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You’ve heard the news, here’s what to make of it. New episodes twice per week.

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Charging Parents for School Shootings Protects Weak Gun Laws Sep 10, 2024

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After school shootings in Michigan, southern Virginia, and now Georgia, parents have been charged in connection to their children’s actions. Megan Stack, a Times contributing opinion writer, argues that states should turn their attention to gun storage and access laws instead of criminalizing parents.

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Trump Picks His Own Rally Music. What Is He Trying to Say? Sep 09, 2024

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Songs from Luciano Pavarotti, Sinead O’Connor and “Cats” may not strike you as typical campaign music, but they’re on repeat at Donald Trump’s political rallies. The staff editor Katherine Miller has spent a lot of time at Trump rallies, and in this episode, she takes listeners on a tour of the unusual — and often subversive — soundtrack the former president curates for his campaign events.

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Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself. Will He Sink Harris? Sep 05, 2024

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s drive to stay in power is harming Israel’s global reputation and complicating the U.S. presidential election for Democrats, the Opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman argues. In this audio essay, Friedman offers a new name for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and explains why Netanyahu might be rooting for Donald Trump this November.

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These Chemicals Are Hurting Us. Why Aren’t We Regulating Them? Sep 04, 2024

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They’ve been found in our milk, our eggs, our water supply and our bodies.

In this audio essay, the environmental activist Erin Brockovich makes the case for better regulation of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contaminating our world. PFAS exposure has been associated with fertility issues and developmental delays in children. And while lawsuits have been filed against some of the biggest manufacturers of PFAS, Ms. Brockovich says those suits aren’t the only — or even the best — solution.

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These Young Voters Offer a Road Map For Kamala Harris Sep 03, 2024

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Listen in on this focus group with young undecided voters — a group that could determine the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. The New York Times deputy Opinion editor, Patrick Healy, spoke with some Gen Z voters to better understand the issues they’re focused on and how they’re feeling about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

In this episode, he argues that while many young undecided voters don’t trust Harris, there are clear ways for her to win their support.

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Uninspired by Plant-Based Foods? Add Some Anchovies. Sep 02, 2024

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Anchovies can help make plant-forward eating more delicious and appealing, argues Christopher Beckman, an archaeologist-turned-anchovy-lover. He is the author of “A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavored Western Cuisine,” and he makes the case for why we should all embrace the small, oily fish.

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Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures. Aug 29, 2024

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Kamala Harris has made her time as a prosecutor central to her presidential pitch. In this audio essay, Carlos Lozada, a Times Opinion columnist and host of “Matter of Opinion,” examines Harris’s two memoirs, reflects on how her criminal justice message has changed and explores what that may reveal about her candidacy.

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Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote? Aug 28, 2024

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In this era of artificial intelligence, who can compose a better beach read for the vacationing masses? The beloved fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld … or ChatGPT?

Listen as Sittenfeld sits down with the Opinion editor Susannah Meadows to talk about what they learned after pitting her writing against artificial intelligence, and hear excerpts from both stories to decide for yourself which is the more compelling read.

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The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention Aug 27, 2024

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The Democratic Party’s recent position — or lack of position — on Gaza “feels like gaslighting to a lot of Democratic voters,” Farah Stockman of the editorial board argues in this audio essay. The party claims to value social justice and human rights, but when it comes to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, she says, Kamala Harris “needs to do more, and she can do more, to assure people she’s going to have a more evenhanded approach when she becomes president.”

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The Democrats’ Joyfest is Over. Now Comes The Slugfest. Aug 26, 2024

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Kamala Harris was flying high last week, but Donald Trump is poised to bring her back down to earth.

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