“What do you think about Beyoncé?” and other questions raised by people on first dates.

Linndale, Ohio, is a town known almost entirely for its speed trap. Producer Sean Cole explains.

Producer Nadia Reiman tells the story of one mom and her son stuck someplace with no choice.

Kids are everywhere in the camps, they’re a third of the refugees. You see them around, improvising stuff to play with.

Editor David Kestenbaum speaks with Jeff Permar, who is trapped in a Groundhog Day situation — with an actual groundhog! (9 minutes)See more videos of the groundhog Chunk on Jeff’s YouTube channel.

Original fiction by Ira Sher about a group of children who find a man trapped in a well but decide not to get him any help.

Unlike Reykjavik, some cities don't coddle citizens in their idiosyncratic beliefs about nature. We hear New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani react (with vehemence) to a man who believes New Yorkers should have the right to keep ferrets in their homes.

Masha Gessen has fled their home country, Russia, twice. First as a teenager, then again as an adult.

Lucy was a chimpanzee raised in captivity, who adopted a surprising number of human traits. But this proved problematic—in quite unexpected ways—when her adoptive human parents decided that Lucy should be released in the wild.

A comedian finds himself trapped in an uncomfortable mystery in the backseat of a cab. (4 minutes)

Host Ira Glass talks to Jay Van Bavel, who recently found himself trapped in an elevator (in a very 2020 predicament).

Ira talks to producer Elna Baker about the time she and her siblings found themselves trapped in a hotel room with an unexpected visitor.

Host Ira Glass talks to producer Elna Baker about the time she and her siblings found themselves trapped in a hotel room with an unexpected visitor. (13 minutes)

The story of an Iranian couple who were unhappily married for 27 years. He had a temper.

Writer Tobias Wolff reads his story "Bullet in the Brain" from his collection of stories The Night in Question, about a bank robbery and a man who's shot, and what he thinks about before he dies.

Julie Snyder talks about a favorite passage from Sarah Vowell's story in episode 107: Trail of Tears. Then she talks about Alex Blumberg's interview with Griffin Hansbury in episode 220: Testosterone.Robyn Semien talks about Ira's interview with Denise Moore, who was trapped in the New Orleans Convention Center after Hurricane Katrina.

Talia Augustidis asks a single question over and over. (5 minutes)A version of this story originally aired on Short Cuts, a Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Comedian Mike Birbiglia talks about the questions his daughter asks him and how trying to answer them showed him surprising reflections of himself.  (15 minutes) This is an excerpt from Mike Birbiglia’s special, “The Good Life.”