Fire

Stories about people who are not afraid of fire, though perhaps they should be. Firestarter: Why one teenager set fires and then stopped setting them. Paul Tough interview. (7 minutes) Centralia: An inextinguishable subterranean fire on the edge of a small Pennsylvania town, and why the residents are not afraid of it. Host Ira Glass and This American Life contributor Alix Spiegel. (15 minutes) Fearless: Producer Nancy Updike with Ki Kim, who's not afraid of walking on coals. But maybe he should have been. (8 minutes) The Big Picture: Professor Stephen Pyne. (23 minutes) The Fire Within: Rennie Sparks from the band The Handsome Family. (1 minute)