The Story

For the past year and a half, we’ve been keeping up with news events in Mogadishu through regular messages from a young man who lives there - Abdi. Now that he's learned his girlfriend is leaving the country, Abdi has found himself questioning everything. Also: The British government has just made the decision to give compensation to 16 former detainees of Guantanamo Bay. Omar Deghayes is eligible for the money. Also: author Greg Neri. And a love story from Michigan.

A whale singing at an unusual frequency roams the Pacific Ocean, calling out with the regularity of a metronome, but never hearing a response.

Today: the final installment of our series, Good Water. When Jeff Kelble’s Shenandoah River fishing guide business ran into trouble because of fish kills, he had a choice: move on to healthier rivers, or stay and fight. He decided that he couldn’t turn his back on the river - so he took a job as the Riverkeeper.

The Cochrane Furniture Factory in Lincolnton, North Carolina had always been a family run firm, making wooden furniture since before the Civil War, but it closed three years ago feeling outnumbered by China. Recently, they decided to re-open the plant.