735: Bloody Feelings

Stories about the power of blood, and how the strong feelings it evokes push us to act in sometimes unexpected ways.

18h

549: Amateur Hour

People put in positions they’re completely unqualified to handle, but who try to make it work anyway. Including one story of a tough group of soldiers who attempt to save lives through the power of show tunes.

1w

734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled

How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos. One of the biggest changes: most colleges have stopped requiring the SAT. For decades, there’s been a debate over whether schools should drop the test. What’s it mean that it finally happened?

3w

733: Warriors in the Garden

This week, three men who came together to protest the murder of George Floyd. They were unified, loud, and impressive, but over time these three friends end up in three very different places.

Mar 2021

732: Secrets

Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.

Feb 2021

731: What Lies Beneath

Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

Feb 2021

730: The Empty Chair

Things we’ve lost in the past year — since the first American coronavirus case — that we haven’t talked about so much. Gossip. The chance to make new friends. And much larger stuff.

Jan 2021

729: Making the Cut

There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.

Jan 2021

728: Lights, Camera, Christmas!

This holiday season, we bring you a show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families.

Dec 2020

727: Boulder v. Hill

What the day-to-day business of saving the world looks like. We visit with one group of people who are trying to rescue us from something very large, and another group trying to rescue us from something very small.

Dec 2020