Producer Nancy Updike tells the story of the people of Venezuela trying to prove who won their recent presidential election beyond a shadow of a doubt. (22 minutes)

Yousef does not even want to think about leaving Gaza. (18 minutes)

Host Ira Glass sets us up for Nancy Updike’s insider account of the recent presidential election in Venezuela. The story is an incredible national drama that plays out in thousands of polling stations across the country, with regular people trying to ensure a fair vote count that everyone can agree on.

Producer Zoe Chace compares the letters a person gets and the letters they wish they got.

Elena Kostyuchenko tells the story of how she was probably poisoned after reporting on Russian’s invasion of Ukraine, and how she kept not believing it was happening. Bela Shayevich translated this story from Russian and reads it for us. (21 minutes)We adapted this from an article in n+1 magazine.

Senior Editor David Kestenbaum hears about a way to save some money and help save the world.

Henry Dee has been locked up for most of his life, nearly 50 years. Now, he’s up for parole.

Reporter Masha Gessen talks to Russians living in America and elsewhere, about lists they’ve been put on by the Russian government in the last few years. Masha is also on one of these lists.

A recording of comedian Tig Notaro in the process of trying to catch up to the present and absolutely not being able to. (8 minutes)Tig’s new stand-up special, Hello Again, comes out in two weeks on Amazon.

We meet Colleen Kelly, a member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, and learn just how upside down and messed up the trial for the 9/11 accused has been over the past decade. (28 minutes)

Ten different states had abortion rights measures on their ballots this election.

The actual price — in cash — of getting out of Gaza. (31 minutes)Reporter Chana Joffe-Walt talks to reporters from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Mada Masr.

When a common, seemingly innocuous question goes wildly off the rails. (13 minutes)Here's the video this story is about, featuring comedian Adam Ray. 

A man finds himself sucked into an intense head-to-head running competition against a perfect rival – all for free burritos from Chipotle. (18 minutes)

A skateboarding legend makes a final attempt at a high-flying trick. (6 minutes)

Ira talks with two of Trump’s “political enemies” about their post-election plans. (8 minutes)

For years, Mike Comite has replayed in his head the moment when he and his bandmate blew their shot of making it as musicians.

A teenage whiz kid invents a new toy for Milton Bradley. Then the trouble starts.

Producer Aviva DeKornfeld heads to the Calgary Stampede to watch as men try out a machine designed to simulate menstrual cramps. (15 minutes)

A Boston woman takes her dog for a walk and suddenly finds herself in a terrible situation she never anticipated.

Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi talks to Leroy Smith about how one high school basketball tryout forever changed Leroy’s relationship to a childhood friend. (7 minutes)

Reporter Ben Austen continues the story.