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This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.

This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.

 

#23

Amazon's Robot Takeover

Over the past two decades, no company has done more to shape the American workplace than A... more

4 hrs Ago

26 MINS

26:04

4 hrs Ago


#22

Sunday Special: The Year in Gaming

This year has been a banner year for video games, with an abundance of surprise releases a... more

Yesterday

54 MINS

54:12

Yesterday


#21

'The Interview': Jennifer Lawrence Regrets Everything She’s Ever Said or Done

At only 35, the actress has been through the celebrity wringer. Here’s where she landed. -... more

01 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:22

01 Nov 2025


#20

The House Republican Who Says His Party Is Mishandling the Shutdown

Representative Kevin Kiley is one of five California Republicans who are all but certain t... more

31 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:54

31 Oct 2025


#19

The Long Road Home for Gazans

Earlier this month, after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire agreement, the Israeli mil... more

30 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:46

30 Oct 2025


#18

Is China Beating Trump?

President Trump’s trade war against China has so far proved harder to win than his adminis... more

29 Oct 2025

24 MINS

24:02

29 Oct 2025


#17

Sunday Special: The 10 Best Horror Movie Franchises

The only thing Gilbert Cruz loves more than celebrating Halloween is watching scary movies... more

26 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:45

26 Oct 2025


#16

Sunday Special: Springsteen, Dylan and the Art of the Biopic

On Friday, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” will be released in theaters. Rather tha... more

19 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:50

19 Oct 2025


#15

Sunday Special: Bringing Broadway Home

Broadway represents some of the best and most exciting of what American theater has to off... more

12 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:47

12 Oct 2025


#14

Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Amusement parks are enduring vacation destinations for American families. The rides, the l... more

05 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:41

05 Oct 2025


#13

Sunday Special: The Fashion Episode

This month kicked off the big four fashion weeks: New York, London, Milan and Paris. Each ... more

28 Sep 2025

56 MINS

56:37

28 Sep 2025


#12

Sunday Special: What Makes a Restaurant Great?

This month, The Times released a list of the 50 best restaurants in America. The Food desk... more

21 Sep 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:59

21 Sep 2025


#11

Sunday Special: TV's Big Night

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is tonight, honoring the best television shows rel... more

14 Sep 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:57

14 Sep 2025


#10

Sunday Special: The Books We Read in School

As kids across America head back to school, Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times... more

07 Sep 2025

49 MINS

49:23

07 Sep 2025


#9

Sunday Special: This Summer in Culture

Welcome to the Sunday Special, running now through the end of the year. Every Sunday, Gilb... more

31 Aug 2025

48 MINS

48:47

31 Aug 2025


#8

The New Co-Hosts of 'The Daily'

Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff officially join Michael Barbaro as co-hosts of the show... more

03 Jun 2025

09 MINS

09:37

03 Jun 2025


#7

The Sunday Read: ‘This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write’

When Taffy Brodesser-Akner became a writer, Mr. Lindenblatt, the father of one of her olde... more

04 May 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:46

04 May 2025


#6

The Sunday Read: ‘What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero’

Sometime in the 1850s or ’60s, at a terrible moment in U.S. history, a strange man seemed ... more

23 Mar 2025

51 MINS

51:05

23 Mar 2025


#5

The Eclipse Chaser

Today, millions of Americans will have the opportunity to see a rare total solar eclipse. ... more

08 Apr 2024

29 MINS

29:31

08 Apr 2024


#4

It Sucks to Be 33

Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, will be 33 in a few weeks; she ... more

14 Mar 2024

26 MINS

26:27

14 Mar 2024


#3

The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’

Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua, one of the ... more

07 Jan 2024

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:30

07 Jan 2024


#2

The Sunday Read: ‘It Was Just a Kayaking Trip. Until It Upended Our Lives.’

It was meant to mark the start of their lives out of college, but the adventure quickly tu... more

08 May 2022

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:34

08 May 2022


#1

The Sunday Read: ‘Who Is the Bad Art Friend?’

On June 24, 2015, Dawn Dorland, an essayist and aspiring novelist, did perhaps the kindest... more

24 Oct 2021

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:25

24 Oct 2021