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02 May 2020 • The New York Times

'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 3: Mirror Image

Note: This episode contains strong language. Today, we’re sharing Episode 3 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose. In this episode, our reporter continues to trace the journey of a young man named Caleb. Five years into a rabbit...

The Daily
01 May 2020 • The New York Times

A Bit of Relief: Tea and Toast

In this week’s episode of “A Bit of Relief,” we turn to tea and toast for comfort. First, Kim Severson, a food writer at The Times, shares her love for buttered toast sprinkled in cinnamon and sugar. Then we hear Mark Thompson, C.E.O. at The Times, explain how to brew his ideal cup of British tea: using a stovetop kettle, loose black tea leaves, a strainer and a splash of milk. It's more complicated than you'd think.

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The Daily
01 May 2020 • The New York Times

Tilly Remembers Her Grandfather

Climbing on the roof to look at stars in the middle of summer. Making French toast and popcorn. Kind eyes. These are some of the memories 12-year-old Tilly Breimhorst has of her grandfather, Craig. Today, we talk to her about how she is processing sadness, anger and grief af...

The Daily
30 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Biden’s Campaign of Isolation

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the first candidate in American history to wage a presidential campaign in quarantine. From his basement in Delaware, he has struggled to attain the same visibility as his opponent, President Trump. But is that a good thing? Guest...

The Daily
29 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Governor and the Protester

She ordered Michigan to stay on lockdown through mid-May. He thinks the measures are too extreme. Today, we speak to them both. Guests: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Phil Campbell, a vice president of a pest control company whose revenues have been halved during loc...

The Daily
28 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The State of Testing

Across the United States, governors are weighing the difficult question of when, and how, to begin to lift lockdown restrictions. Without federal coordination, some are looking abroad to see what has worked in countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, which have...

The Daily
27 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A Glut in Oil

Something weird happened last week. It was something that millions of people who have faced years of painful prices at the gas pump never expected: The cost of a barrel of oil dropped into the negatives. Today, we explore why this happened, and what it reveals about the stat...

The Daily
26 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Sunday Read: 'Closing the Restaurant That Was My Life for 20 Years'

On today’s episode of “The Sunday Read,” one restaurateur reflects on closing the kitchen that saw her through 20 years of life — marriage and children and divorce and remarriage, with funerals and first dates in between. She doesn’t know if it will reopen.

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The Daily
25 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 2: Looking Down

Note: This episode contains strong language. Today, we’re sharing Episode 2 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose. In this episode, we hear from a young man named Caleb who was pulled into a vortex on YouTube: “The truth is dow...

The Daily
24 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A Bit of Relief: I Forgive You, New York

A columnist for The Times reflects on living in a ghostly version of New York, the city with a “hum that never ceases — until it did.” He yearns for the subway soliloquies, wandering tourists, overcrowded sidewalks and stenches. Today, we listen to Roger Cohen's ode to the city.

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The Daily
24 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A New Way to Mourn

He was a pastor. She was a poet. They found a second chance at love and traveled the world together, visiting Antarctica, Mount Sinai and Alaska. Today, we hear how he memorialized her life when she died in quarantine. Guest: Catherine Porter, an international reporter for T...

The Daily
23 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Getting Off Rikers Island

Across the United States, jails and prisons have become petri dishes for the coronavirus — dangerously cramped, unsanitary quarters where residents lack the resources to keep safe. This has prompted local governments to release thousands of inmates. But who got to go, and wh...

The Daily
22 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Who’s Organizing the Lockdown Protests?

Across the United States, protests are erupting against orders to remain at home, close nonessential businesses and limit travel. So who is behind these protests? And what do they stand to gain? Guest: Jim Rutenberg, a writer-at-large for The New York Times. For more informa...

The Daily
21 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Supreme Court Rules From Home

This week, the Supreme Court began rolling out a series of major rulings on the jury system, immigration, abortion rights and presidential power. In normal times, this would be a blockbuster week for the court. But these are not normal times. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers t...

The Daily
20 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic

As President Trump urges states to begin reopening their economies, a debate is raging over when and how to end lockdowns across the country. Our reporter spoke to dozens of public health experts to try to understand our path out of lockdown — and how our world will change i...

The Daily
19 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Sunday Read: 'The Woman Who Might Find Us Another Earth'

On today’s episode of “The Sunday Read,” we tell the story of a woman who has spent her life trying to find the light of other worlds. We hope it can offer an escape when our own feels so dark.

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The Daily
17 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Introducing 'Rabbit Hole'

What is the internet doing to us? Today, we’re sharing the first episode of a new Times audio series called “Rabbit Hole.” In the episode, “Wonderland,” we hear from a young man named Caleb, who finds escape and direction on the internet. We follow his journey into the YouTu...

The Daily
17 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Progressivism and the Pandemic

Her mentor and political inspiration has dropped out of the presidential race, and her congressional district has been described as the “epicenter of the epicenter” of the pandemic in New York City. It’s one of the hardest-hit districts in the country, and many of her consti...

The Daily
16 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Kicked Out of China

Note: This episode contains strong language. The New York Times’s reporters working in China have been expelled by the Chinese government, alongside reporters covering China for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Today, we speak with one of our correspondents a...

The Daily
15 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital

Note: This episode contains strong language. More than a month since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the majority of patients — some of whom are doctors themselves — in Brooklyn Hospital Center’s critical care unit have Covid-19. With permission from staff, patients an...

The Daily
14 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Examining the Allegation Against Joe Biden

Note: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence. A former Senate aide to Joseph R. Biden Jr., the prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has accused him of sexually assaulting her in 1993. A Biden spokeswoman said the allegation was false, and people who ...

The Daily
13 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Voices of the Pandemic

Most of America is entering its second month of lockdown in an ongoing effort to contain the coronavirus. Still, our reporters are — as safely as they can be — spread across the country, doing their best to document this unique, and at times scary, moment in our lives. Today...

The Daily
12 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Sunday Read: 'Weird Al Yankovic’s Weirdly Enduring Appeal'

On this episode of “The Sunday Read,” staff writer Sam Anderson claims Weird Al Yankovic is not just a parody singer — he’s “a full-on rock star, a legitimate performance monster and a spiritual technician doing important work down in the engine room of the American soul.” I...

The Daily
11 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A Bit of Relief: 'Soup Is Soup'

Ali Jaffe and her grandmother Roslyn are self-quarantining 1,200 miles apart. Lately, they’ve been connecting — and coping — by cooking together over FaceTime.

Ali is learning the recipes her grandmother cooked for her own children in the 1960s, a period when she had limited time and resources. Today, we listen in as they make matzo ball soup.

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The Daily
10 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

'I Become a Person of Suspicion'

Note: This episode contains strong language. As the death toll from the coronavirus rises in the U.S., so do reports of verbal and physical attacks against Asian-Americans, who say hostile strangers are blaming them for the pandemic. Today, one writer shares her story. Guest...

The Daily
09 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

On the Front Lines in New Orleans

The outbreak of the coronavirus in Louisiana has become one of the most explosive in the country. Today, we explore how New Orleans became a petri dish for the virus, why Mardi Gras was likely to have been an accelerator for the spread of infections and what it is like now i...

The Daily
08 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

The Latest: Bernie Sanders Drops Out

Bernie Sanders has suspended his 2020 presidential campaign, marking the end of a quest to the White House that began five years ago. We look at why Sanders is calling his campaign an ideological victory, and how he plans to champion his messages as a senator working with th...

The Daily
08 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A Crisis Inside the Navy

Note: This episode contains strong language. The upheaval and anguish caused by the pandemic led to a series of actions that cost both the captain of an aircraft carrier and the head of the Navy their jobs. Today, we explore how the coronavirus has created a crisis inside th...

The Daily
07 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

Wisconsin's Pandemic Primary

Against the advice of public health officials and the wishes of its own governor, Wisconsin will hold its Democratic primary today — in the middle of a pandemic. So how did that happen? Guest: Astead W. Herndon, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more i...

The Daily
06 Apr 2020 • The New York Times

A Historic Unemployment Crisis

To contain the pandemic, the U.S. government has brought the economy to a halt. Today, we explore one result of their containment efforts: one of the worst unemployment crises in American history. Guest: Jim Tankersley, a reporter covering economic and tax policy for The New...