Prologue

A teenage girl decides the only way forward is to tear something down and rebuild from the ground up.

Shamyla always loved books.

Parents try to shape who we are in their own image. Producer Neil Drumming spoke to Adam Mansbach, who tried to make his daughter fall in love with hip-hop.

Our regular host Ira Glass talks to some Hasidic Jews who also live in the neighborhood to get a different take on the parade.  (10 minutes)

Host Ira Glass follows presidential hopeful Julián Castro as he prepares for the first debate of the Democratic primary.

Gary puts on a tough guy costume, but will it turn him into a tough guy? Ira continues Gary Gulman’s story.