A major investigation from The Times has found that government pressure to perform more organ transplants is creating greater risk for donors and threatening the overall fairness of the system.
Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The Times, explains what he’s uncovered.
Guest: Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The New York Times covering America’s organ transplant system.
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By almost all accounts, the historic trade deal that was reached between the United States and the 27 nations of the European Union is far better for the United States than it is for Europe.
Jeanna Smialek, the Brussels bureau chief for The Times, explains why the European Union gave in to President Trump and the blowback that’s causing.
Guest: Jeanna Smialek, the Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times.
The framework agreement is not likely to do much for economic growth on either side. But it avoids new fissures on other foreign policy issues, particularly the war in Ukraine.
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The summer, some of the biggest food companies in America have announced that they plan to stop using artificial food dyes. It’s a move that would transform the look of some of the best known brands.
Julie Creswell, who covers the food industry, explains how the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., got the food industry to commit to a change that it has resisted for years — and that could be bad for business.
Guest: Julie Creswell, a business reporter covering the food industry for The New York Times.
Mr. Kennedy’s battle against food dyes hit a roadblock: M&M’s.
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The pop singer and actress Reneé Rapp has a deep love for her friends. She maintains a nonstop group chat with more than 15 close friends every day. Their lives are so intertwined that the line between platonic and romantic can sometimes get blurry, particularly since many of them have dated each other.
Rapp, best known for her role in the Broadway musical and new film adaptation “Mean Girls,” has an upcoming album, “Bite Me,” which delves into the intimacy and messiness of friendships, not just romantic relationships. Mirroring her album’s themes, Rapp walks Modern Love host Anna Martin through various vulnerable moments she has recently shared with friends, including one with her best friend and former “The Sex Lives of College Girls” co-star Alyah Chanelle Scott.
It’s no surprise that Rapp chose to read the Modern Love essay “This is What Happens When Friends Fall in Love” by Sammy Sass. The piece resonates with her own experiences of sustaining love within queer friendships. While Rapp says she doesn’t have a blueprint, she has learned to navigate misunderstandings and express genuine love to those closest to her.
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In this month’s installment of the Book Review Book Club, we’re discussing “The Catch,” the debut novel by the poet and memoirist Yrsa Daley-Ward. The book is a psychological thriller that follows semi-estranged twin sisters, Clara and Dempsey, who were babies when their mother was presumed to have drowned in the Thames.
The novel begins decades later, when Clara sees something strange: A woman who looks just like their mother is stealing a watch. Clara believes this is her mother, and wants to welcome her back into her life. Dempsey is less certain, in part because the woman doesn’t seem to have aged a day. She believes the woman is a con artist because it’s simply not possible for her to be their mother … right?
What’s real? What’s not? And what does that mean for the lives of these struggling sisters? Daley-Ward unpacks it all in her deliciously slippery novel. On this episode, the Book Club host MJ Franklin talks about “The Catch” with fellow Book Review editors Jennifer Harlan and Sadie Stein.
Other books mentioned in this week’s episode:
“The Other Black Girl,” by Zakiya Dalila Harris
“The Haunting of Hill House,” by Shirley Jackson
“Wish Her Safe at Home,” by Stephen Benatar
“Erasure,” by Percival Everett
“Playworld,” by Adam Ross
“The House on the Strand,” by Daphne du Maurier
“Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,” by Max Porter
“The Furrows,” by Namwali Serpell
“Dead in Long Beach, California,” by Venita Blackburn
“The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett
“Death Takes Me,” by Cristina Rivera Garza
“Audition,” by Katie Kitamura
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A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, tells the story of how an overlooked book by a 28-year-old author eventually became the great American novel, and explores why all of these decades later, we still see ourselves in its pages.
Guest: A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, writing about literature and ideas.
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The suffering in Gaza has reached new depths, and now finding food, which was already scarce, has become a deadly endeavor.
Israeli forces have opened fire on crowds of desperate and hungry people who were trying to reach aid sites established by a new and controversial humanitarian group. Hundreds of people have been killed, according to Gaza health officials.
Aaron Boxerman, who covers Gaza for The Times, explains who is behind the distribution system and why it has been so deadly.
Guest: Aaron Boxerman, a reporter for The New York Times covering Israel and Gaza.
Background reading:
Dozens were killed in shootings that took place after thousands of Palestinians gathered in the hope of getting humanitarian aid from U.N. trucks entering the Gaza Strip.
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An explosive whistle-blower report claims that the Justice Department is asking government lawyers to lie to the courts, and that this has forced career officials to chose between upholding the Constitution and pledging loyalty to the president.
Rachel Abrams speaks to the whistle-blower about his career in the Justice Department and his complaint saying he was fired for telling the truth.
Guest: Erez Reuveni, who filed a whistle-blower complaint against the Department of Justice.
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In the global fight to dominate A.I., China is quickly catching up to the United States — which is why President Trump barred the tech giant Nvidia from selling its superpowered computer chips to Chinese companies.
Then, a few days ago, Mr. Trump abruptly changed course.
Tripp Mickle, who covers Silicon Valley for The New York Times, explains how Nvidia’s C.E.O. persuaded the president that the best way to beat China at A.I. is to help them compete.
Guest: Tripp Mickle, who reports about Silicon Valley for The New York Times.
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