Three weeks after the Democratic National Convention, Abbas speaks at a tense community meeting in Michigan about the Uncommitted organizers’ general election recommendation and hears back from voters on how they feel about the Democratic nominee at this point.

The parole board members puzzle through the pros and cons of releasing Henry Dee from prison and cast their votes. (26 minutes)

While on the phone with reporter Maram Hamaid in Gaza, producer Chana Joffe-Walt gets interrupted by Maram’s daughter––Banias, eight, who grabs the phone from her mother and starts telling us about her life. The narrator arrives. (8 minutes)

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

The story of a woman from Gaza City who ran out of words.

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.

For years there was a word that Val’s mother did not want to use.

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

What life lessons can kids learn at the 4-H rabbit competition? A lot. (11 minutes)

Sometimes we don’t want to say what’s going on because putting it into words would make it real. At other times, words don’t seem to capture the weight of what we want to say.

Guest-host Tobin Low talks to comedian Tig Notaro about a jarring ride to school with her son. (6 minutes)

The 251 hostages taken by Hamas a year ago have become a divisive symbol in Israel.

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

Majid Khan struggled with his identity when he was young. And then he realized exactly who he wanted to be – a member of Al Qaeda, carrying out orders for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

A man can’t seem to see anyone in his life for who they really are, plunging his life into chaos. (18 minutes)

Writing a letter decades after an event that shaped her life was the only way that Nicole Piasecki could make some sense of it.

A family sits down to discuss one thing.

When producer Ike Sriskandarajah tries to sleep-train his baby, a neighbor decides to call the police.

Reporter Dana Ballout sifts through a very long list—the list of journalists killed in the Israel-Hamas War—and comes back with five small fragments of the lives of the people on it. (10 minutes)

For writer Marie Phillips, moving in with her partner meant finding herself deeply connected to the woman who came before her. (12 minutes)Marie Phillips is the author of Gods Behaving Badly.

Two college friends try to stop Donald Trump’s primary season momentum by convincing New Hampshire voters to vote against everything they care about. Producer Zoe Chace follows along.

For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth.