Growing up in Georgetown, Massachusetts, Joan Llorente lived on a zoo with various exotic animals. Ursula Chodosh speaks to Llorente about her experiences living on the zoo, and how her photographs allow her to relive her memories.

Jen Kinney interviews Norman Kehling, who will soon be free after 30 years of incarceration. In his final months behind bars, he's found an unexpected way to prepare for life on the outside -- he's joined a theater troupe.

Toy Len Goon received global attention after winning the award for American Mother of the Year in 1952. She was the first Chinese immigrant to be recognized by the organization, which celebrates mothers who quote "provide an inspiration to the nation." Toy dined with First Lady Bess Truman and was honored by a parade through the New York Chinatown. But now, she can't be found in a standard American history textbook.

Portland, Maine's business tend to close up shop in the early evening. But the third shift and overnight workers of the peninsula are still hard at work. Here is a Saturday night when I got to meet a few of them.

Mary Weaver Dutch's participation in her newest hobby of curling was cut short by a debilitating illness. 25 years after her diagnosis, she was given a chance to play again at a caliber greater than ever before. This is her story.

When the first elephant came to Maine, she was a wonder. People had never seen an elephant before. It was the early 1800s, and America was a new country, sorting out its morals. So when she was shot and killed in Alfred, ME, the outrage over her death revealed a lot about our young country.

Since 2010, ICE has allowed a community of Indonesians to stay in New Hampshire without having legal status. That is, until August 2017, when some were told they had to leave the country in two months. This audio feature tells the story of the Sombahs, one family affected by the change in policy.

The Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994, and two decades later, families continue to grapple with the trauma it caused. Olivier Mushumba talks about his experience surviving the genocide and what his family looks like today.

In the past year, the rural town of Monson has been in transition. A non profit organization has invested millions of dollars into the economically struggling town in the hopes of attracting artists to work and live. The townspeople of Monson share their opinions on what all this change means for the town, and what could possibly come next.

Caroline Hadilaksono, a new Maine resident, stumbles onto an unlikely story about her new home, that Maine is the site of the earliest mosque in America. She becomes obsessed with finding the muslim community behind that mosque. Who were they? Where are they now? As she digs deeper, she discovers that the roots of her obsession actually hits much closer to home than she realized.

Downeast Correctional Facility is the minimum security prison in Machiasport, a small fishing town in Maine. Here, locals don't fear inmates; they depend on them.

Mackie Greene is a fisherman and a whale watching guide. He also leads the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, a group of ocean experts who work like a volunteer firefighters to untangle whales from fishing lines and netting.