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- Today39 min
Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group known as AIPAC, has spent a record amount of money in this year’s midterm elections to either oust or support candidates based on their support of Israel. Jonathan Mahler, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, discusses the new litmus test for the left at a time when the United States’ relationship with Israel is under scrutiny. Guest: Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine covering a wide range of topics, including politics, entertainment, education, media, the law and sports. Background reading: AIPAC wants Democrats to back Israel. Instead, they’re turning on the group. Photo: Cheriss May/Sipa, via Associated Press Images 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Yesterday29 min
The Iranians Who Want More War
Fractures in Tehran are pitting a faction favoring negotiation with Washington against hard-liners who oppose making a deal with the United States. Guest: Abdi Latif Dahir, a Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, covering Lebanon and Syria. Farnaz Fassihi, the United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times. She also covers Iran and how countries around the world deal with conflicts in the Middle East. Background reading: What a journey through wartime Iran revealed. Divisions festered within Iran over talks with the United States. Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 days agonarrative34 min5-min read
What A.I. Is Actually Doing to the Economy
The episode explores the uncertain economic and societal impact of artificial intelligence, highlighting how current data fails to capture AI’s rapid transformation, while drawing parallels to past technological disruptions like the internet and the China shock to assess potential futures.
- 3 days agonarrative29 min4-min read
Why Do Some Memories Survive Dementia?
A deeply personal story of a daughter reckoning with her father’s dementia after a brain injury, and how a neuroscientific discovery years later offered a physiological explanation for his disorientation and memory loss. The episode bridges intimate family experience with cutting-edge neuroscience.
- 4 days agointerview39 min6-min read
Karl-Anthony Towns Knows the Knicks' Win Was Bigger Than Basketball
Carl Anthony Towns, the seven-foot center for the New York Knicks, reflects on the team’s historic 2024 NBA championship—their first in 53 years—fueled by personal loss, homecoming, and a resilient team culture. The victory, sealed by OG Anunoby’s miraculous tip-in in Game 4, was as much about legacy and emotion as it was about strategy and execution.
- 5 days agonarrative31 min4-min read
Could ‘Trump Accounts’ Actually Close the Wealth Gap?
The episode explores President Trump's newly launched 'Trump accounts,' a bipartisan-backed policy providing $1,000 to babies born during his second term to invest in the stock market, aiming to reduce the wealth gap. Despite the promise of free, long-term wealth-building, enrollment remains low—especially among the poorest families—due to awareness gaps, political polarization, and structural barriers.
- 6 days agonarrative25 min5-min read
Why Is the U.S. Building the Saudi Nuclear Program While Destroying Iran’s?
The episode examines a controversial U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal under President Trump, framed as a strategic business arrangement that sidesteps tough nonproliferation standards, raising alarms about regional arms races and double standards in nuclear diplomacy. The deal reflects broader geopolitical shifts amid war with Iran and eroding trust in long-term alliances.
- 1 weeks agonarrative36 min4-min read
Trump’s Clashing Goals: More Housing, Fewer Immigrants
The U.S. faces a historic housing crisis exacerbated by a severe labor shortage in construction, a shortage rooted in decades of policy and economic shifts that transformed the industry from a unionized, American-born workforce to one heavily dependent on immigrant labor—now under threat from deportation policies that undermine a new housing law meant to expand supply.
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