The Daily
By The New York Times
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Episodes (15)
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Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
The pursuit of happiness, as we've come to define it in modern America, may be the very thing making us unhappier. Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale's most popular professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, argues that our obsession with optimizing joy—through soc
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Olivia Rodrigo Tried Writing Love Songs. Then Life Got Messy.
Olivia Rodrigo opens up about her evolution as a songwriter and artist in a candid, emotionally raw conversation with The New York Times' PopCast hosts John Caramonica and Joe Coscarelli. Far from a typical pop star interview, the episode reveals how her new a
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How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.
Elon Musk's upcoming IPO of SpaceX isn't just a financial event—it's a seismic shift in how capitalism, power, and risk are distributed in the modern economy. With a projected valuation of over $1.25 trillion and a potential raise of $75 billion, this could ma
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How Trump Was Persuaded to Regulate A.I.
President Trump's sudden shift from a hands-off approach to artificial intelligence to signing a voluntary AI regulation executive order marks a pivotal moment in U.S. tech policy. What began as a staunch defense of innovation—framed by White House A.I. czar D
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Everything You Need to Know About the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup is not just a sporting event—it's a global cultural earthquake, and Tarek Panja, The New York Times' global soccer correspondent, breaks down why this tournament is unlike any other. With 48 teams across three host nations—Mexico, Canada, an
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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’
Scott Pelley, the longtime anchor of 60 Minutes, delivers a searing account of his firing after 37 years at CBS, describing the sudden purge of senior staff as a 'massacre' and likening the emotional toll to the murder of a spouse. He recounts how, just days a
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Congressional Republicans Try a New Approach: Telling Trump No
For months, President Trump's Republican Congress appeared to have surrendered its power, deferring to him on spending, trade, and foreign policy with near-total obedience. But in a dramatic shift over the past few weeks, a growing number of Republicans have b
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Maine Votes as Graham Platner’s Past Poses New Conundrums
The Democratic Party's hopes for retaking the Senate hinge on a high-stakes Maine Senate primary, where progressive candidate Graham Plattner—once a little-known oyster farmer and combat veteran—has surged to the front of the pack. But his rise has been shadow
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The Iran War's Devastating Butterfly Effect
The war in Iran is triggering a global humanitarian catastrophe far beyond rising gas prices, with devastating ripple effects on food security, health, and stability in the world's most vulnerable nations. Peter Goodman, reporting from Somalia, reveals a natio
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The Young Economic Populists Reshaping the Left
A generation of college graduates who once leaned conservative are now driving a radical leftward shift in American politics, not because of ideology alone, but because of a decades-long economic betrayal. Once promised that a college degree would secure upwar
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1979: How the U.S. and Iran Went From Allies to Enemies
The United States' current hostility toward Iran is rooted in a decades-long relationship that began as a deep alliance but ended in mutual destruction. In 1972, President Nixon offered the Shah of Iran a 'blank check' for weapons and military support, cementi
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Seth Rogen Is 44, Often Stoned and on a Roll
At 44, Seth Rogen isn't having a midlife crisis—he's in the middle of a creative peak, with a record-breaking Emmy-winning series, a buzzy new film, and a thriving production company. In a candid conversation with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Rogen reveals that he’s o
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Do Aliens Exist? Steven Spielberg Believes They Do
Steven Spielberg, the legendary filmmaker, makes a bold claim: he now believes aliens exist—not as science fiction, but as a real possibility grounded in decades of credible evidence. In his new film, *Disclosure Day*, Spielberg explores a government cover-up
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A Gen Z Revolution at the Movies
Two low-budget horror films made by Gen Z creators have triggered a cultural and box office earthquake, proving that young audiences aren’t abandoning movie theaters—they’re just waiting for something that feels like theirs. 'Obsession,' a $750,000 indie thril
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The Battle Over A.I. in the Classroom
As the school year ends, America's classrooms are caught in a storm over artificial intelligence—where tech giants push for rapid integration, parents fear a generation of mindless dependency, and teachers like Scott Kern in Newark are pioneering a radical alt
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