American doctors returning from Gaza compare notes and start to see a pattern. (28 minutes)

Jad Abumrad tells the story of the "ideological genealogy” of Fela Kuti’s anti-colonial politics–his mother. In late 1940s Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti found herself at the center of a big, historical moment: an uprising led by thousands of women selling goods in Nigeria’s markets.

We hear from Kwaneta Harris, a former nurse incarcerated in Texas, who is constantly asked for medical advice by her neighbors. (17 minutes)

Clara’s anesthesia is not working.

Comedian Josh Johnson wonders if some people should’ve been spanked as kids.

7-year-old Miles has lots of questions. More specifically, he has questions about the famous car chase from “The Blues Brothers” movie.

A scientist who is used to organizing data starts tracking scientific meetings that seem to exist only on paper—meetings that might decide the fate of years of research. The NIH website shows one reality; the empty conference rooms tell another story.

Producer Dana Chivvis talks to reporter Liz Flock about a strange experience she had in 2011. (21 minutes)Liz Flock’s most recent book is The Furies.

Mohammed Mhawish, a reporter who left Gaza a year ago with his family, talks to a young woman in Gaza about how she manages her hunger. Israel blockaded all food from Gaza for more than two months. (15 minutes)Mohammed Mhawish is a contributing writer for The Nation, which is where we first read about his experiences with hunger in "What It Feels Like to Starve."

Just one box of a specially enriched peanut butter paste can save the life of a severely malnourished child.

A definition of antisemitism, canceled classes, and angry professors at Columbia University. (16 minutes)

Ira revisits interviews with Chicago voters from the 1997 and 2007 rebroadcasts of this episode. In 1997, ten years after Harold Washington’s death, not much had changed in Chicago.

Ira meets two sisters who got into a fight, and then learned a lesson in turning the other cheek. (8 minutes)

David Rakoff picks a fight with a hit Broadway show.

Two quick snapshots of life in the West Bank since October 7th. (6 minutes)

Host Ira Glass talks with M. Gessen about a lie they've been seeing out in the world a lot recently — the “bully lie.” (15 minutes)M.

What happens when the full force of the federal government arrives on your block? (14 minutes)

Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talks to a man who finds himself the target of vengeful crows.

After October 7th, Israeli Minister of Security Itamar Ben-Gvir increased restrictions on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli security prisons. Prisoners started dying.

Kasey, a woman who prides herself on her truthfulness, tries to help host Ira Glass figure out how to stop lying about one specific thing. (10 minutes)