A Week of Scandal, Reckoning and Resignations in Congress
Warning: This episode discusses suicide. This week, Congress was on the cusp of doing something that has never happened in U.S. history: forcibly removing four House members. Two of those members resi...
17 Apr 26min
Trump vs. the Pope
This week, an unusual disagreement broke out between the president of the United States and Pope Leo XIV. The New York Times Rome bureau chief, Motoko Rich, explains why President Trump cares so much ...
16 Apr 34min
Trump’s Risky Strategy to Blockade Iran’s Blockade
Over a month into a war with Iran that has no clear end, President Trump has enforced a blockade, which went into effect on Monday at the Strait of Hormuz. The New York Times reporters David E. Sanger...
15 Apr 27min
The Workers Letting A.I. Do Their Jobs
Since the release of generative A.I., questions have been raised about how it would change our lives and jobs. Now, many software developers who were early adopters of the technology have outsourced s...
14 Apr 36min
Why U.S.-Iran Negotiations Failed
After negotiations over the weekend between the United States and Iran ended without a breakthrough, the temporary cease-fire appears to be increasingly precarious. The New York Times journalists Rone...
13 Apr 31min
One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychedelic Trip
The first time Robert Draper heard about the psychedelic drug ibogaine, it was from an unlikely source: the retired U.S. senator Kyrsten Sinema. As a political reporter for The New York Times, Draper ...
12 Apr 41min
'The Interview': Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much
The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For transcripts and more, vi...
11 Apr 1h 3min
The Miracle Unfolding in Mississippi Schools
Mississippi has seen a stunning turnaround in national test scores in the past decade, even as they have fallen almost everywhere else. Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter, explains what the state ca...
10 Apr 31min
