What Sarah Koenig has said about Synchronicity
1 quote · 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 Synchronicity once 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 offered a definition of coincidence emphasizing events perceived as meaningfully related without causal connection.
“A coincidence is a surprising concurrence of events perceived as meaningfully related with no apparent causal connection”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 43:02
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.
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