People living in that in-between moment before everything changes.
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Peter Ryan
Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.
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Editor Nancy Updike tries to make sense of this current moment by talking to a master of dark comedy, Armando Ianucci. (19 minutes)
The View From the Dugout
As President Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office, producer Valerie Kipnis talks to Ukrainian soldiers on the front line who wonder about what his administration could mean for them. (14 minutes)
Period Piece
Editor Susan Burton reflects on the ramp-up to an era that comes for so many of us. (9 minutes)
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We first heard about Vanessa's story in the Associated Press.
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