Three blue-tipped matches. A bag of trash. A burning barrel. Everything a kid needs to ignite the fire of pyro-interest. Will he end up burning down houses?
Welcome back to you’re listening to radio revel, Season three: Four decades. In this week’s episode, Playing with fire, you get some insight into how a boy turns a weekly chore into the life-long interest in having fire at his fingertips. How a father tries to curb both the dangerous fire play and the accompanying lies and breach of trust. No one is guilty, but no one is innocent either.
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