78: How Bad Is Bad?

78: How Bad Is Bad?

Oct 3, 1997
How bad is bad enough to count? To go to hell?

  • Act One

    How Bad Is Stealing $800?

    Host Ira Glass talks to three teenage boys who buy computer equipment using stolen credit card numbers. (14 minutes)Crime • Technology • Teenagers

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  • Act Two

    Golden Peacock.

    We told Chicago playwright Jeff Dorchen about what the three boys in Act One said, and he created a brief original radio play picking up where they left off. (10 minutes)Gambling • Radio • Theater

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  • Act Three

    How Bad Is This Relationship?

    The people of Chicago speak out. (5 minutes)Funny • Romance

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  • Act Four

    How Bad Is This Movie?

    Howard Rabinowitz and The Truth About Cats and Dogs. (4 minutes)Film/Film Making

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  • Act Five

    First, an interview with Jim Nelson, then, an interview with Eli, a computer hacker who was thrown in prison by federal authorities for his crimes. (23 minutes)Crime • Criminal Justice • Religion • Technology

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