Adam tells of stealing his mother’s car a couple days before being sent away to prison, and his telling is refreshingly matter-of-fact and unsentimental. It’s sort of like listening to a four-minute teen Edward Bunker novel. This is the kind of piece that makes you feel once again what a great medium readio is for personal story-telling. The use of music is unconventional and works really nicely, too; it might even help public radio to reach a younger demographic.

A cautionary tale. Somehow seeming a bit superficial, almost as though the young man's experiences were happening to someone else. Interestingly enough, this distance also creates the kind of window that we're allowed to peer through and engage our own feelings.