Due to technical difficulties, parts of this past weekend’s episode of This American Life (about the upcoming election) were replaced with an older episode. Here’s what you missed.
NBC chose to cut away from the opening ceremonies for a pre-taped interview with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps just as choreographer Akram Khan was performing his tribute to the 52 victims of the July 2005 London bomb attacks.
Marianne Combs
Euan Kerr