While running an errand, Andrea Azarian happens upon a lost horse that needs her help, and left in charge of the farm for the first time, Gwynne Hogan panics when a goat goes into labor.
Read MoreChallenges: Stories about challenges we didn't know we needed to face
Transporting virginal fruit flies from Houston to Honolulu proves to be no easy task for Patricia Savant, and when a storm rocks the cruise ship where he works, Mike Funergy worries about how the elderly passengers will handle it.
Read MoreScientists in Love: Stories about the fantasies
When Saurin Choksi starts dating a neuroscientist, it challenges his assumptions about gender roles, and Wendy Suzuki's trajectory as a neuroscientist is forever altered by a passionate love affair in Paris.
Read MoreShame: Stories about the judgment of others
Jamie Brickhouse's HIV-positive status becomes a point of tension at the dentist's office, and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as a child, Anders Lee struggles with this identity as an adult preparing to donate sperm.
Read MoreHelp from Family Part 2: Stories about taking care of relatives
After her mom's version of the sex talk confuses her, Khadija Aweis is determined to make sure her little brother has clarity, and when Leesha Maliakal takes on an ambitious research project designing an app for marathon spectators, her supportive dad tries to help.
Read MoreHelp from Family Part 1: Stories about complicated relationships
When his mother his diagnosed with breast cancer, Ian Anthony has to take care of her, even though she didn't always do the best job of taking care of him, determined to make it on her own, Yaihara Fortis Santiago leaves her home in Puerto Rico for grad school, but her father still wants to protect her.
Read MoreOut on my Own: Stories about going away from home
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.
Read MoreNavigating Whiteness: Stories from Black educators
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.
Read MoreSaving Dad: Stories about fathers who needed a helping hand
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.
Read MoreRebirth: Stories about recovering from pain
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.
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