Full episode 647: LaDonna Act Two The New Guard Share a clip ByChana Joffe-Walt LaDonna sets out to transform the way this place is run. (25 minutes) Song:“Security” by Etta James More in WorkView all 721: The Walls Close In Oct. 23, 2020 Act Two: Music of the Night after Night after Night The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades—and how they’ve learned to make their peace with it. (22 minutes) 684: Burn It Down Sept. 27, 2019 Act One: A Policeman Burns Down the Firehouse A strongman gets hired to take over the Amsterdam Fire Department. 648: Unteachable Moment June 8, 2018 Act One: All the Caffeine in the World Doesn’t Make You Woke Kelefa Sanneh sits in on one of Starbucks’ anti-racial bias classes. More by Chana Joffe-WaltView all 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) 712: Nice White Parents July 31, 2020 Act Two As the school year moved forward, the fundraising committee planned a gala at the French Embassy. 712: Nice White Parents July 31, 2020 Act One In just one year, everything in one ordinary public middle school changed.
721: The Walls Close In Oct. 23, 2020 Act Two: Music of the Night after Night after Night The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades—and how they’ve learned to make their peace with it. (22 minutes)
684: Burn It Down Sept. 27, 2019 Act One: A Policeman Burns Down the Firehouse A strongman gets hired to take over the Amsterdam Fire Department.
648: Unteachable Moment June 8, 2018 Act One: All the Caffeine in the World Doesn’t Make You Woke Kelefa Sanneh sits in on one of Starbucks’ anti-racial bias classes.
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)
712: Nice White Parents July 31, 2020 Act Two As the school year moved forward, the fundraising committee planned a gala at the French Embassy.
712: Nice White Parents July 31, 2020 Act One In just one year, everything in one ordinary public middle school changed.
