On the next Selected Shorts, it’s all about the Slaughterhouse Five author who somehow managed to make a bleak dystopia funny, and a high school band teacher a hero. With host Meg Wolitzer we celebrate 100 years of Vonnegut with stories that explore the darkly absurd side he’s known for—“Harrison Bergeron” performed by Becky Ann Baker–and a softer, touching side in “The Kid Nobody Could Handle,” performed by Dylan Baker.

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