Act One

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

Two teachers find themselves thrown into a heated and ugly fight with parents right before school opens back up.

Aviva DeKornfeld talks with a high schooler about how he’s prepped for remote learning with a bunch of kids he doesn’t know. (4 minutes)

Beau O'Reilly gets a chance to settle a 17-year-old score with the help of the Chicago police.

Beau O'Reilly and his mother Winifred, who had 14 children, discuss her secret feelings about Johnny Cash and other matters on Mother's Day.

Beau O'Reilly tells the story of a man who tried to run for President as a utopian nudist.