Humanitarian Crises and Space Missions: Stories from Earth and Beyond

One of the Americans not released in last week’s prisoner swap involving multiple countries is teacher Marc Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony back in 2022. PBS spoke with his sister, Anne Fogel.  

The Washington Post's Ruby Mellen describes how a 6-year-old Palestinian boy became the face of the hunger crisis in Gaza.

Astronauts on a 10-day mission have now been in space for 60 days due to issues their spacecraft. Vox has the story. 

NBC reports on the wins that Team USA racked up in Paris over the weekend. 

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.