Act Two: On The Green River
We begin to hear a story by Scott Carrier.
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Act Two: Kids
Scott Carrier visits a courtroom where teenagers are tried and convicted by their teenage peers in Tucson, Arizona.
Act Five: Parent And Child
Reporter Scott Carrier and his eleven-year-old daughter Jesse. Scott wrote Running After Antelope.
Act Two: Kings
Scott Carrier in Salt Lake City with a story about whether it's possible to be a good person if you're not a Christian.
Act One: Running After Antelope
Scott Carrier in Salt Lake City with the latest installment in his 12-year quest to chase down and catch an antelope. This story and others are included in his book Running After Antelope.
Act Three: The Moment When Humans Stopped Being Animals
Anthropologists agree that humans stopped being animals when they started walking upright, on two legs. But scientists don't agree on why our ancestors did this.
Act Three: Everyday Justice
Tapes from the Apology Line and interview with "Mrs. Apology," Marissa Bridge.
Act One
Ron Carlson's short story.
Prologue
Host Ira Glass, on the beach with Chris McKinney, a boy scout who is single-handedly trying to stop erosion on one stretch of beach in Mason Neck State Park in Virginia.
Prologue
Mary and Manfred Rauer have been married 22 years. He's a devout Christian, goes to church every week, reads the Bible every day, was head of his congregation.
Prologue
Julie throws up.
Prologue
Ira reads from In Dreams Begin Responsibilities. (7 minutes)
Prologue
Samantha Martin trains raccoons to play basketball and rats to bowl. She says that what we want from animals is for them to imitate humans.
Act Three: It's Not the Heat
Writer Julie Showalter on her parents' romance.
Act One: Food Chain In A New York Apartment
Paul Tough visits Catherine Chalmers. She raises small animals and insects in her apartment, feeds them to each other, and photographs them eating each other.
Act Three: World Premiere
David Sedaris play, with Toby Wherry and Penelope Boyer.