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How Are You Doing with Sizes?
Obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. Roxane Gay talks about being black and being fat with host Ira Glass. Gay is the author of Bad Feminist. (5 minutes)
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Act One
Mika’s parents, Carissa Heavy Runner and Kevin Howard, share recordings of their interactions with law enforcement. (8 minutes)
Act One: See Something, Slay Something
A middle schooler really wants to trust the adults have her best interests in mind.
Act One: Ghost Industrial Complex
Reporter Chenjerai Kumanyika visits Savannah, Georgia to learn about the city’s popular ghost tours.
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Life aboard an aircraft carrier stationed in the Arabian Sea supporting bombing missions over Afghanistan.
Secrets
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.