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- 2025 / 5 / 9An American PopeThe worldâs 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, and for the first time, he is from America.Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief of The New York Times, introduces us to Pope Leo XIV.Guest: Jason Horowitz,...
- 2025 / 5 / 8A Frightening Moment to FlyA 90-second failure of Newark Airportâs air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel.Kate Kelly, an...
- 2025 / 5 / 7What Warren Buffett Understood About CapitalismA few days ago, Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in history, said he would retire as C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate that he built into a trillion-dollar colossus.Andrew Ross...
- 2025 / 5 / 6A Climate Warning From the Fertile CrescentAs the Middle East braces for another year of extreme heat, climate change is turning the soil to dust in the landscape that has long been known as the fertile crescent â and water has become a new source of...
- 2025 / 5 / 5You Have Questions About the Economy. We Have Answers.At a time of enormous economic upheaval and uncertainty prompted by President Trumpâs trade war, we asked our listeners what they wanted to understand about this financial moment.Ben Casselman, the chief...
- 2025 / 5 / 4The Sunday Read: âThis Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldnât WriteâWhen Taffy Brodesser-Akner became a writer, Mr. Lindenblatt, the father of one of her oldest friends, began asking to tell his story of survival during the Holocaust in one of the magazines or newspapers she...
- 2025 / 5 / 3'The Interview': Ocean Vuong Was Ready to Kill. Then a Moment of Grace Changed His Life.The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on...
- 2025 / 5 / 2Family Separation 2.0In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has struggled to fulfill his promise to carry out mass deportations, a reality that has prompted his administration to change its strategy.Rather than putting...
- 2025 / 5 / 1The Crypto PresidentPresident Trump was once a loud skeptic of cryptocurrency â one who called it a haven for drug dealers and scammers. But over the past few months, heâs emerged as the industryâs biggest cheerleader.A New York...
- 2025 / 4 / 30100 DaysOn Tuesday, the second Trump presidency officially reached the 100-day mark.Itâs been a hundred days of transformation, tariffs, retribution, firings and deportation the likes of which America has never seen...
- 2025 / 4 / 29The Housing Market Has New Rules. Realtors Are Evading Them.Last year, a historic legal settlement resulted in sweeping rule changes that were supposed to lower the price of buying and selling a home across the country.But those changes would cost real-estate agents...
- 2025 / 4 / 28Americans to Trump: Youâve Gone Too FarWarning: This episode contains strong language.One question that has hung over the first 100 days of President Trumpâs second term: Is his aggressive approach to everything from deportations to tariffs what...
- 2025 / 4 / 27The Sunday Read: âThe Strange, Post-Partisan Popularity of the UnabomberâOnline, there is a name for the experience of finding sympathy with Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber: Tedpilling. To be Tedpilled means to read Paragraph 1 of Kaczynskiâs manifesto, its assertion that the mad...
- 2025 / 4 / 26'The Interview': Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a SocietyThe beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop...
- 2025 / 4 / 25Childrenâs Books Go Before the Supreme CourtOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that could hand parents with religious objections a lot more control over what their kids learn in the classroom.Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court, explains...
- 2025 / 4 / 24What an Iowa Farmer Fears About the Trade WarIn the increasingly bitter trade war between the United States and China, perhaps nobody has more at stake than Americaâs soybean farmers, whose crop has become the countryâs single biggest export to...
- 2025 / 4 / 23Trump Says Theyâre Foreign Gang Members. Are They?In recent weeks, the Trump administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants by quickly labeling them as gang members and foreign enemies, and boarding them on planes to El Salvador. Itâs...
- 2025 / 4 / 22How Pope Francis Changed the Catholic ChurchChurch bells rang out across the world on Monday to mark the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88.Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief at The New York Times, discusses the popeâs push to change the church,...
- 2025 / 4 / 21Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over?Across the country, millions of Americans with unpaid student loans are discovering that years of patience and forgiveness from the U.S. government have officially come to an end.Stacy Cowley, a business...
- 2025 / 4 / 21The Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Is Officially OverAcross the country, millions of Americans with unpaid student loans are discovering that years of patience and forgiveness from the U.S. government have officially come to an end.Stacy Cowley, a business...
- 2025 / 4 / 20The Sunday Read: âHow Analytics Marginalized Baseballâs Superstar PitchersâOne day at Wrigley Field in Chicago last May, Paul Skenes was pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, carving out a small piece of baseball history in his second big-league game. He struck out the first seven...
- 2025 / 4 / 19'The Interview': Nate Bargatze Doesnât Mind if You Think Heâs an IdiotThe self-deprecating stand-up comic discusses having a magician for a father, the challenge of mainstream comedy and his aspirations to build the next Disneyland. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts...
- 2025 / 4 / 18Do Trump Voters Like His Tariffs? We Went to Michigan to Find Out.President Trumpâs tariffs have terrified stock markets, business owners and anyone with a 401(k). Does that mean that his approach to trade is becoming a major political liability?Astead W. Herndon, a...
- 2025 / 4 / 17The Trial Mark Zuckerberg Couldnât PreventTestimonies began this week in one of the most aggressive cases the government has ever brought against a big tech company. Over the next eight weeks, the Federal Trade Commission will argue that Meta, the...
- 2025 / 4 / 16Trump Trashed the Iran Nuclear Deal. Will His Be Any Better?For years, President Trump has mocked the Obama administration for the nuclear agreement that it reached with Iran â a plan he disliked so much that he revoked it.Now, as he embarks on talks with Iran to...
- 2025 / 4 / 15Trapped Abroad: The Man at the Center of a Constitutional StandoffWhen President Trump met with El Salvadorâs president, Nayib Bukele, at the White House, the fate of one man was hanging in the balance.Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court, discusses the Maryland man...
