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Next week, we’ll join an activist detective as he searches for the missing in South Texas, explore the deep Mexican roots of talk show host Mario Lopez and comedian Melissa Villaseñor and much more. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Migrants go missing in rural South Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families whose loved ones have disappeared after crossing the Mexico border, one activist detective is their last hope.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and guests Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor look at the Mexican-American experience as seen through the lens of two families.

Scientists investigate colossal explosions in Siberia and other evidence that rapidly melting soil in the Arctic is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. What are the implications for our climate future?

Residents near the site of the proposed $5 billion Rivian Automotive electric vehicle factory want answers about the facility’s potential impacts on their rural community. The plant is slated to be built on a 2,000-acre site that straddles Morgan and Walton counties. Why do so many residents near the Rivian site oppose it? Georgia Today host Steve Fennessy is joined by Tia Lynn Ivey, news editor at the Morgan County Citizen newspaper, who has reported on the Rivian project and the backlash to it from the beginning. Listen here.

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