Comprehensive.

Witty.

Speculative.

Critical.

Insightful.

Profound.

Wide-ranging.

Hopefully doesn't take itself too, too seriously.

I'm David Remnick, and each week on the New Yorker Radio Hour, my colleagues and I try to make sense of what's happening in this chaotic world.

I hope you'll join us for the New Yorker Radio Hour wherever you listen to podcasts.

The thoughtful, exquisite, just, you know, real.

Holding onto peace in a world of conflict is not easy.

But there is something really powerful about following our virtues.

It's not just talking about being courageous and compassionate.

It's about putting them into practice.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman.

This Memorial Day, we share stories about the people trying to help us get along.

Many have been through war. I realize life is way too short to waste it on stuff that you don't believe in.

Others are trekking the planet in search of connection. What I'm walking to every single day is other people.

There's goodness there. A lucky few have found peace in space. We are a little microcosm of humanity, a little nodule of geopolitics away from the noise of the world. On this Memorial Day edition of the world.

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wormann. It is great to have you here this Memorial Day. In the U.S., it's a day for family picnics and barbecues, the unofficial start of summer.

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