Grapes of Wrath

The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades—and how they’ve learned to make their peace with it. (22 minutes)

A strongman gets hired to take over the Amsterdam Fire Department.

Kelefa Sanneh sits in on one of Starbucks’ anti-racial bias classes.

Firefighter and paramedic Sam Gebler gets a glimpse of what lurks beneath the surface of a sunny California afternoon.

Law professor Rebecca Allensworth has been studying another realm of civic-minded individuals charged with helping society function: medical licensing boards.

Dana Chivvis’s story on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners continues with Dr.