E892 - Trapped on a Bus

People on journeys they did not intend — or agree to.

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(00:00:00) Prologue: A woman on a nighttime bus ride wakes up to discover the bus driver is taking the passengers somewhere none of them want to go. (8  minutes)

(00:08:11) Act One: Ayman Oghanna was reporting in Syria when he got a surprising call from home: one of his neighbors had been arrested for spying. (13 minutes)

(00:21:18) Act Two: Eileen Sosin Martínez describes life in Havana right now, where blackouts have become so const...