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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.

For years, his name dominated the news agenda. Osama bin Laden captured and killed by U.S. forces 15 years ago.

He was able to hold the global jihadist movement together in a way that was unprecedented.

After his death, we saw it cracks.

I'm Marco Wurman today on the show, the state of Al-Qaeda, without bin Laden. Also, U.S.-Mexico relations were already strained.

It got worse this week when the U.S. charged a sitting Mexican governor of conspiring with cartels.

Now that the United States has decided to shift their focus to Mexican politicians,

that certainly makes things much more complicated.

And in Colombia, free-roaming hippos face an uncertain future.

The hippos are highly territorial.

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