When Sarah was 10 years old, she got a heart transplant. Soon after, her mother decided to find out more about the person who saved her daughter's life.

Host Ira Glass asks fifth-grade kids to explain what adults do wrong when talking to children.

Eight-year-old Betsy Walter goes on a campaign to understand her parents' divorce.

This American Life regular contributor Davy Rothbart talks about the time a friend asked him to make a decision for her that she really had to make for herself: Whether she should have an abortion. Davy is the founder and publisher of Found Magazine and author of a book of short stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas.