How Bad Is Stealing $800?
Host Ira Glass talks to three teenage boys who buy computer equipment using stolen credit card numbers. (14 minutes)
Golden Peacock
We told Chicago playwright Jeff Dorchen about what the three boys in Act One said, and he created a brief original radio play picking up where they left off. (10 minutes)
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