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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.

The Strait of Hormoz. It's not that big, but global markets depend on oil getting through it.

So a new U.S. operation is trying to pry the straight open.

I think what we're trying to avoid here is an escalation back into full-scale combat operations.

I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler.

Today, the U.S. strategy to provide safe passage for its ships and why the stakes are so

high.

Also taking the pulse of anti-immigrant protests in South Africa and China's new generation

of EVs one-upping America.

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