In 1791, enslaved Haitians did the seemingly impossible. They ousted their French masters and created the first free Black nation in the Americas. But France made Haitians pay for that freedom. A team of reporters from The New York Times looked at the extent and effect of the ensuing payments. Guest: Catherine Porter , the Toronto bureau chief for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: ...
Jun 03, 2022•29 min
As a proportion of its population, California has one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the United States — 8.5 per 100,000 people, compared with 13.7 nationally. How did the state get that way? Guest: Shawn Hubler , a California correspondent for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: Californians are about 25 percent less likely to die in mass shootings, compared with residents of ...
Jun 02, 2022•29 min
This episode contains strong language. Gemma Lopez, 10, watched a movie in class that day. Jacob Albarado, a Border Patrol officer, was getting his hair cut when he heard there was a gunman at his daughter’s school, where his wife is a teacher. Ricardo Garcia, a hospital groundskeeper, can still hear the screaming of parents in the emergency room. These are some of the stories of those who lived through the devastation of the shooting at Robb Elementary School. Guest: Rick Rojas , a national cor...
Jun 01, 2022•28 min
After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the explanation for how the police acted kept shifting. Now, a clearer picture has emerged. Guest: J. David Goodman , the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: A timeline from the state police raised the painful possibility that had officers done more, and faster, not all of those who died — 19 chil...
May 31, 2022•22 min
A dire lack of baby formula in the United States in the past few weeks has been blamed on production deficiencies such as the small number of manufacturers and an inflexible supply chain. But Christina Jewett, an investigative reporter at The Times, has traced it back further, to deadly bacteria whose detection set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the shortage. Guest: Christina Jewett, an investigative reporter who covers the Food and Drug Administration for The New York Times. Want ...
May 27, 2022•30 min
In Pennsylvania, a candidate falsely claiming election fraud in 2020 prevailed in a crowded Republican primary for governor. But in Georgia, two incumbents — the governor and the secretary of state — beat back challenges from “stop the steal” opponents. Is re-litigating the 2020 election a vote winner for Republicans? Or is it increasingly becoming a losing issue? Guest: Reid J. Epstein , a politics reporter for The New York Times who covers campaigns and elections. Want more from The Daily? For...
May 26, 2022•24 min
This episode covers incidents of mass violence. At least 21 people, including 19 children, were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday morning. It was the deadliest school shooting in the United States since the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. For some of the Sandy Hook parents, news of yet another school massacre provoked a chilling sense of numbness. Guest: Elizabeth Williamson , a feature writer for The New...
May 25, 2022•28 min
For decades, the U.S. has walked a careful line when it comes to Taiwan — vowing to protect the island from China, without saying exactly how far it would go to do that. On Monday, that appeared to change. Guest: David E. Sanger , a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: President Biden’s seemingly offhand remarks about Taiwan , made d...
May 24, 2022•23 min
Three months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises has been the inability of the Russian military to achieve some of its basic goals. One clear example: A failed attempt to cross the Donets river in eastern Ukraine earlier this month left hundreds of Russian soldiers dead. Its aftermath is raising doubts in Russia, even among the military’s most ardent supporters. Guest: Anton Troianovski , the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For o...
May 23, 2022•32 min
Chronic pain is one of the leading causes of long-term disability in the world. By some measures, 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, in part because the power of medicine to relieve it remains inadequate. Helen Ouyang, a physician and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, explores the potentially groundbreaking use of virtual reality in the alleviation of acute pain, as well as anxiety and depression, and meets the doctors and entrepreneurs who believe this “nonpharmacol...
May 22, 2022•45 min
Throughout the pandemic, long Covid — symptoms that occur after the initial coronavirus infection — has remained something of a medical mystery. Now, amid the latest surge of infections, a series of major studies are shedding light on the condition. Guest: Pam Belluck , a health and science reporter for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: Long Covid has become one of the most dauntin...
May 20, 2022•35 min
In the post-Trump era, some red states have moved aggressively to rebuke the Biden administration at the local level and signal to voters what a Republican-led country might look like. In Texas, immigration is a key battleground. Today, we speak to Hunter Schuler, a member of the National Guards, about why Gov. Greg Abbott has sent him and thousands of other security officers to the U.S.-Mexico border. Guest: Lulu Garcia-Navarro , a Times Opinion podcast host; and J. David Goodman , the Houston ...
May 19, 2022•34 min
For the past two months, a group of Ukrainian fighters has been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, mounting a last stand against Russian forces in a critical part of eastern Ukraine. On Monday, Ukraine finally surrendered the plant. After the end of the determined resistance at Azovstal, we hear from Leonid Kuznetsov, a 25 year-old soldier who had been stationed inside. Guest: Michael Schwirtz , an investigative reporter for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily...
May 18, 2022•31 min
When the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with Roe v. Wade, it established the United States as a global leader on abortion rights, decades ahead of many other countries. Now, with Roe likely to be overturned, we look to Mexico, a country where the playbook for securing legalized abortion could be a model for activists in the United States. Guest: Natalie Kitroeff , a correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one b...
May 17, 2022•41 min
Over the weekend, an 18-year-old man livestreamed himself shooting 13 people and killing 10. Within hours it became clear that the shooter’s intent was to kill as many Black people as possible. The suspect wrote online that he was motivated by replacement theory — a racist idea that white people are deliberately being replaced by people of color in places like America and Europe. What are the origins of this theory, and how has it become simultaneously more extreme and more mainstream? Guest: Ni...
