Ira Glass talks with Robert Costa of The Washington Post about President Trump's promise that Mexico would build the wall.Then Brian Reed investigates a wall that may or may not exist. Brian is our senior producer and host of our podcast series S-Town.

Ira Glass talks to Brian Reed about encountering an intriguing plaque in Alabama.

The TV news stories told it as heartwarming tale of reconciliation from small-town America: a black man who was framed by a white cop decides to forgive him. But those stories left out a few things. Producer Lilly Sullivan looked into it.

The birds Edwin Rist stole were valuable and collected in the mid-1800s by one of the greatest scientific explorers of his time: a man named Alfred Russel Wallace.

Hannah Dreier’s story continues. She confronts former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy Sini with her findings.

There’s a problem with having a Facebook account after you’re dead that you’ve never, ever, ever thought about. Producer Stephanie Foo tells this story, about Dave Maher.

Cody's parents try to get him to unlearn some of what AJ taught him—and it's difficult.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas had just completed a schoolwide upgrade on their emergency plans, just a month before the mass shooting at their school. Producer Robyn Semien talks to two teachers at the school about how that training both benefited them, and didn’t.

In Norway, Kirk tracks down fugitive feathers.

Ira Glass reads a favorite passage from the writing of the recently deceased poet Donald Hall.

A school in rural Ohio has decided to arm some of its staff, and is practicing how to use the school's new guns in case of an emergency. Reporter Lisa Pollak talks to Ira about how they came to the decision, and what they learned at that training.

Romantic comedies usually don’t get much respect.  Producer Neil Drumming explains what’s so great about them. (5 minutes)

Beals is running against six other candidates, many of whom say they, too, are progressive. Beals disagrees.

A lawyer tries to help a father separated from his 12-year-old daughter at the border.

Shalom Auslander reads his true story, "The Blessing Bee." It's about the time when, as a third-grader at an Orthodox Jewish school, Shalom saw his chance to both make his mom proud, and push his drunken father out of the picture. Part of his scheme involved winning the school's bee on the complicated Hebrew blessings you say before eating certain foods.

Ira Glass and Kelefa Sanneh talk about Starbucks’ racial bias training program, which Kalefa recently discussed with Howard Schultz.

One Monday earlier this month, we sent five producers to record what happened at library reference desks around the country.

Kirk wonders if Edwin has a sidekick who helped him the night of the Tring heist.

One of Jared’s oldest friends is about to embark on a trip he may not be able to return home from.

Tana is clear on how to deal with Don.