Podcast Episodes

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

Plus, inside the closed-door talks over Greenland. 

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

3 months, 1 week ago

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

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

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

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

3 months, 1 week 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. 

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

3 months, 1 week ago

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

Plus, the controversy engulfing Eurovision. 

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

3 months, 1 week ago

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

Plus, how everything became a subscription. 

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

3 months, 2 weeks 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.” 

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Trump Rejects Latest Iran Offer for Talks, Extendin…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

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

House Republican Proposes Bill to Wind …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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

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

3 months, 2 weeks ago

President Trump’s Sudden U-Turn, and a $1 Billion Ballroom Proposal

Plus, a visit to the “Gates to Hell.” 

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The latest on the war in Iran, by The New York Times

Vance Campaigns in Iowa as G.…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ships Under Fire in Strait of Hormuz, and Kennedy’s Pushback on Antidepressants

Plus, the gowns — and the backlash — at the Met Gala. 

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Shipping Firms Left Guessing by Confusion in Strait of Hormuz, by …

3 months, 3 weeks ago