A show about rules and what happens when they’re vague and randomly enforced.
-
Download Control-click (or right-click) Tap and hold to download
- Subscribe on Spotify Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Subscribe
- Transcript
The Hawaiian island of Niihau
Sean Cole/This American Life
Prologue
That’s Just How I Rule
A family that owns a private island in Hawaii sets rules for the people who live there. But when the rules are administered in an unpredictable way, the islanders get upset. Sean Cole and Adia White tell the story. (22 minutes)
A Dave in Court
A judge in a suburban New Jersey courtroom wants the people who come before him to see the rules as fair. Including our reporter, David Kestenbaum. (19 minutes)
Related
Act Three: War By Other Means
Act Three: What I Didn't Do on My Summer Vacation
Act Five: Break It Down
Staff Recommendations
Lower 9 + 10
We go to the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans to talk to residents about what matters most to them ten years after the hurricane.
Three Miles
What happens when of a group of public school students in the Bronx goes to visit an elite private school three miles away.