Have you noticed anything about your neighborhood church?

Maybe it's boarded up, converted to some other use, or just abandoned.

I'm Mateo Schimpth, host of the final service.

It's a new podcast series that answers a really big question in four parts.

What does a community lose when a church closes its doors for good?

And how will the ones that survive manage to keep them open?

The final service drops April 10th, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Another prisoner swap today between the U.S. and Russia.

It's the fifth such exchange in the last couple years.

So this has been an area where U.S. Russian diplomatic efforts have led to actual results.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman.

More about the diplomacy between Washington and Moscow.

Also, how a church in Panama is helping

people who were recently deported from the United States. I would say we are doing the good

Samaritan work. We've got an update about the earthquake in Myanmar, and then after a traumatic

brain injury, how spending time with nature can help you heal.

We know from many pieces of research that even just having plants in your office enhances well-being.

All those stories and more just ahead on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us today. After spending more than a year in a Russian prison cell, Cassinia Karelina, a U.S. citizen, was released in a prisoner swap today.

This is the second prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington in less than two months.

It comes as U.S. and Russian officials are meeting for talks today in Turkey.

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