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Is 'Gentle Parenting' Ruining French Children?
Aug 9, 2026 · 39m
“Traditional” French parenting is built on a foundation of firm boundaries, strictness and punishment for misbehavior. Within these rules, children are also allowed freedom and autonomy, which some say results in both well-behaved children and stres
Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.
Aug 8, 2026 · 52m
The genre-straddling musician could have been lost to addiction and trauma. Instead he’s filling arenas. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For transcripts and more, visit:
Is America’s Drinking Water the Next Front in the Iran War?
Aug 7, 2026 · 28m
Over the past week, a growing number of municipalities across the United States have reported that their water systems were hacked. The Times has found that the attacks were most likely perpetrated by Iran. Today, Dustin Volz, a cybersecurity and intel
The Cyclospora Mystery: How Human Poop Got on So Much Lettuce
Aug 6, 2026 · 30m
U.S. health officials linked six more states to what’s now the largest outbreak of cyclospora in American history — an outbreak that has contributed to at least two deaths, sickened thousands of people and left the rest of us increasingly scared of
Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
Aug 5, 2026 · 31m
The United States is undergoing one of the biggest changes to its social safety net in recent history, with huge numbers of people getting dropped from the government’s food assistance program. Nowhere has this been more dramatic than in Arizona. Jas
After Losing Her Limbs, Our Cooking Columnist Returns to the Kitchen
Aug 2, 2026 · 31m
For decades, the kitchen was the centerpiece of Yewande Komolafe’s life. She spent long hours there, first as a restaurant cook and later as a recipe developer. But though she loved the often-intense culinary world, she had to navigate it with certain
The Fight Tearing Apart Silicon Valley
Jul 31, 2026 · 27m
For years, a debate has been simmering in Silicon Valley over the right way to build artificial intelligence. Should it be open and free for anyone to use, or should we tightly control how it’s made and who can access it? Mike Isaac, who covers techn
Why Do Some Memories Survive Dementia?
Jul 26, 2026 · 29m
When the Times reporter Ellen Barry’s father developed dementia after a fall, her family spent years trying to manage his erratic behavior and confusion. They struggled to convince him that he was home, he was safe, and he shouldn’t try to leave. Th
The World Cup Final Is Here
Jul 19, 2026 · 31m
After a month of competition across North America and 103 matches, the 2026 World Cup is down to its final game. Spain and Argentina will meet this afternoon in a match expected to draw over one billion viewers around the world. Spain is hoping its w
What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.
Jul 12, 2026 · 51m
This Friday, “The Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, hits theaters. Even before the movie’s release, though, it’s proving to be a cultural event. Spirited discussions of Nolan’s cinematic interpretation of the epic poem already abound on
The Most American Episode of The Daily, Ever.
Jul 5, 2026 · 43m
In celebration of the United States of America’s 250th birthday, we posed a simple question to some of our favorite critics, columnists and editors across the New York Times newsroom, people who write about books, movies, TV shows, science, sports, we
The Last 12 Weeks
Jun 28, 2026 · 42m
In 1992, David Wood became El Paso’s most notorious convicted serial killer. He has been on death row ever since. More than 30 years later, his lawyers have just a few months to argue his innocence and stop his execution. This is the first episode of
Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?
Jun 21, 2026 · 47m
The writer Tom Junod has spent a career crafting profiles for men’s magazines like GQ and Esquire, often of famously complicated men like Norman Mailer, Kevin Spacey and Tony Curtis. But another man loomed behind Junod’s interest in these figures,
Do Aliens Exist? Steven Spielberg Believes They Do
Jun 14, 2026 · 39m
Almost 50 years ago, Steven Spielberg directed “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the story of an average man who discovers that humanity may not be alone in the universe. Over the decades, Spielberg has directed several movies about what would h
Everything You Need to Know About the World Cup
Jun 6, 2026 · 37m
The 2026 World Cup is about to descend on North America — spread across three countries, with 48 teams, and 104 games, and with billions of fans across the globe tuning in to watch the biggest sporting event on the planet. Today, Tariq Panja, global
Popcast: Olivia Rodrigo Tried Writing Love Songs. Then Life Got Messy.
May 31, 2026 · 1h 30m
Olivia Rodrigo sat down with Joe and Jon for her first in-depth conversation about her new album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” out June 12. She discussed the many ways her creative process intersects with the extracurricular noise of
Sites Unseen: What’s Revealed by Traveling With the Blind
May 24, 2026 · 27m
Andy Isaacson is a writer and photographer. His work for The Times has taken him to every corner of the world, and he has transmitted what he’s experienced through his images. But recently, Isaacson took a trip unlike any he’d taken before. Not bec
For Mother’s Day, Classic Mom-isms
May 10, 2026 · 30m
For Mother’s Day, we asked you about your “Mom mantras”: the oft-repeated mottos or go-to expressions that your moms have said over the years. In partnership with the Well desk, we received thousands of submissions, full of sayings that ranged fro
The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
May 3, 2026 · 43m
Roughly a year ago, a team at The New York Times Magazine set about tackling a nearly impossible task: creating a list of the greatest living American songwriters. But how to take the tens of thousands of songwriters working in this country and narrow t
Daniel Radcliffe, Mariska Hargitay and the Happiest List on Earth
Apr 26, 2026 · 41m
With war, political wrangling and price hikes jockeying for headlines, it’s a rare thing to sit for an hour with a large group of strangers and focus on the small pleasures in life. But that’s what the show “Every Brilliant Thing” is all about.
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