One Million
This episode contains strong language. Hilma Wolitzer lost her husband, Morty Wolitzer, a psychologist who loved cooking and jazz, on April 11, 2020. They had been together for 68 years.Mary-Margaret ...
13 Touko 202228min
Why Inflation Doesn’t Affect Us All the Same
Fresh data from the U.S. government on Wednesday showed that inflation was still climbing at a rapid pace, prompting President Biden to say that controlling the rising prices was his “top domestic pri...
12 Touko 202227min
A Post-Roe America, Part 2: The Abortion Providers
This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence. In Part 1 of our two-part series, we spoke to anti-abortion activists about their preparations for a future without Roe v. Wade.Today, we talk t...
11 Touko 202241min
How Putin Co-opted Russia’s Biggest Holiday
For years, President Vladimir V. Putin has taken advantage of Victory Day — when Russians commemorate the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — to champion his country’s military might and project himsel...
10 Touko 202227min
The Unseen Trauma of America’s Drone Pilots
This episode contains descriptions of suicide. Over the past five years, a series of investigations by The Times has revealed the terror and tragedy that America’s air wars, despite being promoted as ...
9 Touko 202233min
The Sunday Read: ‘It Was Just a Kayaking Trip. Until It Upended Our Lives.’
It was meant to mark the start of their lives out of college, but the adventure quickly turned into a nightmare. Beginning with what seemed to be a lucky whale sighting, three friends set out on a sea...
8 Touko 20221h
The Story of Roe v. Wade, Part 2: The Culture Wars (From the Archive)
Today, we revisit a two-part series that first ran in 2018 about the history of Roe v. Wade and the woman behind it.Almost 50 years ago, when the Supreme Court first ruled that women had the constitut...
7 Touko 202230min
The Story of Roe v. Wade, Part 1: Who Was Jane Roe? (From the Archive)
This week, the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on the 50-year-old case that redefined abortion in America.Today, we revisit a two-part series tha...
7 Touko 202223min
