Podcast Episodes

New Immunity for President Trump, and an Audacious Plan for Regime Change in Iran

Plus, Tesla’s big bet on big rigs. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

I.R.S. to Drop Audits of Trump and Family, by Alan Feuer, Andrew Duehren and Glenn Th…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s New $1.8 Billion Pot of Money, and a Deadly Mosque Attack in California

Plus, a North Korean soccer team hits the road. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Justice Dept. Sets Up $1.8 Billion Fund That Could Funnel Money to Trump…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s Approval Rating Hits New Low, and Ebola Outbreak Declared a Global Health Emergency

Plus, inside the closed-door talks over Greenland. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

A Surge of U.S. Spy Planes Over Cuba, and Retailers’ $20 Billion Bet on Physical Stores

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil, by Frances Robles

More U.S. Spy Planes and Drones Are Surve…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

China’s Growing Leverage Over the U.S., and How Oil Companies Hit the Jackpot

Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

For Trump, the Iran War Looms Over China Summit, by Anton Troiano…

3 weeks ago

U.S. Intelligence Undercuts Trump’s War Claims, and the Cost of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Plus, the controversy engulfing Eurovision. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities, by Ad…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

How Iran’s Internet Blackout Is Crippling Its Economy, and the Fight Over Fruit-Flavored Vapes

Plus, how everything became a subscription. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures, by Leily …

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump Rejects Iran’s Offer, and 17 Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus Return to U.S.

Plus, how pharma swag became “one of the white whales of thrifting.” 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Trump Rejects Latest Iran Offer for Talks, Extendin…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump Calls Iran Strikes a ‘Trifle,’ and the Latest on the Hantavirus Outbreak

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

The Latest on the War in Iran, by The New York Times

House Republican Proposes Bill to Wind …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Surging Gas Prices Shake Americans, and How Ted Turner Unleashed 24-Hour News

Plus, the conflicting messages on the state of the war. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Higher Gas Prices Are Hitting Lower-Income Americans the Hardest…

4 weeks ago