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We continue the story of a covert smuggling operation to bring abortion pills into Ukraine, shortly after the Russian invasion. In this episode, reporters Katz Laszlo and Gregory Warner go to Ukraine, landing on a fall night during a citywide blackout, to pick up the trail of the pills and find out about the doctors and patients who needed them. But as they follow the pills around the country, what they learn changes their understanding of how we talk about these pills, and how we talk about choice, in a war.\xa0\nThis episode is the second of two done in collaboration with NPR\u2019s Rough Translation. You can find the first episode here (https://zpr.io/CnmNVFQ6X5gc).\nSpecial thanks\xa0to the Rough Translation team for reporting help. Thanks also to Liana Simstrom, Irene Noguchi, and Eleana Tworek. Thanks to the ears of Valeria Fokina, Andrii Degeler, Noel King, Robert Krulwich and Sana Krasikov. And to our interpreters, Kira Leonova and Tetyana Yurinetz. Thanks to Drs Natalia, Irna & Diana. To Yulia Mytsko, Yulia Babych, Maria Hlazunova, Nika Bielska, Yvette Mrova, Lauren Ramires, Jane Newnham, Olena Shevchenko, Marta Chumako, Jamie Nadal, Jonathan Bearak, and the many others who we spoke with for this story. Thank you to NPR\u2019s International Desk and the team at the Ukraine bureau. Translations from Eugene Alper and Dennis Tkachivsky. Voice over from Lizzie Marchenko and Yuliia Serbenenko. Archival from the Heal Foundation.\nLegal guidance provided by Micah Ratner, Lauren Cooperman, and Dentons.\xa0\nEthical guidance from Tony Cavin.\xa0\nEPISODE CREDITS:\nGuest hosted by - Gregory Warner and Molly Webster\nReported by - Katz Laszlo, Gregory Warner\xa0\nProduced by - Tessa Paoli, Daniel Girma, Adelina Lancianese\nw/ production help from - Nic M. Neves\nMixer - James Willetts and Robert Rodriguez\nw/ mixing help from -\xa0Jeremy Bloom\nFact-checking by - Marisa Robertson-Textor\nand Edited by - Brenna Farrell\nMusic:\nJohn Ellis composed the Rough Translation theme music.\xa0\nOriginal music from Dylan Keefe.\xa0\nAdditional music from Blue Dot Sessions and FirstCom Music.\xa0\xa0\n\xa0\nCITATIONSPhotos -\xa0\n\nSee a Lviv blackout through host Gregory Warner\u2019s eyes \u2013 he posted photos from his time in Lviv on Twitter (https://zpr.io/egzpZZw7xPKk).\n\nPodcasts -\n\nTo understand Ukraine\u2019s president, it helps to know the training ground of his youth: the competitive comedy (https://zpr.io/ympqrikgCkE3) circuit, in this Rough Translation episode.\xa0\nListen to \u201cNo-Touch Abortion\u201d (https://zpr.io/5SB6bpNzUs6r) from Radiolab for more on the science and use of abortion pills\xa0\n\nArticles -\xa0\nFurther reading: a study on medical abortion (https://zpr.io/f8h5WNfKaMtk) by Galina Maistruck, one of the main sources in our piece\nOur newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!\nRadiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.\nFollow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.\n\nLeadership support for Radiolab\u2019s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.