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2042 episodes transcribedOn Tuesday, lawyers for the prosecution and the defense delivered their final arguments to the jury in the criminal case of The People of the State of...
The discovery that an upside-down American flag — a symbol adopted by the campaign to overturn the 2020 election result — had flown at the home of Jus...
Netflix won the streaming battle, but the war for your attention isn’t over.
Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher the lyrics.But sperm whales don’t produce the eer...
This week, Karim Khan, the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, requested arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanya...
The Biden administration is trying to crack down on sneaky fees charged by hotels, rental cars, internet providers and more.Jim Tankersley, a White Ho...
This month, customers of FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, which collapsed in 2022 — were told that they would get their money back,...
The first generation to be fully reliant on 401(k) plans is now starting to retire. As that happens, it is becoming clear just how broken the system...
Have you heard the song “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes”?Probably not. On Spotify, “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes” has not yet accumulated enou...
The scientist talks to David Marchese about how to overcome the “soft” climate denial that keeps us buying junk.
This episode contains explicit language.Over recent months, protests over the war in Gaza have rocked college campuses across the United States.As stu...
This episode contains explicit language.Michael Cohen, Donald J. Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, took the stand in the former president’s hush-money...
Across the United States, more frequent extreme weather is starting to cause the home insurance market to buckle, even for those who have paid their p...
The latest Times polling shows the extent of the challenge that President Biden faces and the strengths that Donald J. Trump retains. A yearning for c...
Donald Trump upended decades of American policy when he started a trade war with China. Many thought that President Biden would reverse those policies...
Earlier this year, we shared the story of one family’s dispute over a loved one with dementia. That story, originally reported in The New York Times M...
The radio host talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how he plans to wield his considerable political influence during this election cycle.
This episode contains descriptions of an alleged sexual liaison.What happened when Stormy Daniels took the stand for eight hours in the first criminal...
India is in the midst of a national election and its prime minister, Narendra Modi, is running to extend his 10 years in power.Mr. Modi has become one...
If and when Israel and Hamas reach a deal for a cease-fire, the United States will immediately turn to a different set of negotiations over a grand di...
