Kathi Hickey

In this episode, Hal George discovers unexpected grace in the quiet work of a cemetery office. Kathi Hickey follows a trail of uncanny rainbows while carrying out a promise to a dear friend. Jean Jackson recalls how a local protest suddenly put her on the Rachel Maddow Show. And Justine Murray reflects on Kyiv, holding both her memories of the city she once knew and the losses Ukraine has endured since the 2022 invasion.

Kathleen Stack journeys from bustling Bangkok to remote Thai villages, encountering elephants, rivers, and hill tribes, and later returns twelve weeks pregnant to discover her child’s first heartbeat and a vision for empowering women. Kathi Hickey braves Nepal’s chaotic buses, wild elephants, and near rhino encounters, finding danger, humor, and the thrill of the unexpected.

Once Kathi Hickey decides what will cure her cluster headaches, not even a major earthquake can prevent her treatment. Ann Russell imagines that the sound of the meteor which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs was loud beyond measure. But what is the sound of the species that we lose everyday?