The Cyclospora Mystery: How Human Poop Got on So Much Lettuce
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 salad.
Today, Christina Jewett and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, two public health reporters who have covered the parasite for The New York Times, discuss what’s been learned about where it comes from, how it spread so quickly and why our food safety system seems to be powerless to stop it.
Guest:
Christina Jewett, covers the Food and Drug Administration for The New York Times.
Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, a health reporter focusing on nutrition and sleep for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Taco Bell and the food distributor Sysco have pulled Taylor Farms lettuce from supply chains after it was linked to cyclosporiasis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked six more states to the cyclospora outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.
Photo: Michelle V. Agins / The New York Times
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Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
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.
Jason DeParle, who covers poverty for The New York Times, explains why so many people are suddenly losing access to this key benefit, and what implications it could have for the rest of the country.
Guest: Jason DeParle, who writes about poverty in the United States for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Faced with piles of new paperwork, people are losing food stamps.
Video: What Arizona reveals about the future of food stamps.
Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
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Will Michigan Rewrite the Rules of Democratic Politics?
In Michigan, a race for U.S. Senate is not only testing the growing appeal of left-wing populism. It could also be a turning point in a long-running debate among Democratic voters about the importance of electability.
Michael Kruse, who writes about politics for The New York Times, traveled to Michigan with the producers Asthaa Chaturvedi and Anna Foley of “The Daily” to speak to voters and campaign volunteers.
Guest: Michael Kruse, a politics reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Michigan’s tense Democratic Senate race poses a big test for a divided party.
Can a progressive win in a purple state? Abdul El-Sayed wants to find out.
Photo: Nic Antaya for The New York Times
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The Tangled Tale of the Tate Brothers and the Trumps
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
Over the past decade, the Tate brothers have built a global empire around pornography, hypermasculinity and overt misogyny. At the same time, they have been repeatedly accused of assaulting and trafficking women.
A Times investigation found that as their legal troubles mounted, the Tates found powerful allies in the Trump family and administration.
Megan Twohey, who has been covering the story, explains just how important those alliances became and why they are now starting to unravel.
Guest: Megan Twohey, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
How a manosphere star accused of rape and trafficking was freed last year.
The Tate brothers were arrested in Miami last month as the British authorities filed new rape and trafficking charges.
The brothers, in federal custody, are seeing their powerful backers go quiet.
Photo: Eduard Vinatoru/Inquam Photos, via Reuters
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After Losing Her Limbs, Our Cooking Columnist Returns to the Kitchen
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 limitations: She was born with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, which required her to carefully manage her working life. She did so successfully, becoming a celebrated cookbook author and food writer for The Times.
A medical crisis in December 2023 changed all of that. Komolafe ended up in a coma for six weeks, and after emerging learned that both her legs and her fingers would need to be amputated. In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Komolafe tells Rachel Abrams about what happened and how, after everything, she made her way back into the kitchen.
On Today’s Episode:
Yewande Komolafe is a cooking columnist for The New York Times.
Background Reading:
How Losing My Limbs Turned Me Into a Different Kind of Cook
The Chef Imagining a More Accessible World, One Meal at a Time
Photo credit: Lanna Apisukh.
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The Fight Tearing Apart Silicon Valley
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 technology for The New York Times, explains why the release of two Chinese models pushed that debate to a boiling point this week, and how it could end up reshaping the future of A.I.
Guest: Mike Isaac, a New York Times reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, covering tech companies and Silicon Valley.
Background reading:
Silicon Valley splits over closing the borders to Chinese A.I.
What is open-weights A.I.?
Photo: Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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Europe Is Burning
This summer, wildfires have been raging across Europe. France and Spain have been hit particularly badly, with hundreds of thousands of acres incinerated and entire communities devastated.
Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, and Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief, explain how much the continent may need to adapt to climate change.
Guest:
Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, covering the changing planet.
Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, covering France, trans-Atlantic relations and the future of Europe.
Background reading:
Europe’s summer of reckoning is “just the beginning.”
The fires in France and Spain have been breaking modern records.
Photo: Baz Ratner/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group known as AIPAC, has spent a record amount of money in this year’s midterm elections to either oust or support candidates based on their support of Israel.
Jonathan Mahler, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, discusses the new litmus test for the left at a time when the United States’ relationship with Israel is under scrutiny.
Guest: Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine covering a wide range of topics, including politics, entertainment, education, media, the law and sports.
Background reading:
AIPAC wants Democrats to back Israel. Instead, they’re turning on the group.
Photo: Cheriss May/Sipa, via Associated Press Images
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The Iranians Who Want More War
Fractures in Tehran are pitting a faction favoring negotiation with Washington against hard-liners who oppose making a deal with the United States.
Guest:
Abdi Latif Dahir, a Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, covering Lebanon and Syria.
Farnaz Fassihi, the United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times. She also covers Iran and how countries around the world deal with conflicts in the Middle East.
Background reading:
What a journey through wartime Iran revealed.
Divisions festered within Iran over talks with the United States.
Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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What A.I. Is Actually Doing to the Economy
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, people are getting more nervous about how it could change the economy and their jobs.
Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, explains why A.I.’s impact is so hard to pin down and what we can learn from the tech disruptions of the past.
Guest: Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times.
Photo: George Wylesol
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Why Do Some Memories Survive Dementia?
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. The experience was exasperating and impossible to understand.
Today, Ellen tells the story of those years, and of how she discovered scientific research that helped explain everything her family had lived through — research that could potentially help to save precious memories from being lost forever.
On Today’s Episode
Ellen Barry, a mental health reporter for The New York Times
Background Reading
When My Father’s Canary Flew Away
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Karl-Anthony Towns Knows the Knicks' Win Was Bigger Than Basketball
New York’s star center on playing for his mom, Patrick Ewing. generations of emotional fans — and himself.
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More Trump Tariffs Are Coming
At a moment when inflation and affordability are on virtually everyone’s mind in America, Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said the Trump administration was planning a new slate of tariffs.
Ana Swanson, who covers international trade for The New York Times and spoke to Mr. Greer, explains why Greer thinks the policy has been a success.
Guest: Ana Swanson covers trade and international economics for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Mr. Greer is the quiet architect of President Trump’s global trade war.
Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times
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The World Cup Final Is Here
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 well-oiled machine and young star can bring it its second World Cup win. Argentina is looking to Lionel Messi, its longtime star, to secure victory in what could be his last game at the World Cup.
On today’s episode, Tariq Panja traces the road to this historic final and explains what to know before kickoff.
Tariq Panja, a global sports correspondent for The New York Times.
Background Reading
Why Everyone Cares About This World Cup
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Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
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The President, His Plane and the Press
Last Friday night, F.B.I. agents showed up at the homes of several New York Times journalists and summoned them to testify before a grand jury.
The move was a response by the Trump administration to an article about the safety of the new Air Force One.
Tyler Pager, one of the journalists, discusses the story and the subpoenas.
Guest: Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Several Times journalists were subpoenaed as Trump escalates pressure on the media.
Officials said the new Air Force One plane lacks defensive countermeasures of previous model.
Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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ICE Ramps Back Up, With Deadly Results
Two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Texas and Maine have put the spotlight back on the Trump administration’s deportation tactics.
Hamed Aleaziz, who reports on immigration policy, explains how these killings signal a return to a more aggressive form of enforcement.
Guest: Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy in the United States for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The ICE killing in Houston put focus on a surge in immigration arrests.
ICE was ordered to cease most vehicle stops after two killings in a week, but then President Trump demanded that the officers continue to stop vehicles.
Photo: Meridith Kohut for The New York Times
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What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.
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 online, and they are likely to intensify after the public sees the film.
Why does a 12,000-line poem that is nearly 3,000 years old still feel resonant today? In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Natalie Kitroeff talks about the “Odyssey” with two writers who have produced some critically acclaimed and widely read modern interpretations of Greek classics: Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the “Odyssey” from ancient Greek, and Madeline Miller, the author of the best-selling novels “Circe” and “Song of Achilles.”
On Today’s Episode:
Emily Wilson, a professor, classicist, author and translator of the “Odyssey”
Madeline Miller, the author of “Circe,” “Song of Achilles” and other books
Background Reading:
We’ll Help You Find Your Next Great Book. (Spoiler: It’s the ‘Odyssey.’)
The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English
Book Review: Turning Circe Into a Good Witch
Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
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The Most American Episode of The Daily, Ever.
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, wellness and food. We asked: What’s the most American thing on your beat?
On today’s episode, we present their answers. Happy Birthday, America!
On Today’s Episode
Joshua Barone, culture editor, on “Rodeo,” composed by Aaron Copland
Vanessa Friedman, chief fashion critic, on workout gear
Erik Piepenburg, culture writer, on the movie “Get Out”
Kevin Roose, technology columnist, on Amazon Prime
Mekado Murphy, culture editor, on the roller coaster The Beast
James Poniewozik, chief television critic, on “Survivor”
Jancee Dunn, wellness writer, on productivity and sleep
Elena Bergeron, culture editor, on U.S. hockey
Jennifer Szalai, nonfiction book critic at the Book Review, on “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World” by Henry Grabar
Bill Wasik, science editor, on liquid rocket fuel
Madison Malone Kircher, internet culture reporter, on Bama Rush
Kim Severson, food reporter, on M&M’s
MJ Franklin, editor at the Book Review, on “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Helen Shaw, chief theater critic, on “The Century Cycle” by August Wilson
Alissa Wilkinson, film critic, on the movie “There Will Be Blood”
Zachary Small, culture reporter, on Grand Theft Auto
Elisabeth Vincentelli, culture reporter, on demolition derbies
Jason Zinoman, critic at large, on the song “Political Science” by Randy Newman
Jason Farago, critic at large, on the Statue of Liberty
A.O. Scott, critic at large, on “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman (featuring a reading by Jeffrey Wright)
Gia Kourlas, dance critic, on “Stars and Stripes” by George Balanchine and “Appalachian Spring” by Martha Graham
Jon Caramanica, pop music critic, on “Trump Trump Baby” by Forgiato Blow
Photo credit: The New York Times
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The Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power. Again.
