Water levels in aquifers are falling nationwide. Could taking salt out of ocean water be the answer?
By Sabrina Tavernise, Michael Simon Johnson, Will Reid, Alex Stern, Rikki Novetsky, Carlos Prieto, Paige Cowett, Devon Taylor, Chelsea Daniel, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Diane Wong and
Millions of voters are dissatisfied with the prospect of another Trump-Biden matchup. Could there be an alternative?
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Judith Shulevitz shares the wisdom of the Sabbath and its offering to a modern world that struggles to unplug.
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A Major Overhaul of Prescription Drug Prices
A negotiation program is projected to save the government tens of billions of dollars in the coming years.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Rob Szypko, Mooj Zadie, Shannon Lin, Rikki Novetsky, Lisa Chow, John Ketchum, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong and
A Breakout Moment for Vivek Ramaswamy
The message and strategy of the republican newcomer.
By Michael Barbaro, Mary Wilson, Diana Nguyen, Summer Thomad, Rachel Quester, Paige Cowett, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and
A Marriage, a Secret and a Crackdown in China
The story of a couple torn apart under China’s increasing restrictions.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Stella Tan, Shannon Lin, M.J. Davis Lin, Michael Benoist, Elisheba Ittoop, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and
What India’s success in landing a robotic craft at the moon’s south pole means for international competition in space.
By Michael Barbaro, Clare Toeniskoetter, Sydney Harper, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rob Szypko, Michael Benoist, Patricia Willens, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and
The Sunday Read: ‘The Fight for the Right to Trespass’
A group of English activists want to legally enshrine the “right to roam” — and spread the idea that nature is a common good.
By Brooke Jarvis, Jack D’Isidoro, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Sophia Lanman and
In our final episode of the season, we travel to the state that could scramble both parties’ assumption that Donald Trump is the inevitable nominee — and talk to the voters most likely to turn on him.
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The Democrat Saying What Others Won’t
We speak to Julian Castro, a former challenger and early skeptic of Joe Biden, about the concerns that so many voters have. But, the Democratic Party is unwilling to engage.
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The Case for Democrats to Stop Playing Defense
Two Democratic lawmakers share their different visions of resistance to today’s Republican Party: tactical planning vs. all-out resistance.
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The New Terms of Abortion Politics
A 15-week federal minimum. Court reform. Abortion activists on both sides are already preparing their 2024 playbooks in an uncertain post-Dobbs landscape.
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Conversations with two lawmakers reveal how the parties regard, and exploit, the other side when it comes to questions of extremism.
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The Secretive Billionaires Building a Tech Utopia + Casey’s External Brain + HatGPT
From building productivity apps to building new cities — tech tries to reinvent the world, again.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and
N.Y.C. Says Airbn-bye + How Far Would You Go for a GPU? + The A.I. Songs of the Summer
You gotta give it to the A.I. — some of these really are bangers.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes to Jail, Back to School With A.I. and A Self-Driving Car Update
Sam Bankman-Fried lands himself back in jail.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and
Don’t Scrape Me, Bro, the Activists Sabotaging Self-Driving Cars and How Reddit Beat a Rebellion
Backlash to technology online and on the streets.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and
Superconductor Superconfusion, KOSA’s Hidden Costs and HatGPT
The only thing harder than making a room temperature superconductor may be passing internet regulation.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and
Millions of People Watched Her Grow Up Online. What Did It Cost Her?
Whitney Bjerken has been a YouTuber for as long as she can remember. At 18, she’s taking stock of her viral childhood.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Olivia Natt, Jillian Weinberger, Anabel Bacon, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Efim Shapiro, Isaac Jones, Pat McCusker and
Why Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Aristotle
The 2,500-year-old roots of Ron DeSantis’s education plan.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and
They’re Severely Mentally Ill. Is It Ethical to Help Them Die?
A psychiatrist’s dilemma when the most extreme option is legal.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Rhiannon Corby, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones and
Nuclear Secrets, a Compost Heap and the Lost Documents Daniel Ellsberg Never Leaked
At the end of his life, the man behind the Pentagon Papers has a warning for us all.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Wyatt Orme, Kaari Pitkin, Stephanie Joyce, Anabel Bacon, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and
He Started the First Police Academy at an H.B.C.U. It Was Complicated.
Chief Gary Hill on how to get more Black officers on the force — and transform cop culture through training.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Derek Arthur, Olivia Natt, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and
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It’s Time to Talk About ‘Pandemic Revisionism’
The epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina takes stock of school closures, mask mandates and the pandemic response.
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What Happens When Great Power Conflict and Climate Action Collide?
Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan map out how decarbonization will transform the world economy and geopolitics.
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This Conservative Thinks America’s Institutions ‘Earned’ the G.O.P.’s Distrust
Mary Katharine Ham makes a case for why American institutions have breached public trust.
