Episodes

  • Israel's Plans for Gaza

    Israel's Plans for Gaza
    May 5 2025
    Israel's cabinet has approved plans for Gaza that include expanding the war, taking territory with the intent to keep troops there, and major shifts in the way food and aid are distributed. Our correspondent in Tel Aviv tells us what are in the plans and what they could mean for Gaza.

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    5 mins
  • What Will Happen to Russian-Occupied Territories in Ukraine?

    What Will Happen to Russian-Occupied Territories in Ukraine?
    May 2 2025
    At the heart of a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is what, if any, Ukrainian territory Russia will be allowed to keep. Moscow asserts that four Ukrainian provinces are more culturally Russian than Ukrainian. We go to one of those areas to find out what the people there think.

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    6 mins
  • President Trump's Global Impact After 100 Days

    President Trump's Global Impact After 100 Days
    May 1 2025
    Donald Trump has passed one hundred days in his second term as president of the United States. We look at how he is reshaping the US relationship with the rest of the world.

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    21 mins
  • Conflicted Feelings as Israel Reflects on 18 Months of War

    Conflicted Feelings as Israel Reflects on 18 Months of War
    Apr 30 2025
    Every year Israeli's spend their Memorial Day commemorating Israelis killed in war and attacks. This year it comes as they are reckoning with an ongoing war that is already the longest war the country has ever waged. We go to Tel Aviv to see what this year's Memorial Day in Israel is like.

    Note: there is a mention of suicide in this episode.

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    5 mins
  • Seeking Closure 50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War

    Seeking Closure 50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War
    Apr 29 2025
    Fifty years ago this week Communist forces seized the city of Saigon bringing an end to the Vietnam war. It was a war that defined a generation with effects that reverberate today. We go to Laos were one man's search for closure takes him to the top of the tallest mountain.

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    8 mins
  • Preparing to Pick a New Pope

    Preparing to Pick a New Pope
    Apr 28 2025
    Pope Francis was laid to rest in a funeral ceremony over the weekend and next week the College of Cardinals will convene their conclave at the Vatican to choose his successor. In this episode we speak to one of those cardinals, who will attend his first papal conclave. And we go inside the room where it all happens, the Sistine Chapel famous for its ceiling of frescos by Michelangelo.

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    12 mins
  • A New Mission for Syria's Famed White Helmets

    A New Mission for Syria's Famed White Helmets
    Apr 25 2025
    During Syria's long civil war, the White Helmets were known for running into harms way, rescuing civilians from the aftermath of regime attacks. Now with the regime gone, the famed organization is finding a new mission with new challenges. We go to Damascus to see them in action.

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    6 mins
  • What is the Relationship Between Russia and the U.S. Now?

    What is the Relationship Between Russia and the U.S. Now?
    Apr 24 2025
    The sometimes cold and often frozen relationship between Russia and the U.S. has gotten a lot warmer since President Trump took office. And even through the American drive to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be faltering, the desire to do big business deals with the Kremlin has not. We go to Moscow to look at how the relationship between the two countries has changed, from the Russian perspective.

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    9 mins
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