753: What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate Nov. 12, 2021 Prologue At Sullivan High School in Chicago, being able to communicate is key. (5 minutes)
734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled Mar. 19, 2021 Prologue Host Ira Glass takes us on a tour of the various ways the pandemic has affected going to college this year.
Act One Reporter Paul Tough and Host Ira Glass look at the biggest change in admissions this year: colleges no longer requiring the SATs. Paul speaks to a student whose SAT score determined her future.
Act Two: A World Without The Need For Number Two Pencils 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.
730: The Empty Chair Jan. 22, 2021 Act Four: Quarantweening Producer Chana Joffe-Walt talks to a seventh grader who doesn’t have a seventh grade, or an eighth grade. (11 minutes)