The Evil Within

Reporter Paul Tough and Host Ira Glass look at the biggest change in admissions this year: colleges no longer requiring the SATs.

Paul Tough turns to UT Austin to see what happens if you admit students with great grades, who didn’t perform well on the SAT, into your college.

Producer Chana Joffe-Walt talks to a seventh grader who doesn’t have a seventh grade, or an eighth grade. (11 minutes)

Writer Julie Showalter on her parents' romance.

Julie Showalter, who grew up on a turkey farm, tells the story of the night 3,000 turkeys died.

Julie Showalter, who grew up on a turkey farm, tells the story of the night 3,000 turkeys died.