Synopsis
This moment demands an explanation. This show is on a mission to find it. Only what you want to know, none of what you dont. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. Powered by New York Times journalism. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m.
Episodes
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Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
10/02/2017 Duration: 20minIs President Trump’s travel ban headed to the Supreme Court? Did the boy in the photograph make it to America? Plus: your stories about living through history.
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Thursday, Feb. 9. 2017
09/02/2017 Duration: 18minIs Senator Warren actually a danger to the Democratic party? And what does Trump’s election mean for the markets? We discuss.
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Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017
08/02/2017 Duration: 20minThe travel ban litigation, live-streamed. And why the 60-year-old words of the novelist James Baldwin captured in the film “I Am Not Your Negro” are so resonant right now.
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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017
07/02/2017 Duration: 19minWhy the nomination of Betsy DeVos for secretary of education is President Trump’s most controversial appointment in an already controversial cabinet. Plus: the meaning of four hardback chairs in the Oval Office.
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Monday, Feb. 6, 2017
06/02/2017 Duration: 19minWhat single figure connects the 2008 financial crisis, the creation of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Tea Party movement, Donald J. Trump’s election and, now, the potential dismantling of the biggest safeguard against America’s economic ruin? His name is Gary D. Cohn. Also, a Times investigation goes inside the world of the Islamic State and finds that terrorists no longer have to cross borders to carry out their attacks.
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Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
03/02/2017 Duration: 16minThe biggest story in sports meets the biggest story in politics. And a bloody mission in Yemen reminds us that a new administration doesn’t always mean a new start.
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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017
02/02/2017 Duration: 22minWho is influencing our new president’s views of Islam and radical Islamic terrorism? Are we seeing the beginning of a Tea Party for the Left? And why are its leaders looking to Republicans for inspiration? More on that — plus Beyoncé — on today’s show.
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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017
01/02/2017 Duration: 19minIn a ceremony made for prime-time television, President Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee: Neil M. Gorsuch, a conservative judge with a sterling résumé. We spent the night at The New York Times talking with some of our most insightful colleagues about what the nomination means. We also get on the phone with the chief executive of Hobby Lobby, a company at the center of one of Judge Gorsuch’s most important cases.
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Coming Soon: “The Daily”
17/01/2017 Duration: 03minThis is how the news should sound. Fifteen minutes a day. Five days a week. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. Powered by New York Times journalism. Starting Feb. 1.