Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature.

Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.

This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. We've all had them. Those unsettling dreams that jolt us out of

sleep. Maybe you're back in high school, unprepared for a final exam, or searching desperately

for something that you've lost, strange, vivid scenarios

that feel real in the moment and leave us rattled when we wake up.

My colleagues here at Fresh Air are no exception.

Here's what keeps some of them up at night.

I'm driving a convertible, and suddenly I'm thrown through the roof of the car into the sky

and I'm flying, which sounds very liberating, but unlike Superman, I feel powerless.

I'm terrified and then I wake up.

I'm walking in the airport. I'm trying to find my gate, and I can't seem to find it.

And then I find myself at the end of the terminal, sort of like Truman Show-esque, where he reaches the edge of the soundstage.

I'm on a cruise ship, and it's doing barrel rolls down the side of giant waves. Mind you, I've never been on a cruise ship.

My college contacts me to tell me there's been a mistake

and I'm missing a whole bunch of credits so I didn't really graduate.

And my nightmare is that I have to leave my life,

move back halfway across the country, and I have to finish my degree.

My whole life I've had dreams about losing my wallet.

Now that I have a six-year-old daughter, I dream about losing her.

If any of those feel familiar, you're not alone.

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