How the Toledo Troopers, the most dominant female football team of all time, met their match.
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A Second Passport
Normally, kibbutz volunteers visit Israel and return home. Pam Mandel went on to Egypt, and kept going . . .
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The Cabin
In a tiny, remote Utah town, Lavinia Spalding learns the difference between longing and belonging.
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Shelved: Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine
How the songwriter’s abandoned third album became two albums.
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What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
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What He Left Behind
Kira Martin struggles through her connection – both emotional and physical – with her troubled and destructive son.
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The Hunt for Planet Nine
What will it take to find the biggest missing object in our solar system?
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The Tale of Boozy Suzy and Her Hammer Fist
Inside the Rise and Fall of the Pillow Fight League
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Traveling While Black Across the Atlantic Ocean
Following in the footsteps of African Americans traveling to Denmark in the early 20th century, Ethelene Whitmire experiences a 21st century transatlantic crossing.
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The Gift Economy
In the desert at Burning Man, Joanne Solomon dissects the implicit transaction that defines her cross-cultural love affair.