A global pandemic. An afflicted, angry group. A seemingly indifferent government. When nothing seems to work, how do you make change?

The uneasy marriage of biology and engineering raises big questions about the nature of life.

Scientists took about 300 years to lay out the Periodic Table into neat rows and columns. In one hour, we’re going to mess it all up.  

Despite being cleared for transfer home in 2016, Abdul Latif Nasser is still stuck at Guantanamo. Why? Latif digs for answers, and spoiler: it goes all the way to the top.

What happened to Abdul Latif at Guantanamo Bay?  Latif visits the “legal equivalent of outer space,” and manages to see his namesake … maybe.

Latif investigates Abdul Latif’s classified time in Afghanistan, and amidst the explosions and rubble, finds a jailhouse interview that changes how he sees his namesake.

Abdul Latif Nasser gets a job working on a sunflower farm in Sudan.  What on earth could be suspicious about that?

Latif travels to Morocco to trace his namesake's possible onramp into extremism and is surprised by what he finds.

Radiolab’s Latif Nasser is stunned to find he shares his name with detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. This man was cleared to leave Gitmo in 2016, so why is he still stuck there?