- 2025 / 4 / 14Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs.When President Trump raised tariffs against China to an astonishing 145 percent last week, he radically changed the cost of doing business for thousands of American companies.Michael Barbaro speaks to Beth...
- 2025 / 4 / 13The Sunday Read: âUnburying the Remains of the Third ReichâWhen Daniel and Victoria Van Beuningen first toured their future home, a quiet villa in the Polish city of Wroclaw, it had been abandoned for years, its windows sealed up with bricks. But something about its...
- 2025 / 4 / 12'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be âEmotionally CorrectâThe creator and comedian discusses his penchant for self-reflection, how politics fits into his work and why heâs not interested in representing anyone but himself.Unlock full access to New York Times...
- 2025 / 4 / 11The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. CollegesOver the past five years, the activist Christopher Rufo has spearheaded the conservative critique of and assault on critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, organizing effective...
- 2025 / 4 / 10A U-Turn on TariffsAfter promising that tariffs against dozens of countries were here to stay, no matter how much they hurt businesses or the stock market, President Trump has abruptly reversed course.But thereâs an exception:...
- 2025 / 4 / 9The University President Willing to Fight TrumpOver the past few weeks, some of the most prestigious universities in the country have faced a threat to their very existence.President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to...
- 2025 / 4 / 8How Trump Wiped Out $10 Trillion in Wealth in 3 DaysOn Monday, global stocks whipsawed over President Trumpâs tariffs, a bear market briefly became official in the United States and tit-for-tat retaliation with China intensified.As trillions of dollars in...
- 2025 / 4 / 7âI Felt Ashamed.â Why One Lawyer Resigned When His Firm Caved to TrumpOver the past few weeks, President Trump has used executive orders to wage war on law firms, specifically targeting those whose lawyers have investigated or sued him, or represented his enemies in...
- 2025 / 4 / 6The Sunday Read: âWhat Happened to Val Kilmer?ââThe force of his will is the thing I remember about him,â says Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who wrote a profile of Val Kilmer for The New York Times Magazine in May 2020. âHe was sure he was going to come back to...
- 2025 / 4 / 5'The Interview': Bill Murray Says He's Not the Man He Used to BeThe actor talks about his new film âThe Friend,â his jerky past and what he doesnât get about himself. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture....
- 2025 / 4 / 4Fear and Fury: The Fallout From Trumpâs TariffsThe reverberations from President Trumpâs new global tariffs have rocked financial markets and world capitals. American stocks have plunged, and foreign leaders have issued forceful condemnations.The Times...
- 2025 / 4 / 3The Trump Tariffs Poised to Remake Global TradeIn a history-making day of tariffs, President Trump imposed charges of at least 10 percent on nearly all of Americaâs trading partners.Ana Swanson, who covers trade for The Times, discusses who will be...
- 2025 / 4 / 2Shen Yun: The Dark Side of a Dance TroupeA few days ago, one of the most ubiquitous live shows in the country, Shen Yun, began its latest run at Lincoln Center, drawing thousands of people to a performance that is colorful, acrobatic and â according...
- 2025 / 4 / 1Is Elon Musk Buying Todayâs Election in Wisconsin?On paper, the election in Wisconsin on Tuesday is about who should control the stateâs highest court. In reality, it has become a referendum on Elon Musk, his agenda in Washington and his willingness to flood...
- 2025 / 3 / 31ICE on CampusImmigration arrests are taking place at universities across the country. The story of three Columbia students helps explain whatâs happening, and why.Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy, lays out...
- 2025 / 3 / 30The Sunday Read: âWhy Airline Pilots Feel Pushed to Hide Their Mental IllnessâTroy Merritt, a pilot for a major U.S. airline, returned from his 30th birthday trip in Croatia in October 2022 â sailing on a catamaran, eating great food, socializing with friends â and cried. This wasnât...
- 2025 / 3 / 29'The Interview': Megyn Kelly Is Embracing Her Bias and Rejecting the 'Old Rules'The former Fox News and current YouTube host on her professional evolution, conservative media and why she endorsed Trump.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to...
- 2025 / 3 / 28Trump 2.0: Group Chats and a New SpatWhat does the continuing fallout from the Signal text security breach tell us about President Trumpâs cabinetâs approach to blame and accountability?The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Eric Schmitt, Julian...
- 2025 / 3 / 27J.F.K., the C.I.A. and the Original âDeep StateâFor the past three decades, the U.S. government has released documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy with an overriding goal of dispelling conspiracy theories.Julian E. Barnes, who covers...
- 2025 / 3 / 26The Editor Who Was Accidentally Texted War PlansThis week, top Trump officials inadvertently shared secret U.S. military plans with a prominent journalist after mistakenly adding him to a group chat.The journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, who is editor in chief...
- 2025 / 3 / 25Nixon Dreamed of Breaking the Media. Trump Is Doing It.As President Trump set out to systematically eliminate or intimidate those who stood in his way â inspectors general, judges, law firms â the news media loomed as one of his most stubborn obstacles. Or so it...
- 2025 / 3 / 24Trumpâs Escalating War With Higher EducationIn recent weeks, the Trump administration has put the American university system on notice.It has pressed for changes, opened investigations â and in some cases withheld critical funds.Alan Blinder, who...
- 2025 / 3 / 23The Sunday Read: âWhat I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk HeroâSometime in the 1850s or â60s, at a terrible moment in U.S. history, a strange man seemed to sprout, out of nowhere, into the rocky landscape between New York City and Hartford, Conn. The word âstrangeâ...
- 2025 / 3 / 22'The Interview': Dr. Lindsay Gibson on What We Owe Our 'Emotionally Immature' ParentsThe clinical psychologist explains the foundations of egocentric parental behavior, the impact it has on their children and the freedom of saying âno.âUnlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore...