Coins stuck to skin while sleeping
Subject in Society & Culture
Coins stuck to skin while sleeping has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ryan RozarLos Angeles listener who experienced coins mysteriously dropping in the shower in college
Rozar maintained it was a coincidence because he had never heard of anyone else experiencing it.
“other than me and that other guy, I've never heard someone, you know, having the change falling from them”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 34:32
Ryan Rozar explained that coins fell from his pockets onto his bed while he napped and became pressed into his back, later dislodging in the shower.
“change was falling out of my pockets onto my bed. And I was laying on it”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 33:23
Sarah KoenigAmerican journalist, former This American Life producer and creator of Serial, guest-hosting this rerun
Koenig argued the shower-coin phenomenon was likely common among college men rather than a coincidence.
“I think this is probably a common quirk of college boy life”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 34:07
Podcasts
- This American Life · 1 episode
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.