Shawn Hercules is a successful gospel radio deejay in Barbados, but he dreams of a different kind of life in science, and Emma Young feels ready for her first real job in science, surveying northern spotted owls, until she encounters some unexpected fears.

As a science teacher Mamoudou N'Diaye was supposed to have all the answers, but he struggles to explain being Black in the USA, and Rhonda Key fights to be taken seriously by her white co-workers and students when she gets a job at a middle school.

To cheer up her ailing father, Victoria Ruiz decides to smuggle a turtle into his hospital room, and Stacey Bader Curry finally meets a nice guy -- the only catch is, he needs a liver.

Massih Moayedi survives cancer, but the recovery throws his life off track, and after his 20-year-old daughter dies suddenly, Paul Battista has to relearn what his role in life is.

As a medical student Roger Mitchell Jr. sees a patient that makes him reflect on violence and police in the Black community.

Padraic Stanley gets a fresh start when his abusive father gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia, and after meeting a man with a rare memory disorder, Paul Aflalo reconsiders his own memories.

Digital consultant Phong Tran navigates his relationship through various digital platforms, and fed up with feeling lonely, Sufian Zhemukhov embarks on a data driven analysis of his own unlikability.

This week, in celebration of our tenth anniversary, our hosts selected four of their favorite stories from the past decade.

Inspired by her work as a parental behavior researcher, Bianca Jones Marlin and her husband decide to become foster parents, and raised by white adoptive parents, Kim Evey seeks out motherhood as a way to connect with her Asian identity.

After some unfortunate night-time incidents, Keith Mellnick realizes he needs to better understand his sleepwalking before it starts causing even more problems, and Avneet Johal is excited to start his first year at university, but strange thoughts and behaviors keep getting in the way.