What the hell is going on right now? And why is it happening like this? At Wired, we're obsessed with getting to the bottom of those questions, and maybe you are too. I'm Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired, and I'm hosting our new podcast series, The Big Interview. Each week, I'll sit down with some of the most interesting, provocative, and influential people who are shaping our right now.

Listen to the big interview right now in the same place you find Wyard's Uncanny Valley podcast.

After more than two years of civil war, the airport in Sudan's capital was supposed to reopen today.

That now looks like it's going to be delayed even further.

I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler in Denmark, a library where you can check out humans to talk to.

I am a literal open book. I will answer any and all questions,

and I'm not going to get offended.

Plus, a rock radio station in Ukraine,

that's a lifeline for the troops.

It is very important for them

that the station that they used to listen

when they were civilians supports them.

And a musician from Cuba goes deeper into Cuban music after he moves away.

You know, you pay more attention to the details about the music.

You are mixing your roots and your tradition with my new life.

That's all ahead today on the world.

This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for joining us on this Wednesday.

The airport in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum was supposed to reopen today.

A bit of hope in a country where civil war has produced the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth.

But a series of drone strikes dashed that hope and kept the airport closed.

...