Ira talks to Chris Benderev, whose high school years were completely upended by an impromptu thing his teacher said. (8 minutes)

The Iowa State Fair awarded coveted slots to just nine new food vendors this year. All of them are run by people who already own restaurants or who’ve done other big fairs.

Writing a letter decades after an event that shaped her life was the only way that Nicole Piasecki could make some sense of it.

A brief visit with Bobby, who keeps a list in his phone of all the dogs in his neighborhood and their names to save him from the awkwardness of not knowing the name of someone’s dog – because people get upset if you don’t remember their dog’s name.

When a common, seemingly innocuous question goes wildly off the rails. (13 minutes)Here's the video this story is about, featuring comedian Adam Ray.