Reporter Evan Ratliff creates an AI version of himself and then sets it loose on the world.

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

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

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

Some people are great in a crisis. Others, not so much.

Host Ira Glass talks about a recent experience being interviewed and the realization that he was being asked about another version of himself.

Two college baseball teams with horrible losing streaks — a combined 141 games — are scheduled to play each other.

Emmanuel Dzotsi explores the phenomenon of people lying on first dates to project a better version of themselves.

Writer Etgar Keret reads his story about a bus driver who refuses to open the doors for late passengers. (9 minutes)This story is from Etgar's book, The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories.

Settler violence has worsened significantly in the West Bank since October 7, 2023.

Editor Nancy Updike tries to make sense of this current moment by talking to a master of dark comedy, Armando Ianucci. (19 minutes)

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

Two Americans moved to Eswatini when that country was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic. With support from USAID, they built a clinic and started serving HIV+ patients.

Clara’s anesthesia is not working.

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

Mika Westwolf was killed in a hit-and-run on a Montana highway. Her parents thought the driver might get away with it.

The Hammash family’s group chat unfolds over texts, starting before the war.

Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi goes to a packed sports bar in Brooklyn for his favorite soccer team’s biggest game in years. (6 minutes)

Parking in a big city can be a real pain. Producer Valerie Kipnis speaks with a man who has taken it upon himself to try to mitigate the weekly hassle.

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

The judges walk us through how different their jobs have become in just the past few months, because of sweeping policy changes by Trump’s Department of Justice.

When Yousef Hammash left Gaza a year ago, his sisters decided to stay behind.

We go to orientation at Arizona State University and meet international students who are trying to make friends. (6 minutes)