Description
This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m.
Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
Episodes
- 2024 / 11 / 3The Sunday Read: âTheir Sonâs Death Was Devastating. Then Politics Made It Worse.âA sheriffâs deputy arrived at Nathan and Danielle Clarkâs front door on the outskirts of Springfield, Ohio, in September with the latest memento of what their sonâs death had become. âIâm sorry that I have to...
- 2024 / 11 / 2'The Interview': Peter Singer Wants to Shatter Your Moral ComplacencyThe controversial philosopher discusses societal taboos, Thanksgiving turkeys and whether anyone is doing enough to make the world a better place.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore...
- 2024 / 11 / 1The Army of Election Officials Ready To Reject The VoteOn Tuesday night, as the voting ends and the counting begins, the election system itself will be on trial.Jim Rutenberg, a writer at large for The Times, explains how some local election officials entrusted...
- 2024 / 10 / 31Black Voters and the Democratic Party: One Familyâs StoryWarning: This episode contains strong language and racial slurs.For decades, Black Americans formed the backbone of the Democratic Party, voting by overwhelming margins for Democratic candidates. While most...
- 2024 / 10 / 30Six Days Left: Closing Arguments, Racist Jokes and Burning BallotsIn the final week of the race for president, Donald J. Trumpâs big rally in New York appeared to backfire, while Kamala Harrisâs closing message cast her as a unifier. Fears about election interference also...
- 2024 / 10 / 29On the Ballot: An Immigration System Most Americans Never WantedIf Donald J. Trump wins next weekâs election, it will be in large part because voters embraced his message that the U.S. immigration system is broken.David Leonhardt, a senior writer at The New York Times,...
- 2024 / 10 / 28The Trump Campaignâs Big GambleWarning: this episode contains strong language.The presidential campaign is in its final week and one thing remains true: the election is probably going to come down to a handful of voters in a swing...
- 2024 / 10 / 27The Sunday Read: âHow Everyone Got Lost in Netflixâs Endless LibraryâIf you take a journey deep within Netflixâs furthest recesses â burrow past Binge-worthy TV Dramas and 1980s Action Thrillers, take a left at Because You Watched the Lego Batman Movie, keep going past Fright...
- 2024 / 10 / 26'The Interview': John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than EverThe senator discusses the âastonishingâ support for the former president in Pennsylvania, his rift with progressives over Israel and his own position in the Democratic Party.Unlock full access to New York...
- 2024 / 10 / 25The United States of PennsylvaniaThroughout this election, one state has been at the center of every imaginable path to victory: Pennsylvania. Both candidates have campaigned there relentlessly, and both parties have spent more money there...
- 2024 / 10 / 2412 Days to Go: French Fries and FascismWarning: this episode contains strong language.With less than two weeks to go in the race for the presidency, Donald Trumpâs longest-serving White House chief of staff is warning that he met the definition of...
- 2024 / 10 / 23The Gender ElectionA stark new gender divide has formed among the countryâs youngest voters. Young men have drifted toward Donald Trump, while young women are surging toward Kamala Harris.As a result, men and women under 30,...
- 2024 / 10 / 22As Marijuanaâs Popularity Grows, So Do Its HarmsWarning: this episode contains descriptions of a mental health crisis and violence.This Election Day, recreational marijuana could become legal across more than half of the United States. But as more...
- 2024 / 10 / 21What Happens in Vegas Could Decide the ElectionFor millions of Americans, the housing crisis defines the U.S. economy. In the swing state of Nevada, it could soon define the election.Jennifer Medina, who covers politics at The Times, and Carlos Prieto and...
- 2024 / 10 / 20The Sunday Read: âAn Acerbic Young Writer Takes Aim at the Identity EraâThere was something distinctly unrelaxed about the way that Tony Tulathimutte, one of the more talented young writers at work in America today, announced the publication of âThe Feminist,â a new short story,...
- 2024 / 10 / 19'The Interview': Mia Khalifaâs Messy World of Money, Sex and ActivismFor the OnlyFans star and influencer, navigating the internet is a full-time job.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at...
- 2024 / 10 / 18Israel Kills The Leader of HamasYahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, played a central role in planning the deadly assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that set off the war in Gaza. His killing was a major win for Israel, and prompted calls from...
- 2024 / 10 / 1719 Days to Go: Early Voting, Dance Parties and Third PartiesThis week on the campaign trail, Donald Trump displayed bizarre town hall behavior, Kamala Harris pursued a strategy aimed at Black men, and the first wave of early voting offered a look at the energy of the...
- 2024 / 10 / 16The Race That Could Tip Control of the SenateYesterday, The Daily explained how control of the House has come down to a few contests in two blue states. Today, we look at the race for the Senate.Carl Hulse, The Timesâs chief Washington correspondent,...
- 2024 / 10 / 15Two Blue States That Will Determine Control of CongressThis yearâs presidential race looks certain to be won or lost in a handful of swing states where neither party has a clear advantage.But that is not the case for Congress.Nicholas Fandos, who covers politics...
- 2024 / 10 / 14Inside an Unprepared Secret ServiceAfter the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pa., Congress held hearings on the failures of the Secret Service, and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, stepped down.Weeks later,...
- 2024 / 10 / 12'The Interview': A Conversation With JD VanceThe Republican vice-presidential candidate rejects the idea that heâs changed, defends his rhetoric and still wonât say if Trump lost in 2020.Soon, youâll need a subscription to keep full access to this show,...
- 2024 / 10 / 11Trump 2.0: A Presidency Driven by RevengeIn a special series, âThe Dailyâ examines what a second Trump presidency would look like, and how it would challenge democratic norms.This episode focuses on former President Donald J. Trumpâs growing plans...
- 2024 / 10 / 1025 Days to GoIn the campaign for president, this was the week when back-to-back natural disasters became an inescapable part of the race, when Vice-President Kamala Harris chose to meet the press and when Donald J. Trump...
- 2024 / 10 / 9The Parents Arenât All RightFor years, research on hyper-attentive parenting has focused on all the ways that it can hurt children.Now, the U.S. government is reframing that conversation and asking if our new era of parenting is...
- 2024 / 10 / 8How NAFTA Broke American PoliticsOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are constantly talking about trade, tariffs and domestic manufacturing.In many ways, these talking points stem from a single trade deal that transformed...
- 2024 / 10 / 7The Year Since Oct. 7Warning: this episode contains descriptions of war and trauma.One year ago, Israel suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. The conflict that followed has become bigger and deadlier by the day,...
- 2024 / 10 / 6The Sunday Read: âThe Blind Sideâ Made Him Famous. But He Has a Different Story to Tell.It was an overcast Monday afternoon in late April, and Michael Oher, the former football player whose high school years were dramatized in the movie âThe Blind Side,â was driving Michael Sokolove on a tour...
- 2024 / 10 / 5'The Interview': Al Pacino Is Still Going BigA conversation with the legendary actor about, well, everything.Soon, youâll need a subscription to keep full access to this show, and to other New York Times podcasts, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....
- 2024 / 10 / 4Four Weeks to GoWith Election Day fast approaching, polls show the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump to be the closest in a generation.The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Shane...
- 2024 / 10 / 3Iran RetaliatesIsraelâs series of military successes against its longtime adversary Hezbollah had raised the question of whether the militant groupâs backer, Iran, would retaliate. On Tuesday, that question was answered,...
- 2024 / 10 / 2The Walz-Vance Debate: Civility and Then a ClashJust three weeks after Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump engaged in a fiery and often hostile presidential debate, their running mates, Tim Walz and JD Vance, met for their own face-off â and struck a very...
- 2024 / 10 / 1Hurricane Heleneâs 600 Miles of DestructionWarning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of death.Over the past few days, Hurricane Helene has left a trail of devastation, killing more than 100 people, driving thousands from their...
- 2024 / 9 / 30Alliance vs. Isolation: Harris and Trumpâs Competing Views on Foreign PolicyAs wars in Ukraine and the Middle East deepen, the U.S. presidential campaign is raising a crucial question: Whose idea of American foreign policy will the world get next?Peter Baker, the chief White House...
- 2024 / 9 / 29The Deserter: Parts 4 and 5In âThe Deserter,â Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18...
- 2024 / 9 / 29The Deserter: Parts 1-3In âThe Deserter,â Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18...
- 2024 / 9 / 28'The Interview': John Oliver Is Still Working Through the RageThe host of "Last Week Tonight" talks about what heâs learned in the ten years of making the show, why he doesn't consider himself a journalist and not giving in to nihilism.
- 2024 / 9 / 27The Criminal Indictment of New York Cityâs MayorFor the first time in New York history, federal prosecutors have indicted the cityâs sitting mayor, accusing him of accepting illegal campaign donations and luxury gifts in return for political favors.Emma...
- 2024 / 9 / 26The Profitable Business of Holding Patients Against Their WillWarning: This episode contains descriptions of captivity, mental-health trauma and suicidal thoughts.A Times investigation into a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals in the United States reveals a world...
- 2024 / 9 / 26How One Hospital Chain Traps Patients for ProfitWarning: This episode contains descriptions of captivity, mental-health trauma and suicidal thoughts.A Times investigation into a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals in the United States reveals a world...
- 2024 / 9 / 25The Slide Toward War in LebanonIn the past few days, Israel has waged intense air raids in Lebanon, killing more than 600 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The Times, explains the...
- 2024 / 9 / 24How the Cost of Housing Became So CrushingOver the past year, frustration over the cost of housing in the United States has become a centerpiece of the presidential race, a focus of government policy and an agonizing nationwide problem.Conor...
- 2024 / 9 / 23How Telegram Became the Underworldâs Favorite AppA Times investigation has found that Telegram, one of the worldâs biggest messaging apps, with nearly a billion users, is also a giant black market and gathering place for the likes of terrorists and white...
- 2024 / 9 / 22'Book Review': Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker'Robert Caroâs 1974 biography âThe Power Brokerâ is a book befitting its subject, Robert Moses â the unelected parochial technocrat who used a series of appointed positions to entirely reshape New York City...
- 2024 / 9 / 21'The Interview': Sally Rooney Thinks Career Growth Is OverratedThe star novelist discusses her public persona, the discourse around her work and why reinvention isnât her goal.
- 2024 / 9 / 20Six Weeks to GoAs the presidential race enters its final 45 days, we assemble a campaign round table with our colleagues from the politics desk.Maggie Haberman, Shane Goldmacher and Nate Cohn interpret this weekâs biggest...
- 2024 / 9 / 19The Day Thousands of Pagers Exploded in LebanonHundreds of electronic devices carried by Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday in an audacious plot by Israel.Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The...
- 2024 / 9 / 18Israel's Existential Threat From WithinWarning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.In the last year, the worldâs eyes have been on the war in Gaza, which still has no end in sight. But there is a conflict in another Palestinian...
- 2024 / 9 / 17A Second Assassination Plot and the New Era of Political ViolenceA suspect was charged on Monday in connection with what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump.Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Glenn Thrush, who have been covering the case, and Peter Baker,...
- 2024 / 9 / 16Three Undecided Voters, Two Swing States, One Big DecisionFrom the moment Donald Trump and Kamala Harris walked off the debate stage, both their campaigns have argued about who won the showdown.But the real question is what the debate meant to a small sliver of...