One non-profit newsroom wanted to alleviate burnout among its employees by giving them a month-long paid leave. Scalawag Magazine's Ko Bragg explains how restorative the rest period was for her and her colleagues. And, in her new memoir "Lost and Found," Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kathryn Schulz uses the ideas of losing, finding, and the word and as a way to make sense of her life. She joins us.

Chef Kathy Gunst joins us to share three savory pie recipes: a quiche, a galette, and hand pies. And, nothing's better than the doctor saying you're fully healthy. But a close second is them prescribing time in nature — including a free National Parks Pass. In Canada, that dream is a reality. Dr. Melissa Lem, director of the Park Prescriptions Program, joins us.

About half of the 1 million refugees who have fled Ukraine have arrived in Poland. We get an on-the-ground update with Nancy Dent of the International Rescue Committee who is in Lublin, Poland. And, as workers head back to the office, one report finds one in three people surveyed in January had been romantically involved with a colleague. Callum Borchers of The Wall Street Journal joins us to discuss.

Poland has accepted the largest number of Ukrainian refugees out of all the war-torn country's neighbors, but there are reports of Polish border guards separating refugees into white and non-white groups. Jan Pieklo, the former Polish ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019, joins us. And, Michael Li, senior counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice, talks about which party is winning the battle over redrawing congressional district maps every 10 years.

Juanita Giles, director of the Virginia Children's Book Festival, explains why romance is featured in so many books for young adults. And, for a long time, it was widely believed that birds have no sense of smell. But that didn't sit right with evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. She joins us to discuss her research.

Russians are not in unanimous support of Putin's war in Ukraine. An independent Russian human rights group estimates that the police have already detained at least 6,000 anti-war protestors. Andrew Roth, The Guardian's Moscow correspondent, joins us. And, what happens in Texas' primary election on Tuesday could be a bellwether for what will likely be a busy election year around the country. Bret Jaspers of KERA in Dallas explains.

Dmytro Veselov, 31, discusses what the situation is like in Kyiv, Ukraine, as he and other Ukrainians take up arms to defend the city from the Russian invasion. And, sanctions against Russia have dropped the ruble by almost 30% against the U.S. dollar. The measures are meant to force Putin to the negotiating table, but the sanctions are hitting ordinary Russians too. NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow joins us.

Star Colin Farrell and writer-director Kogonada talk about their new film "After Yang." The film centers around a family struggling to cope after the robot they bought as a caregiver breaks down. And, the White House infrastructure bill will give a much-needed investment to the Everglades. Jenny Staletovich of WLRN reports.

YR Media's Ivelisse Diaz, an Afro-Caribbean college student, grew up immersed in her Latinx heritage, and only lately has felt comfortable celebrating her Black identity and Black History Month. Diaz reports. For decades, the Sunset Cocktail Lounge was the hottest venue for Black entertainment in West Palm Beach, Florida. As WLRN's Wilkine Brutus reports, the Sunset is under a multimillion-dollar renovation to allow locals to relive its glory days.

President Nixon and his national security adviser Henry Kissinger make contact with China. But in the midst of the Cold War, they don't want anyone to know. Jane Perlez of the New York Times reports Episode 2 of The Great Wager podcast. And, disputes over sports and culture at the recent Beijing Winter Olympics have increased anti-China sentiment in South Korea. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul.