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Ethiopia's brutal civil war has been raging for almost two years now and on-again, off-again peace talks remain stalled. Dr. Fasika Amdeslasie is a surgeon in Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital. We asked him to record an audio diary as he went about his week trying to treat patients.

Reporter Tyler Kingkade tells us about tracking down the rumour that schools were putting out litter boxes for kids who identify as cats, which was a thinly veiled critique of accommodations for LGBTQ students, all the way to a Prince Edward Island school.

We asked him about life as a dad and how many Riffed From The Headline clues he's been able to guess since he left.

48 hours before Russia began renewed strikes against Ukrainian cities, Sergei Surovikin was named the country's top military commander in Ukraine. Surovikin is known as General Armageddon, a nickname earned during Russia's brutal military campaign in Syria.

Many people living in Kyiv and other places had experienced months of relative quiet after 8 months of war. We asked six civilians living in Kyiv to tell us how their lives changed this week, what they fear might be coming and how their lives have changed since the Russian invasion began.

Jessi Phillips was killed in the mass shooting at a theatre in Aurora, Colorado. Alex Jones told her parents that their daughter wasn’t dead and that they were paid actors. He called her death a hoax. Jessi’s parents, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, have now dedicated their lives to helping and supporting the families of other mass shootings.

October 15 marked the fifth anniversary of the #MeToo hashtag and the rise of the corresponding social movement. Freelance journalist Imogen West-Knights marked the anniversary at a Louis CK show in London, England. She shares her thoughts on the show and what Louis CK's perseverance says about #MeToo's legacy five years on. Listen now.

Late last week, as protests raged across Iran, singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour posted a song called Baraye to his Instagram. Baraye translates as "because of" or "for the sake of" and its lyrics are drawn from the social media posts of people protesting the death of Mahsa Amini.

The Right Stuff is a new dating site that promises users a pool made up exclusively of conservatives. Several former Trump administration staffers are behind the app, including CEO John McEntee, who was Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. The site requires an invitation, asks people questions like what January 6th means to them and its marketing campaign says users will not need to provide their pronouns. Parker Molloy is a media critic and author of the newsletter The Present Age. She says the website’s very pointed pitch will likely not work as well as its founders are hoping but might uncover some useful data points for them.