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You wake up, look at your phone, scroll through the news for a minute or two, and then think, wow, how did we get here?

Well, that's the question we tackle every week on NPR's ThruLine podcast.

We tell you the surprising stories of the people who made our history.

Carl Sagan was in people's living rooms talking about the wonders of the universe, making

science feel personal and important to an everyday person.

Listen to Thuringland from NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.

Music European leaders are running out of patience with Israel's devastating war in Gaza.

For them, it's gone too far.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman, why Europe may be nearing its breaking point with Israel.

And the Russian economy, for years, has been subjected to a massive array of economic sanctions.

But they may not be working as well as some had hoped.

What happens with sanctions is that over time, people find workarounds.

And in Spain, squatters don't have to do much to make a claim on property.

Illegal occupants can just say, hey, look, our toothbrushes are in the bathroom.

There's a photo of our kids hanging on the wall.

There's now an effort to make it easier to evict squatters.

Also, allegations of a Chinese spy operation in Turkey

and a treasure trove of dinosaur remains in Canada today, here on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us today.

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