The Mystery Of The Fossils
More than just bones.
When a Facebook post hinted at the
More than just bones.
When a Facebook post hinted at the possible theft of one of Uruguay’s most important paleontological collections, a group of biologists began to investigate.
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Breaking The Silence
Twenty years later, they sit down and talk
In October 2001,
Twenty years later, they sit down and talk
In October 2001, Oswaldo Díaz was kidnapped, a tragedy that would haunt his family for years. But when the perpetrators of that crime signed a peace treaty, Oswaldo’s family was forced to face them and consider the cost of forgiveness.
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Paper Aquarium
What is the value of a public university?
The University of
What is the value of a public university?
The University of Oriente in Cumaná used to be a driving force for the middle class in one of the poorest states in Venezuela. But as things in the country started deteriorating over a decade ago, the significance of this public university was questioned. A group of workers, professors, and students had to do everything in their power to defend it.
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The Room That Was A Brain [repeat]
The plan: to connect Chile through a network. Like the
The plan: to connect Chile through a network. Like the internet. But in 1971.
Half-century ago, Salvador Allende’s socialist government developed a technology that connected the Chilean economy in real time and distributed power among its workers. What happened with Cybersyn — that proto Latin American internet?
NOTE: This version of the episode published in 2019 includes a brief update in the end.
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The Day You Are Gone
A story of endings.
Yolanda Lagomarsino was 96 years old when
A story of endings.
Yolanda Lagomarsino was 96 years old when her fear of dying began to manifest as panic attacks. Her granddaughter Marisa Candia Cadavid decided to help her, and the two embarked on a journey to confront the meaning of death.
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Ghost Refuge
Farewell, Chacaltaya.
Samuel Mendoza grew up at the ski resort in
Farewell, Chacaltaya.
Samuel Mendoza grew up at the ski resort in Chacaltaya, Bolivia, surrounded by snow and icy winds. He was happy, and it seemed like everything that gave life to that glacier would be eternal. But by the late 1990s, a threat emerged that was almost impossible to combat.
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The Disobedient
When being the perfect daughter stopped being enough.
Andrea Russell grew
When being the perfect daughter stopped being enough.
Andrea Russell grew up longing for the arrival of the paradise promised by Jehovah\'s Witnesses. She imagined that there, she would finally feel loved and free. But when her world began to crumble, she wondered if she truly had to wait to be herself.
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That’s not me
Laughter and indignation in one photo.
For David Godoy, the process
Laughter and indignation in one photo.
For David Godoy, the process of obtaining his military ID card was long and frustrating. When he finally got it, he was in for a surprise: the information on this official Colombian document was his, but the photo belonged to an international celebrity. What initially seemed like a simple mistake sparked an investigation into corruption within one of the country’s most powerful institutions.
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