78:

How Bad Is Bad?

Originally aired 10.03.1997
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)

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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)

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Act Three. How Bad Is This Relationship?

The people of Chicago speak out. (5 minutes)

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Act Four. How Bad Is This Movie?

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

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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)

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