The Lives of Others

#799 - 12 May 2023

Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all.

Leaving the Fold

#798 - 5 May 2023

A week after Jerry Springer’s death, we go back to a story we first broadcast years ago, about a side of Springer most people don’t know and can’t imagine: his years as an idealistic politician in the mold of Bobby Kennedy. Plus other stories of people who try to leave some moment in their life behind, which can be hard.

What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking

#797 - 21 April 2023

It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.

What Lies Beneath

#796 - 14 April 2023

Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

Nine Months Later

#795 - 7 April 2023

It’s been nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were changing in their states. They had to wait for appointments, for money to travel or abortion pills. And during that waiting, a lot of interesting things happened. We see how much life has changed, nine months later.

So Close and Yet So Far

#794 - 24 March 2023

People ​so close to each other, ​in ​extremely intimate situations​,​ who are also a million miles apart.

The Problem with Ghosts

#793 - 10 March 2023

The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.

When to Leave

#792 - 3 March 2023

People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave?

Math or Magic?

#791 - 10 February 2023

When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. One says, wait for that lightning-strike magic. The other says, make a calculation and choose the best option available. Who has it right?

You're It

#790 - 27 January 2023

Sometimes you raise your hand. Other times you’re just the only one left.