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In 2025, we laughed, we cried and we learned about ourselves and the world … all with a little help from a podcast. Celebrate this year by revisiting some of our favorite episodes.

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

Plus: scandalous Senate drama, Grammys drama and Homeric drama.

The win, his fourth at the U.S. Open, puts him just one Grand Slam behind Roger Federer for the all-time men's singles record. But to do it, Nadal had to fend off a furious rally from Daniil Medvedev.

Last year, there were 10.48 births per 1,000 people — the lowest since the country was founded in 1949. Beijing also said its economy cooled to the slowest pace in nearly three decades.

In a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the Salinas City Council walked back an earlier decision to get rid of protections for renters. A group called Protect Salinas Renters 2026 gathered enough signatures from the public to repeal their decision or bring it to voters in the next election.

As part of Wildfire Preparedness Week in California, the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council is holding an event May 6-8 to share information about mitigating risks and preparing for wildfires.

Cowboy boots and fishnets might not feel like a natural pairing. But at this weekly queer line dancing night in New York City, that's almost the uniform.

Both backers and opponents of a higher federal minimum pay rate are latching on to different findings in a new Congressional Budget Office report on the proposal's effects. We list the report's pros and cons.

A group representing some of the world's richest countries has created an interactive online tool that invites the public to rank 11 factors that contribute to happiness.