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This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

I'm Darren Woods.

And today we're joined by former indicator intern Sean Saldania.

I'm glad to be back, Darian.

It is very good to have you.

You're now at member station KUT in Austin.

That's exactly right.

I work for a radio show called The Texas Standard, and today's story has to do with one of the ways we raise money.

Car donations.

Car donations. Yes, this is something that Make a Wish America does, also Habitat for Humanity.

These are just a couple of nonprofits that help pay their bills this way.

Yes, and here at the member station level, we do a lot of begging for old and beaten-up vehicles,

because it can be very lucrative.

Here at KUT and Austin, we receive anywhere from 400 to 500 donations a year.

And so that is why on today's show, we're going to follow one of these donations

to see exactly how old cars turn into hard cash for nonprofits.

After the break, a driveway moment.

Are we overlooking the challenges facing men without college degrees? Richard Reeves thinks so.

There are a lot of guys out there who are actually poorer than their dads. Reeves heads the American Institute for Boys and Men. Have we updated our view about the role of men as quickly as we've changed the economy

around them?

And the answer is no.

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