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New research shows that discarded pharmaceutical drugs are having an alarming impact on wildlife — even causing sex reversals in some species. We talk to researcher Karen Kidd.

Earl Moberg was 81 and had advanced dementia when he went missing last year. He was never found. Matt Galloway talks to his daughter Britt Moberg about the changes she wants to see in senior care to stop this happening to other families.

Sebastian Junger felt the pull of a deep black void as he lay bleeding to death in a hospital trauma room in 2020. The war correspondent and lifelong atheist tells Matt Galloway how close he came to death in that moment, and how it forced him to reconsider the idea of an afterlife. 

From the Kennedy assassination to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. presidents tackle their pressing crises in the Situation Room. Former White House staffer George Stephanopoulos takes us inside that bunker — and some defining moments in history.

Olympian Malindi Elmore retired from track running in 2012. Now at 44, she’s back and competing in the marathon at the Paris Olympics. She talks to Matt Galloway about losing her passion for racing, and how she got it back.

The war in Ukraine has been the subject of a flurry of conferences this week, from a peace summit in Switzerland — without Russia — to the G7 summit in Italy. Will all these talks bring the country any closer to peace?