If you enjoy this show, you will enjoy the new novel Alice Isn't Dead, a standalone,

complete reimagining of this story. It's out now, find it wherever you encounter books,

or at Alice Isn't Dead.com.

Hi, this is Joseph Fink. What you're about to hear is the live Alice Isn't Dead performance

at the Largo and Los Angeles on April 5, 2018. This live episode was not any material from the podcast,

but instead was a standalone show focused on the weird and interesting sites and places of L.A.

It was an incredible night, and thank you to those who came out to see it. Enjoy the show.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't expect.

I didn't know that anybody would be listening.

Okay. When you tell a story, you should expect an audience, but sometimes I don't think about that.

I just tell the story the same way I breathe, just move life in and out of my body.

I suppose you can listen if you want.

My name is Kisha. I'm a truck driver.

It's weird isn't it that the way that we say our jobs is though they were an identity rather than a

thing we do for money? I mean, do you think that outside of capitalism we'd confuse our self-image

with what pays the bills? Sorry, I got away from myself. Story not polemic, right?

I became a truck driver because, well, that's a long one.

I thought my wife Alice was dead, but she isn't dead. She's out there somewhere on the

highways and back roads, and I'm trying to find her. Just driving my truck around and around looking for her.

That's who I am really. I am the one that looks for Alice.

And Alice is the one who isn't dead, but isn't here.

I was in Los Angeles. All downtowns are the same downtown. Their

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