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What is a ceasefire?

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

President Trump says his Gaza peace plan will end the war between Israel and Hamas and launch a new era of peace in the Middle East. But a month into...

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Carlson’s War: Part 1

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

What does it mean to live through war? And can someone who’s experienced war ever get over it? These are questions NPR’s Quil Lawrence has been aski...

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Carlson’s War: Part 2

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

Part 2: In part two of Carlson’s War, we find Dave Carlson locked up in prison while tormented by PTSD from his time serving in Iraq. Alone and in pai...