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Episodes

• Netflix brings back 'Servant of the People,' starring Ukraine's President Zelenskyy

  Netflix has brought back the TV satire in which Volodymyr Zelenskyy plays a history teacher who unexpectedly becomes president of Ukraine.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:50 am

• Hunger and fear permeate Kabul months after Taliban's return to power

  Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, is a changed place since the Taliban returned to power. Women live with more restrictions, and many Afghans lack electricity and food.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:48 am

• Space junk could get in the way of satellites being used in the Russia-Ukraine war

  Elissa Nadworny speaks with Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Space Law, Data and Policy program at the University of Washington, about debris threatening satellites in space.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:38 am

• Two Ukrainian mothers struggle to stay in touch with their children on the front line

  Four weeks into the war, two women in Ukraine share their stories as the struggle to stay in touch with their children, who are living in cities at the front line of Russia's assault.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:23 am

• Florida Governor DeSantis wants to eliminate 2 proposed Black voting districts

  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to redraw two Congressional voting districts with majority Black populations. Observers say he is apparently courting a national audience.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:05 am

• Secure messaging app Telegram is being used widely in Ukraine. How safe is it?

  Telegram is Volodymyr Zelenskyy's preferred means of communications. The app and its founder have a complicated history.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:57 am

• A surfer takes the names of passed love ones out to sea for one last wave

  Dan Fischer found solace in surfing after his father died. Now, he's writing the names of other people's lost loved ones on his surf boards, to "memorialize them in the place they so deeply loved."

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:55 am

• What flight tracking data reveals about details of the Ukraine crisis

  Debbie Elliott asks flight data co-op ADS-B Exchange founder Dan Streufert where publicly available flight data comes from and how much it reveals about the crisis in Ukraine.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:49 am

• Saudi Arabia executes 81 people, the country's largest mass execution in modern times

  Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happen as the West is hoping to convince the kingdom to increase oil production.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:46 am

• Week in politics: Biden bans luxury exports to Russia; new bill for pandemic aid

  In Congress, there continues to be bipartisan opposition to Russia's actions in Ukraine, but there's trouble for the Biden administration's request for new spending to deal with the pandemic.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:26 am

• Russia strikes Ukrainian military base, killing more than 30 people

  Russia struck a Ukrainian military training base close to the Polish border using cruise missiles, according to local officials.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:03 am

• The U.S. renews talks with oil-rich Venezuela after banning Russian oil imports

  Debbie Elliott speaks with Diego Area, deputy director of strategic development at the Atlantic Council, about relations between the U.S. and Venezuela and the implications of renewed diplomacy.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:03 am