The Ratman Cometh

Ira tells what happened this week to Shirley Everett-Dicko in Oakland on Sunday, to Gabe and Kevin in Brooklyn on Saturday, to Eric and Roz in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Wednesday night at midnight, and (in the podcast version of the show) to Eugene Rand and Bill True, on Monday in South Portland, Maine.

David Rakoff tells the story of a contract between a son and his visiting mother.

One of the principles of treating alcoholism is that there's hope for everyone.

Sometimes criminals return to the scene of their misdeeds — to try to make things right, to try to undo the past. Katie Davis reports on her neighbor Bobby, who returned to the scene where he robbed people and conned people.

Katie Davis tells the story of one storefront in her bustling commercial neighborhood that resists all occupation.

Sometimes criminals return to the scene of their misdeeds—to try to make things right, to try to undo the past.