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I want to tell you about a podcast that's been fascinating me called More Muslim.

It's a new narrative documentary series made by a team of journalists

who've worked on shows like Radio Lab and More Perfect.

They're covering stories from Muslim communities around

the world that no one else is telling. One of their episodes traces the evolution of Muslim

women's relationship with the mosque, from the prophetic era when women prayed alongside

men without barriers, to today's reality where many mosques relegate women to basement closets,

behind opaque partitions, or turn them away entirely.

To listen to that episode and more, find more Muslim wherever you get your podcasts.

Executions in Iran have been on the rise since the U.S. and Israel started their war there.

The fact that an individual could be arrested in January and by May already executed is horrifying.

I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Werman, also the dangers of mining sand in India.

And one thing bringing different religions

together in the Middle East, Armageddon. Jerusalem is going to get taken over, usually by Christians.

There's going to be various different apocalyptic battles in which the Muslims are going to

fight the Christians, and there's usually a slaughter of the Jews. Plus, Venezuela tries to lay

claim to a huge piece of neighboring Guyana.

It's a sparsely inhabited region, which is mostly a mountains as a coastal strip, but the real

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