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered one of the biggest changes in decades to how the federal government works when it ruled that President Trump could fire independent government regulators. Then, it announced an exception to its own ruling.
Ann E. Marimow, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains what the court was up to.
Guest: Ann E. Marimow, the Supreme Court for The New York Times from Washington.
Background reading:
The Supreme Court expanded Mr. Trump’s power to fire officials but prevented the removal of Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor.
Photo: Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times
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Why Everyone Cares About This World Cup
Two weeks into the World Cup soccer tournament, it has already broken records. It has had its highest attendance ever, and generated the most goals scored in history.
But one of the biggest stories of the tournament is happening off the field as a wave of international visitors encounter America, and Americans encounter them.
Tariq Panja, a global sports correspondent at The New York Times, explains the magic and the complexity of this moment.
Then, Anna Foley, a producer for “The Daily,” talks to two lifelong fans of the Iranian team who discuss the complexity of national pride in the middle of war.
Guest: Tariq Panja, a global sports correspondent at The New York Times.
Background reading:
Iran’s team was eliminated over the weekend, ending a politically charged odyssey.
Scottish fans in Boston charmed the locals.
Photo: Kirby Lee/Imagn Images, via Reuters
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The Last 12 Weeks
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 a new five-part series from Serial Productions called “The Last 12 Weeks.” You can find the rest of the series by searching for “The Last 12 Weeks” on your favorite podcast player.
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Robby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets
The comedian and actor says class and the way she grew up inform everything about the way she lives now.
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Supreme Court Delivers Big Wins for Trump’s Immigration Agenda
The Supreme Court delivered big wins for President Trump’s immigration agenda on Thursday. Two polarized decisions closed off another path to seek legal status in the United States and potentially set the stage for hundreds of thousands of people to be deported.
Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy for The New York Times, explains how these rulings have given Mr. Trump new tools to reshape immigration in America.
Guest: Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy in the United States for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The Supreme Court expanded Mr. Trump’s power over immigration.
Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
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As Trump Purges Immigration Judges, One Speaks Out
Through his second term, President Trump has systematically pressured judges to carry out his agenda in a little-known court system that oversees immigration.
Nicholas Nehamas, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to Judge Holly D’Andrea about the Trump administration’s efforts to speed up deportations.
Guest:
Nicholas Nehamas, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.
Holly D’Andrea, an immigration judge and president of the National Association of Immigration Judges.
Background reading:
How Mr. Trump purged immigration judges to speed up deportations.
Photo: Desiree Rios for The New York Times
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R.F.K. Jr.’s Newest Mission: Getting Us Off Antidepressants
In his latest public health crusade, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, is asking why millions of Americans have been taking psychiatric drugs for far longer than ever intended.
In the process, he’s highlighting an open secret in medicine: that doctors are better at starting drug treatments than at stopping them, and that patients who want to end their treatment are increasingly taking matters into their own hands.
Ellen Barry, a mental health reporter, takes us inside the growing movement to “deprescribe.”
Guest: Ellen Barry, a reporter covering mental health for The New York Times.
Background reading: Some psychiatrists fear that Mr. Kennedy’s call to rein in the use of depression medications will drive patients away from care.
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Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?
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, informing his own sense of masculinity and manhood: his father, Lou.
Lou Junod was handsome, charismatic — a man who seemed like a celebrity, even though he wasn’t famous. He was also mysterious, a keeper of secrets that have continued to reverberate through his son’s life.
On today’s episode, Michael Barbaro talks with Junod about his new book, “In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man,” which is part memoir and part detective story, as well as a powerful meditation on fatherhood.
On Today’s Episode:
Tom Junod is the author of “In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man.”
Background Reading:
Tom Junod Would Like to Tell You About His Father
Art: Lou Junod with baby Tom in 1958.
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Danny McBride Thinks Men Learned All the Wrong Lessons From Movies
The writer and actor, known for his profane comedic antiheroes, likes to find universal truths in human flaws.
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Did Iran Come Out on Top in the Peace Deal?
After three months of war, Iran and the United States have agreed to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The news, which was first met with joy and relief, drew a wave of criticism when the actual terms of the agreement became public this week.
David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, explains how the Trump administration has defended the deal, which seems to favor Iran.
Guest: David E. Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The U.S.-Iran deal, which left many of the toughest issues to future negotiations, came after a last-minute scramble.
President Trump lashed out at critics of the agreement and threatened to bomb Iran again if it violated the deal.
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Inside Trump’s Deal With Iran
After days of promising that a cease-fire was near, President Trump announced late Sunday that he had reached a deal with Iran.
Today, David Sanger, who spoke to the president, explains what is and is not included in the framework agreement, and how much closer it gets both sides to ending the war for good.
Guest: David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
Mr. Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be “permanently toll-free” under the agreement with Iran.
Washington and Tehran reach a framework for peace.
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