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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.

  1. Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025

    13H AGO

    Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025

    As 2025 comes to an end, The Sunday Special is looking back on the year in culture. This week, we’re listening to the songs and albums that defined the year, for better or worse. Gilbert Cruz is joined by Caryn Ganz and Lindsay Zoladz from The Times’s pop music desk to discuss some of the biggest and best releases of 2025. Albums and songs mentioned in this episode: Bad Bunny, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” Lady Gaga, “Mayhem” Justin Bieber, “Daisies” Chappell Roan, “The Giver” and “The Subway” Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild” Doechii, “Alligator Bites Never Heal” Taylor Swift, “The Life of a Showgirl” Morgan Wallen, “I’m the Problem” Ghost, “Skeletá” Dijon, “Baby” Geese, “Getting Killed” Water From Your Eyes, “It’s a Beautiful Place” PinkPantheress, “Fancy That” Lily Allen, “Tennis” Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas” Sleigh Bells, “Bunky Becky Birthday Boy” Hayley Williams, “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” Turnstile, “Never Enough” On Today’s Episode Caryn Ganz is the pop music editor at The Times. Lindsay Zoladz is a pop music critic at The Times and the writer of The Amplifier newsletter. Additional Reading Best Albums of 2025 Best Songs of 2025   Photo Illustration by The New York Times; From left, Angela Weiss/AFP — Getty Images (Lady Gaga); OK McCausland for The New York Times (Geese); Erika Santelices/Reuters (Bad Bunny); Helle Arensbak/AFP -- Getty Images, via Ritzau Scanpix (PinkPantheress) 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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    56 min

  2. 1D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Journalism, Interrupted: 7 Podcast Hosts on the State of the Media

    Warning: This episode contains strong language. In this special episode for subscribers of “The Daily,” the host Michael Barbaro moderates a panel from The New York Times’s DealBook Summit, speaking with journalists and personalities from across the industry about the state of media in 2025. Guest: Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of “The Breakfast Club” and “The Brilliant Idiots” and co-founder of The Black Effect Podcast Network Jon Favreau, co-founder of Crooked Media and host of “Pod Save America” Amna Nawaz, co-anchor and co-managing editor of “PBS NewsHour” David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and host of “The New Yorker Radio Hour” Stephanie Ruhle, host of “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle” on MS NOW Andrew Schulz, host of “The Brilliant Idiots” and “Flagrant” Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

    52 min
  3. 'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

    1D AGO

    'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

    The current and former lawmakers get candid about bipartisan politics, party leadership and the state of the Senate. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.comWatch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcastFor transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/theinterview 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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    40 min
  4. Trump’s Plan to Reorder the World

    2D AGO

    Trump’s Plan to Reorder the World

    President Trump has overseen an aggressive foreign policy, including harsh words about Europe and a lethal military campaign in the Caribbean. Last week, the White House unveiled its new national security strategy, which made Mr. Trump’s true goals clear and alarmed countries around the world. David E. Sanger, who covers the White House and national security for The New York Times, explains what the strategy is and how it may change America’s global relationships for good. Guest: David E. Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading:  Mr. Trump’s security strategy focuses on profit, not on spreading democracy.The policy document formalizes Mr. Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders.Photo: Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    36 min
  5. The Cracking of the Trump Coalition

    3D AGO

    The Cracking of the Trump Coalition

    In the year since President Trump roared back to power, one of the most surprising story lines of his second term has been a series of public ruptures between him and the movement he created. Robert Draper, who covers domestic politics for The New York Times, discusses the growing tensions inside the MAGA movement and what they tell us about what the American right might look like in a post-Trump world. Guest: Robert Draper, who covers domestic politics. Background reading:  After an interview with a white nationalist, Tucker Carlson has continued to fracture the right.Marjorie Taylor Greene strove both to be the ultimate Trump warrior and to be taken seriously. She wound up in political exile.Nick Fuentes is a white nationalist problem for the right.Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    42 min
  6. The Liberal Justices Aren’t as United as You Might Think

    4D AGO

    The Liberal Justices Aren’t as United as You Might Think

    The Supreme Court’s liberal minority has voted, over and over again, to oppose the court’s conservative majority in what might look like a united front of resistance. But behind the scenes, there are growing tensions between those liberal justices over the best way to mitigate the rightward lurch of the court. Jodi Kantor, who uncovered the story, explains what she found. Guest: Jodi Kantor, a New York Times reporter whose job is to carefully uncover secrets and illuminate how power operates. Background reading:  Read about the debate dividing the Supreme Court’s liberal justices.Photo: Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Associated Press For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    33 min
  7. Netflix vs. Paramount: Inside the Epic Battle Over Warner Brothers

    5D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Netflix vs. Paramount: Inside the Epic Battle Over Warner Brothers

    Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that would send shock waves through Hollywood. On Monday, Paramount made a hostile bid for the studio, arguing that the Netflix deal would be “anti-competitive.” The Times journalists Nicole Sperling, Kyle Buchanan and Lauren Hirsch discuss what it all means for the future of TV and film. Guest: Nicole Sperling, a New York Times reporter in Los Angeles who covers Hollywood and the streaming revolution.Kyle Buchanan, a pop culture reporter and the awards-season columnist for The New York Times.Lauren Hirsch, a New York Times reporter who covers the biggest stories on Wall Street, including mergers and acquisitions.Background reading:  Netflix planned to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in $83 billion deal to create a streaming giant.Paramount made a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.Photo: Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    40 min
  8. Trump Sent Them to a Notorious Prison. Torture Followed.

    6D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Trump Sent Them to a Notorious Prison. Torture Followed.

    Warning: This episode mentions suicide. In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Over four months, the men said they endured physical, mental and sexual abuse. Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief at The New York Times, interviewed 40 of these prisoners. She explains what she found out about this part of President Trump’s program of mass deportation. Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Bogotá, Colombia. Background reading:  “You are all terrorists”: four months in a Salvadoran prison.Photo: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  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. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

    37 min
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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.

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