Ira Glass

But to do this, she was going to have to break another one of the commandments, the one about lying. In this case, she was going to be lying to her own mother. Sarah Koenig tells more.

Sarah Koenig, she's the host of Serial. She did this story back when she was a producer for our show. Since we first broadcast this story, Chaya's mom has died. Over the years, Chaya has facilitated dozens of kidney transplants. So many, she says, that she's stopped counting. You can learn more about her kidney matchmaking project at donateakidney.org.

Sarah Koenig, she's the host of Serial. She did this story back when she was a producer for our show. Since we first broadcast this story, Chaya's mom has died. Over the years, Chaya has facilitated dozens of kidney transplants. So many, she says, that she's stopped counting. You can learn more about her kidney matchmaking project at donateakidney.org.

And so we arrive at the end of our list, the end of God's to-do list for humanity, commandment number 10.

And so we arrive at the end of our list, the end of God's to-do list for humanity, commandment number 10.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass.

You shouldn't covet anything that is thy neighbor's.

You shouldn't covet anything that is thy neighbor's.

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?