'm a reasonably well-educated person, with an interest in history. But I had no idea (or had completely forgotten) about the atrocities that took place in Guatemala in the early '80s. So, when I started listening to the weekly episode of This American Life, I figured I'd be in for a nice history lesson.

Instead, I got one of the moving, spellbinding, fantastic hours of radio that the This American Life team manages to put out a few times a year. (Don't get me wrong—the podcast is consistently excellent—it's just that it's not this magical every week. No one could be that good.)

I don't want to ruin it, or give anything away. If you haven't listened to This American Life before, this is a great place to start. Leave yourself an uninterrupted hour.

The best teaser for the episode comes from one of the contributors:

Criminals often leave clues — in this week's @ThisAmerLife they carried them away and raised them as their own. Listen: bit.ly/LC2Kc6

— Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) May 28, 2012