A Reckoning Over Joe Biden’s Health
20 May - 36 minsOver the past few days, the health of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called into focus with the disclosure that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
At the same time, Democrats are undertaking a painful re-examination of what went wrong with Joe Biden’s campaign for re-election, and the Trump White House has released embarrassing audio of Biden being interviewed.
The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Reid J. Epstein, Lisa Lerer and Tyler Pager sit down to make sense of it all.
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Series Episodes
No More Refugees, Trump Said. Except White South Africans.
For decades, white South Africans ruled with an iron fist, overseeing the country’s apartheid system of racial oppression. Why is President Trump now welcoming them to the United States as victims? John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how the MAGA movement became obsessed with Afrikaners.
30 mins
19 May Finished
‘Modern Love’: How to Fall (and Stay) in Love
When did you realize you were falling in love? The Modern Love podcast asked listeners this question, and the voice messages came pouring in. Listeners sent in stories that happened over dinner dates, on subway rides, while watching sunsets or at concerts. They described love at first sight, love built over time and much more. Today, we hear some of the most moving and surprising listener messages. Then, the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones discusses how we fall in love, and what the famous “36 Questions That Lead to Love” reveal about that process. And finally, Mandy Len Catron, the writer who popularized the 36 questions in her Modern Love essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," tells us whether she’s still in love with the same man 10 years later. For more Modern Love, search for the show wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday.
51 mins
18 May Finished
'The Interview': Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
The historian and writer is on a mission to get the best and brightest out of their lucrative jobs and into morally ambitious work.
42 mins
17 May Finished
Birthright Citizenship Reaches The Supreme Court
On Thursday, the Trump administration’s effort to limit birthright citizenship ended up in front of the Supreme Court. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, discusses the White House’s unusual legal strategy for defending its plan, and what it might mean for the future of presidential power.
30 mins
16 May Finished
The End of Fast Fashion?
For years, American consumers have been able to spend next to nothing on the latest fashion trends, thanks in large part to Chinese clothing companies like Shein and Temu. These businesses have long used a loophole to send millions of packages a day into the U.S. from China tax-free. Now, President Trump is closing that loophole, even as he de-escalates his larger trade war with China, and prices are going up. Meaghan Tobin, who covers business and technology in Asia, discusses whether this might be the end for fast fashion.
24 mins
15 May Finished
