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87 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, six days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.

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Presidential Abuse of Executive PowerIRS Audit and Tax Policy ManipulationJanuary 6th Capitol Riot CompensationJustice Department Independence and Conflicts of InterestTaxpayer-Funded Political CompensationExecutive Branch Oversight and Congressional AuthorityGovernment Settlement Fund MechanismsPolitical Weaponization and RetributionFederal Law Enforcement PoliticizationJudgment Fund Misuse

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May 20, 2026

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Revenge Plan

Presidential Abuse of Executive PowerIRS Audit and Tax Policy ManipulationJanuary 6th Capitol Riot Compensation
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May 21, 2026

Why the U.S. Just Indicted Cuba’s Former President

U.S.-Cuba Relations and Diplomatic PressureCriminal Indictment of Raul Castro1996 Brothers to the Rescue Incident
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May 14, 2026

A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Succession and Institutional IndependenceJerome Powell's Decision to Remain on Fed Board of GovernorsKevin Warsh's Ideological Critique of Powell's Interventionist Fed
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May 18, 2026

The Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

OpenAI Corporate Structure and GovernanceNonprofit to For-Profit Conversion in TechAI Safety and Existential Risk Concerns
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May 15, 2026

Lessons From the Hantavirus Outbreak

Hantavirus transmission and epidemiologyAndes virus outbreak on cruise shipsCDC response delays and institutional capacity
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May 16, 2026

Graham Platner’s Plan to Dethrone Susan Collins — and the Democratic Establishment

Anti-establishment Democratic primary challengesGrassroots organizing vs. establishment political infrastructureDemocratic Party theory of power and governance strategy
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May 17, 2026

Can We Reverse Aging?

Cellular Rejuvenation TechnologyYamanaka Factors and Gene TherapyLongevity Science Research
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May 6, 2026

Your Kids Asked the Artemis Astronauts Questions. They Answered.

Artemis II Moon MissionAstronaut Training and SelectionSpace Exploration ROI and Public Funding
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Apr 29, 2026

Why Even Some Democrats Hate California’s Billionaire Tax Proposal

California Billionaire Wealth Tax ProposalAsset-Based Taxation vs. Income TaxationWealth Tax Constitutional Concerns
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Apr 28, 2026

Assassination Attempt Suspect Charged

Presidential Security and Assassination AttemptsWhite House Correspondents' Dinner Security ProtocolsPolitical Violence and Threat Assessment
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Apr 27, 2026

Who’s Really Running Iran?

Iran's Revolutionary Guards power consolidationSupreme Leader succession and power dynamicsU.S.-Iran peace negotiations and ceasefire terms
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Apr 23, 2026

Ticketmaster’s Big Loss in Court

Live Nation-Ticketmaster Monopoly VerdictAntitrust Enforcement in Live EntertainmentVenue Control and Coercive Ticketing Practices
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Apr 22, 2026

Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.

FBI Leadership and Organizational ChangePolitical Pressure on Federal Law EnforcementConstitutional Rights and First Amendment Violations
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Oct 24, 2021

The Sunday Read: ‘Who Is the Bad Art Friend?’

Copyright Infringement in Fiction WritingArtistic Ethics and Attribution StandardsOrgan Donation Narratives and Public Sharing
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May 8, 2022

The Sunday Read: ‘It Was Just a Kayaking Trip. Until It Upended Our Lives.’

Wilderness Safety and Risk ManagementKayaking Expeditions in Remote AlaskaCoast Guard Search and Rescue Operations
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Jan 7, 2024

The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’

Cold case investigation and reopeningHigh-altitude mountaineering safety and ethicsForensic pathology and cause of death determination
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Mar 14, 2024

It Sucks to Be 33

Millennial Generation Demographics and Economic ImpactHousing Affordability and First-Time Homebuyer DelaysStudent Debt and Higher Education Economics
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Apr 8, 2024

The Eclipse Chaser

Total Solar Eclipse PhenomenaEclipse Chasing and TourismSolar Corona Observation
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Mar 23, 2025

The Sunday Read: ‘What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero’

19th-century American folk heroes and legendsVagrancy and anti-tramp legislation in post-Civil War AmericaWalking as meditation and mental health practice
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May 4, 2025

The Sunday Read: ‘This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write’

Holocaust survivor testimonies and oral history preservationIntergenerational trauma and inherited memory in Jewish familiesThird-generation Holocaust descendants' identity and cultural responsibility
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