The Story

During the summer of 1986, Sergei Belyakov was a 30-year-old Soviet army reservist who became a Chernobyl 'liquidator,' spending 40 days at the contaminated reactor during the dangerous clean-up efforts.

Huntington's Disease is passed down through families. Everyone who gets it knows the disease intimately from watching someone they love suffer from it.

Chris Furbee was a child when he first noticed his grandfather was moving around strangely, twitching and failing his arms. Eventually, his mom started to show the same symptoms. 

A little over a year ago, Hurricane Stan caused a mudslide that killed more than 800 people in Guatemala. Even this week, authorities in Guatemala are still uncovering bodies.
American doctors Jack and Bernadette Page were in Guatemala during the mudslide. At the time, they were midway through their two-year obligation to a small, volunteer hospital in Santiago, Atitlan. 

Roman Mars has this bit of “ear candy” – produced in tribute to Studs Terkel.