Elaine Olson
Juliana Bontrager's 81-year-old grandmother, an avid collector of coincidences
Elaine Olson (Juliana Bontrager's 81-year-old grandmother, an avid collector of coincidences) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Grandparents.
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Elaine Olson defended her restaurant encounter as a genuine coincidence given the many places both parties could have gone.
“The fact that I ran into her at that restaurant, I think, is a coincidence. I think she could have gone any place, too”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 18:20
Appearances
489: No Coincidence, No Story!This American Life · Oct 19, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Guest host Sarah Koenig presents listener coincidence stories—grandmothers, love, coins in the shower, lost fathers, and a pocketknife—while weighing skepticism against meaning.
Often appears with
- Sarah Koenig · 1 shared episode
- Ira Glass · 1 shared episode
- Hannah Jacoby · 1 shared episode
- Juliana Bontrager · 1 shared episode
- Blake Oliver · 1 shared episode
- Stephen Lee · 1 shared episode
- Paul Graychin · 1 shared episode
- Esther Graychin · 1 shared episode