What Sarah Koenig has said about Coincidence
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 19, 2026
Sarah Koenig, American journalist, former This American Life producer and creator of Serial, guest-hosting this rerun, has been quoted on Coincidence 2 times in 1 episode of This American Life, most recently on October 19, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Koenig reported that the show's listener submissions suggested people are most prone to coincidences when young and that many involve grandmothers.
“You're most prone to coincidences when you're young, teens or 20s. Lots of coincidences involve your grandmother”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 5:48
Koenig concluded, agreeing with an interviewee, that coincidences hold poetry and meaning even if statistics can explain them.
“there's just a poetry to things like this when they happen. There's some kind of beauty in it”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 57:33
Episodes
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.
Others on Coincidence
- Jeff Dunn · 1 quote
- Hannah Jacoby · 1 quote
Sarah Koenig on other topics
- Probability and statistics of coincidences · 2 quotes
- Synchronicity · 1 quote
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- Egocentric bias · 1 quote