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638: Rom-Com May 22, 2022

The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's going to turn out okay in the end. When you're living one? Not so much. This week, stories that unfold like rom-coms.

605: Kid Logic May 15, 2022

Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.

770: My Lying Eyes May 08, 2022

People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.

769: The Reluctant Explorer May 01, 2022

A man finds himself thrust into a new world he didn’t necessarily ask to visit. He takes a look around.

768: The Other Front Lines Apr 24, 2022

Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.

767: Do Not Go Gentle Apr 10, 2022

In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from Hungary and Russia.

766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING! Apr 03, 2022

People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution.

765: Off Course Mar 20, 2022

Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.

764: School's Out Forever Mar 13, 2022

The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?

763: The Other Mr. President Feb 27, 2022

Stories about Vladimir Putin. Did he come to power in 1999 by killing hundreds of innocent Russians? How’s he really seen in his home country? This show is a mix of old and new stories we’ve done about him.

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