Ira Glass

Amy and her friends Selena and Kayla are in seventh grade, or they were back when we first broadcast this episode in 2007. That was a month before the first iPhone was released. And so during the lunch break, they explained that the latest thing that they all covet was a Sidekick 3, which, if you don't remember, and I did not, is a kind of souped-up Blackberry.

Amy and her friends Selena and Kayla are in seventh grade, or they were back when we first broadcast this episode in 2007. That was a month before the first iPhone was released. And so during the lunch break, they explained that the latest thing that they all covet was a Sidekick 3, which, if you don't remember, and I did not, is a kind of souped-up Blackberry.

They wanted Sidekick 3 so bad, they could not help but notice every single person who had one.

They wanted Sidekick 3 so bad, they could not help but notice every single person who had one.

You have a sidekick? Can we see? This girl, Christine, pulls out her sidekick and shows it around. The photo on the sidekick's little display is herself, which definitely is one of those things that is normal when a kid does it, but would be so weird if an adult tried it. She hasn't had the sidekick for very long.

You have a sidekick? Can we see? This girl, Christine, pulls out her sidekick and shows it around. The photo on the sidekick's little display is herself, which definitely is one of those things that is normal when a kid does it, but would be so weird if an adult tried it. She hasn't had the sidekick for very long.

Oh, so just a couple weeks ago.

Oh, so just a couple weeks ago.

And did you want one for a long time?

And did you want one for a long time?

Now, were there people who didn't talk to you before the sidekick, who, when you got the sidekick?

Now, were there people who didn't talk to you before the sidekick, who, when you got the sidekick?

So they just want to use the sidekick?

So they just want to use the sidekick?

These girls actually had a very grown-up attitude about all the stuff they covet. That stuff matters to them, but it doesn't totally matter. Kegel wasn't wearing Nikes or Cons, and nobody cared. Selena and Amy recently got iPods, and they're the first to admit it didn't change how anybody saw them.

These girls actually had a very grown-up attitude about all the stuff they covet. That stuff matters to them, but it doesn't totally matter. Kegel wasn't wearing Nikes or Cons, and nobody cared. Selena and Amy recently got iPods, and they're the first to admit it didn't change how anybody saw them.

I remind them that it's in the Bible that we're not supposed to want stuff or be jealous of people who have stuff we don't have. Do you think it's realistic that people aren't going to want stuff?

I remind them that it's in the Bible that we're not supposed to want stuff or be jealous of people who have stuff we don't have. Do you think it's realistic that people aren't going to want stuff?

But then you're saying in a way it's natural that we're always going to be breaking one of the Ten Commandments.

But then you're saying in a way it's natural that we're always going to be breaking one of the Ten Commandments.