Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army?
This episode contains strong language. The mysterious story of a German soldier, a faked Syrian identity and a loaded gun in an airport bathroom cracks the door open to a network of far-right extremis...
28 Touko 202133min
The Saga of Ryanair Flight 4978
Last week, when the pilots on a commercial flight headed for Lithuania told passengers they were about to make an unexpected landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk many were confused — except Roma...
27 Touko 202124min
Why Hamas Keeps Fighting, and Losing
After 11 days of fighting over the skies of Israel and Gaza, a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel was announced last week.The conflict wrought devastation in Gaza. Yet Hamas’s leaders took to televis...
26 Touko 202128min
A Cheerleader, a Snapchat Post and the Supreme Court
When Brandi Levy was 14, she posted an expletive-filled video to Snapchat, expressing her dismay at not making the varsity cheerleading squad. It got her suspended from cheerleading entirely for a yea...
25 Touko 202126min
The Crumbling of the N.R.A.
It had long appeared that the National Rifle Association was impervious to anything or anyone.Now, an investigation into financial misconduct accusations led by the New York attorney general’s office ...
24 Touko 202130min
The Sunday Read: ‘Neanderthals Were People, Too’
In the summer of 1856, workers quarrying limestone in a valley outside Düsseldorf, Germany, found an odd looking skull. It was elongated and almost chinless.William King, a British geologist, suspecte...
23 Touko 20211h 7min
Presenting This American Life: “The Daily”
When our friends at This American Life made an episode called ... wait for it! ... “The Daily,” we knew we wanted to share it with you. It’s about life’s daily practices, and what you learn from doing...
22 Touko 20211h 2min
Two Soldiers, Ten Years
This episode contains strong language and scenes of war that some may find distressing. In 2010, James Dao, then a military affairs reporter for The New York Times, began following a battalion of U.S....
21 Touko 202148min