May 16, 2022•24 min
The Times journalist Caity Weaver was tasked by her editor to go on an adventure: With an old college friend she would spend a week in California, living out of a converted camper van, in pursuit of the aesthetic fantasy known as #VanLife. Given the discomfort that can arise even in the plushiest of vehicles, it’s a surprising trend that shows no sign of letting up. As Weaver explains, even the idea of living full time out of a vehicle has “become aspirational for a subset of millennials and Zoo...
May 15, 2022•33 min
This episode contains strong language. Hilma Wolitzer lost her husband, Morty Wolitzer, a psychologist who loved cooking and jazz, on April 11, 2020. They had been together for 68 years. Mary-Margaret Waterbury’s uncle Michael Mantlo had introduced her to Nirvana, grunge and Elvis Costello. After Terrie Martin’s first born, April Marie Dawson, died at age 43, Ms. Martin said she carried around guilt for not taking more precautions. “I killed my daughter,” she said. “And I have learned nothing fr...
May 13, 2022•29 min
Fresh data from the U.S. government on Wednesday showed that inflation was still climbing at a rapid pace, prompting President Biden to say that controlling the rising prices was his “top domestic priority.” But not everybody experiences inflation equally. Why is that? Guest: Ben Casselman , an economics and business reporter for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: What’s your rate o...
May 12, 2022•28 min
This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence. In Part 1 of our two-part series, we spoke to anti-abortion activists about their preparations for a future without Roe v. Wade. Today, we talk to people working in abortion clinics about what the potential change could mean for their patients. “Everybody’s scared,” said one provider from Oklahoma. “Every single person that walks in our clinic, you can see the fear on their faces.” Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each ...
May 11, 2022•42 min
For years, President Vladimir V. Putin has taken advantage of Victory Day — when Russians commemorate the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — to champion his country’s military might and project himself as a leader of enormous power. This year, he drew on the pageantry of May 9 for an even more pressing goal: making the case for the war in Ukraine. Guest: Anton Troianovski , the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our t...
May 10, 2022•27 min
This episode contains descriptions of suicide. Over the past five years, a series of investigations by The Times has revealed the terror and tragedy that America’s air wars, despite being promoted as the most precise in history, have brought to civilians on the ground. The program has also exacted a heavy toll on the military personnel guiding the drones to their targets. They include soldiers such as Capt. Kevin Larson, a decorated pilot, who died by suicide after a drug arrest and court-martia...
May 09, 2022•34 min
It was meant to mark the start of their lives out of college, but the adventure quickly turned into a nightmare. Beginning with what seemed to be a lucky whale sighting, three friends set out on a sea-kayaking trip through Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, watching out for bears, and having a good time, when tragedy struck. In recounting the days preceding and following the accident, which seriously injured one of his friends, the Times journalist Jon Mooallem explains how he was forced to re...
May 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Today, we revisit a two-part series that first ran in 2018 about the history of Roe v. Wade and the woman behind it. Almost 50 years ago, when the Supreme Court first ruled that women had the constitutional right to an abortion, it was met with little controversy. In Part 2, we asked: How, then, did abortion become one of the most controversial issues of our time? Guest: Sabrina Tavernise , co-host of The Daily. As a correspondent in 2018, she reported on the story of Roe v. Wade. Want more from...
May 07, 2022•31 min
This week, the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on the 50-year-old case that redefined abortion in America. Today, we revisit a two-part series that first ran in 2018 about the history of the case and the woman behind it. In Part 1, the story of Jane Roe. Guest: Sabrina Tavernise , co-host of The Daily. As a correspondent in 2018, she reported on the story of Roe v. Wade. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from o...
May 07, 2022•23 min
Since the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on overturning the constitutional right to abortion, both sides of the fight have been scrambling. Today, in the first of two parts, we speak to anti-abortion activists such as Michael Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, about what comes next. “It’s been a whirlwind,” he said. “We’re in uncharted territory.” Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter . Background reading: Fo...
May 06, 2022•41 min
If the Supreme Court revokes Roe v. Wade, individual states will probably be left to make their own decisions about abortion provision. Some states will ban abortion, and some will continue to allow it. And then there is a third group: swing states, where a final decision will be up for grabs. Guest: Margot Sanger-Katz , a domestic correspondent covering health care for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter...
May 05, 2022•22 min
The revelation that the Supreme Court could end the constitutional right to abortion in the United States has set off a political firestorm and deepened divisions about one of the most contentious issues in American society. What exactly is in the draft opinion that was leaked this week, and what does it mean for the court and for the country? Guest: Adam Liptak , who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, ...
May 04, 2022•28 min
Unlike other former presidents after leaving office, Donald J. Trump has remained in the middle of the political stage — raising more money than the Republican Party itself and doling out coveted endorsements. Who has Mr. Trump backed in the midterms? And to what lengths have candidates gone to secure his favor? Guest: Shane Goldmacher , a national political reporter for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newslette...
May 03, 2022•34 min
The United States is seeing a revival in union membership. In the last six months, the National Labor Relations Board has recorded a 60 percent increase in workers filing for petitions that allow for union elections to take place. The circumstances that have prompted these unionization efforts have some similarities with the period that brought the largest gain in union membership in U.S. history, during the 1930s. What can that era tell us about today, and are current efforts just a blip? Guest...
May 02, 2022•33 min
Is there a connection between former President Donald J. Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine, the Russian invasion and the events of Jan. 6, 2021? The journalist Robert Draper talked to Fiona Hill, John Bolton and other former Trump advisers to gauge the extent to which the ex-president’s actions had a ripple effect. This story was written by Robert Draper and recorded by Audm . To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . Unlock fu...
May 01, 2022•54 min