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A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since 2016
Ben Domenech tours the various factions of the Republican Party.
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How Martin Wolf Understands This Global Economic Moment
The economic journalist on the “shifts,” “shocks” and “fragilities” shaping this global economic moment.
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Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design
The stakes are high for Bethesda’s newest role-playing game. Microsoft needs an Xbox hit, and players are hungry for an expansive and satisfying space adventure.
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After Fox News, Geraldo Rivera Boats Into the Sunset (via Cleveland)
At 80 years old, the longtime television personality found himself unexpectedly unemployed after more than half a century. So he steered his boat toward the Erie Canal, seeking one last adventure.
By Katherine Rosman and
Voice Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Balance
Artificial intelligence tools have given scammers a potent weapon for trying to trick people into sending them money.
By Emily Flitter and
How Trump’s Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered
Infighting between Trump acolytes and traditionalists has driven away donors and voters. Can the Michigan Republican Party rebuild in time for the presidential election?
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In a Decaying Queens Fortress, It’s One Man Versus 47 Kinds of Mosquito
Dr. Waheed Bajwa and the Health Department’s Office of Vector Surveillance and Control work all year to protect New York City from a summertime West Nile virus outbreak.
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I Needed David Schwimmer’s Help
When her aunt died by suicide, Samantha Joseph went on a yearslong quest to understand why it happened. That search eventually led her to a moving conversation with the “Friends” actor.
By Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Sara Sarasohn, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and
How I Lost the Fiancé but Won the Honeymoon
Alone on a honeymoon trip intended for her and her ex, Nell Stephens learns to leave behind the rules others set for her.
By Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Sara Sarasohn, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell and
David Khalaf’s family hid his husband Constantino from his 96-year-old grandmother for years.
By Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Sara Sarasohn, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and
The Day My Family Changed Forever
The youngest Modern Love essayist shares a story of divorce from the child’s perspective. And then we hear from listeners about the moment their parents’ divorce became real for them.
By Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Sara Sarasohn, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sonia Herrero, Pat McCusker and
The hole left by generations of absentee fathers is filled by a powerful matriarchy.
By Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Sara Sarasohn, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell and
Popcast (Deluxe) Mailbag: Selena Gomez, BTS and Doja Cat!
Listener and viewer questions on some recent releases, also including Renee Rapp, Earl Sweatshirt and Zach Bryan.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Speed Round, Part 1
A conversation about how the concert relates to Beyoncé’s stadium show, the role of dance in Swift’s spectacular and more.
Popcast (Deluxe): A Shocking No. 1 Hit and Addison Rae’s New EP
The rapid rise of Oliver Anthony Music’s “Rich Men North of Richmond,” plus: the playful pop of the TikTok star Rae.
Dead & Company Said Farewell, but the Scene Is Very Alive
One of jam’s most definitive bands is still attracting new recruits, and younger generations are finding comfort in its community.
Popcast (Deluxe): Is There Such a Thing as the Song of the Summer?
Tracks by Morgan Wallen, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and more have dominated this summer — or at least attempted to.
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The novelist discusses his career and his recent essay about cadavers in crime fiction, and the actor Richard E. Grant talks about his memoir and his love of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
Swallowed by a Whale, and Other August Books
Sarah Lyall discusses the thriller “Whalefall,” by Daniel Kraus, and Joumana Khatib rounds up the month’s other big books.
Ann Patchett on Summer Love and Her New Novel
The author discusses “Tom Lake,” bookstore secrets and the play “Our Town.”
Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”
Colson Whitehead on ‘Crook Manifesto’ and Harlem in the ’70s
The Pulitzer-winning novelist discusses the sequel to his 2021 crime story “Harlem Shuffle.”
The hosts of “Still Processing” on the undoing of Kanye West.
By Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa, Sasha Weiss and
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” doesn’t shy away from big subjects like grief and colonization. The hosts of “Still Processing” are ready for it.
By Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa, Sasha Weiss and
Beyoncé’s latest album, “Renaissance,” showcases a pop star letting go of all expectations.
By Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa, Sasha Weiss and
Being back in the workplace only really matters “if the amount of care and caring that became the No. 1 conversation in March of 2020 carries through,” J Wortham, a co-host of “Still Processing,” says.
By Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa, Sasha Weiss and
Disco is back. And so is Donna Summer. But the singer’s transcendence doesn’t stop at disco.
By Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa, Sasha Weiss and
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The Fight for the Right to Trespass
A group of English activists want to legally enshrine the “right to roam” — and spread the idea that nature is a common good.
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The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin
We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know — and why it matters.
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‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China
The Biden administration thinks it can preserve America’s technological primacy by cutting China off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?
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They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age. This is the story of what it’s like to live with those odds.
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Nine reporters. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway.
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The Aug. 29, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
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Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make tennis cool.
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The mysterious hold supers have on their buildings, or that their buildings have on them.
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