A Movement to Fight Misinformation... With Misinformation
Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years.But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim was to poke fu...
9 Feb 202228min
Is Russia Bluffing?
If Russia invades Ukraine, it would be the largest and potentially deadliest military action in Europe since World War II.So why is there so much division between the U.S. and its European allies over...
8 Feb 202226min
Who Else Is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death?
This episode contains depictions of violenceAlmost two years ago, a shocking nine-minute video was released showing a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, fatally kneeling on the neck of George ...
7 Feb 202236min
The Sunday Read: ‘How A.I. Conquered Poker’
If you didn’t think poker and artificial intelligence could be bedfellows, think again. Keith Romer delves into the history of man’s pursuit of the perfect game of poker, and explains how the use of A...
6 Feb 202230min
A ‘Zero Covid’ Olympics
Reporters from The Times are joining athletes from around the world as they descend on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, where they are encountering the strictest and most wide-ranging health requ...
4 Feb 202226min
Is ISIS Back on the Rise?
A recent ISIS attack on a prison in northeastern Syria became the biggest confrontation between the terrorist group and the United States and its allied forces since 2019. The attack raises a question...
3 Feb 202224min
The Trump Plan to Seize Voting Machines
Since the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a clearer picture has emerged of the steps that President Donald J. Trump and his allies took to try to keep him in power and overturn the 2020 elect...
2 Feb 202224min
Did Democrats Make Inflation Worse?
Inflation in the United States has been getting worse. In December, prices were up 7 percent from the previous year — the fastest rise in 40 years. Americans feel terrible about the economy, imperilin...
1 Feb 202226min
