Prologue

The next-to-last day of the month.

Salesman Manny Rosales keeps to himself in the showroom, with his own sales philosophy.

The last day of the month begins.

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

Lots of things go unspoken between family members, sometimes for years.

Ira Glass talks to journalist Jochen Bittner about a political lie from 1920s Germany and the lessons it holds for 2020s America.