<description>On the cusp of high school, four girls in a rural middle school talk with researchers about why they talk the way they do and how hard they’ve tried to change themselves to be accepted by their peers.</description>

On the cusp of high school, four girls in a rural…

On the cusp of high school, four girls in a rural middle school talk with researchers about why they talk the way they do and how hard they’ve tried to change themselves to be accepted by their peers.

Episode 11 - How We Talk

<description>On July 24, 2001, something arrived on Earth. It would take six years for it to be noticed. And even longer to prove it existed.</description>

On July 24, 2001, something arrived on Earth. It …

On July 24, 2001, something arrived on Earth. It would take six years for it to be noticed. And even longer to prove it existed.

Episode 10 - Five Milliseconds

<description>Some high school students went into the mountains to learn to look for stars and discovered who they could become.</description>

Some high school students went into the mountains…

Some high school students went into the mountains to learn to look for stars and discovered who they could become.

Episode 9 - Star Hunters

<description>There was this teacher who believed that the way math was taught could be different in her very rural county. That kids could better understand it and make it their own. That they could score much higher. That teachers could stay longer. She was right.</description>

There was this teacher who believed that the way …

There was this teacher who believed that the way math was taught could be different in her very rural county. That kids could better understand it and make it their own. That they could score much higher. That teachers could stay longer. She was right.

Episode 8 - Through the Math Forest

<description>Twenty-two years ago a crime took place in the middle of the night. It left a 5-year-old with scars and without her father. As she grew up, Katie Haught wanted the justice system to know the truth about her dad.</description>

Twenty-two years ago a crime took place in the mi…

Twenty-two years ago a crime took place in the middle of the night. It left a 5-year-old with scars and without her father. As she grew up, Katie Haught wanted the justice system to know the truth about her dad.

Episode 7 - Come Home, Daddy

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