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The Other Latif: Cuba-ish
Episode 449
Almost exactly twenty years ago, detainee 244 got transferred to Guantanamo Bay. Captured by American forces at the battle Tora Bora five months prev…
3 years, 11 months ago
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Episode 448
A one-word magical spell. Several years back, that’s exactly what Joseph Tartaro thought he’d discovered. It was a spell that, if used properly, prom…
3 years, 11 months ago
In the Dust of This Planet
Episode 447
Horror, fashion, and the end of the world … In this episode, first aired in 2014, but maybe even more relevant today, things get weird as we explore …
3 years, 11 months ago
Inheritance
Episode 446
Once a kid is born, their genetic fate is pretty much sealed. Or is it? In this episode, originally aired in 2012, we put nature and nurture on a col…
4 years ago
The Right Stuff
Episode 445
Since the beginning of the space program, we’ve always expected astronauts to be fully abled athletic overachievers who are one-part science-geek, tw…
4 years ago
Stress
Episode 444
Stress can give your body a boost - raising adrenaline levels, pumping blood to the muscles, heightening our senses. And those sudden superpowers can…
4 years ago
The Helen Keller Exorcism
Episode 443
Fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson has been haunted by Helen Keller for nearly her entire life. Like Helen, Elsa is Deafblind, and growing up she was cons…
4 years ago
Life in a Barrel
Episode 442
This week, we flip the Disney story of life on its head thanks to a barrel of seawater, a 1970s era computer, and underwater geysers. It’s the chaos …
4 years, 1 month ago
Speed
Episode 441
We live our lives at human speed, we experience and interact with the world on a human time scale. In this episode, which first aired in its entirety…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Wordless Place
Episode 440
This week, we turn to an expert who tromps the wilds of wordlessness. Lulu’s young son. In this essay, originally published for The Paris Review unde…
4 years, 1 month ago