# 818: Ferris is Magic

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Podcast: [The Incomparable Mothership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-incomparable-mothership-508580)
Published: 2026-05-22T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theincomparable.com/theincomparable/818/
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Duration seconds: 4788

## Resource

Let’s travel 40 years back in time, to Chicago in 1986, where on one legendary day, a high school student named Ferris Bueller bends time and space, all in service of cheering up his best friend. We break down what makes “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” still work after all these years....

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