773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points
Getting from A to B via Z.
672: No Fair!
Stories of very small injustices and also one very big one.
772: The Kids' Table
Kids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups.
771: The Parents Step In
Government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in: parents whose kids have died in mass shootings, in the...
638: Rom-Com
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...
605: Kid Logic
Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
770: My Lying Eyes
People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
769: The Reluctant Explorer
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
Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
360: Switched at Birth
On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went...
767: Do Not Go Gentle
In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from...
766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!
People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution.
523: Death and Taxes
It is a peculiar feeling to know with certainty that something big is about to happen to you. This week, we watch people go right up to the...
765: Off Course
Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
764: School's Out Forever
The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
175: Babysitting
What goes on while mom and dad are away, that mom and dad never find out about. Including the story of two teenagers who decide to invent...
763: The Other Mr. President
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...
The casino game everyone thinks they can beat.
762: Apocalypse Creep
A woman wakes up and discovers her backyard has disappeared, and other stories from places slowly coming apart.
761: The Trojan Horse Affair
A while back, one of our producers Brian Reed was in England giving a speech about the podcast he'd hosted, S-Town. A journalism student...
760: A City Walks Into an Investigation
Last week's story continues, about a Michigan couple who walked into a police officer's house and made a disturbing discovery. This week:...
759: A Couple Walks Into a House
Rob and Reyna Mathis make an unsettling discovery in the home of a local police officer. Soon, their whole city is asking questions about...
492: Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde
A doctor named Benjamin Gilmer gets a job at a rural clinic in North Carolina. He’s replaced another doctor named Gilmer – Dr. Vince...
758: Talking While Black
Think back to two summers ago, the summer of 2020, when a series of violent, highly-publicized killings of Black Americans sparked...
757: The Ghost in the Machine
People use machines to find people they lost.
773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points
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