Host Ira Glass talks about the story of Cain and Abel, and the question in the story, "Am I my brother's keeper?" It turns out that the story doesn't really answer that question very satisfyingly.

Patrick Wall was a special kind of monk. He was a fixer.

Jonathan Goldstein reads a story about the first people to ever start from scratch, a couple named Adam and Eve. (14 minutes)This story appears in Jonathan's book Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible.