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  • 51 minutes 5 seconds
    The Sunday Read: ‘What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero’

    Sometime in the 1850s or ’60s, at a terrible moment in U.S. history, a strange man seemed to sprout, out of nowhere, into the rocky landscape between New York City and Hartford, Conn. The word “strange” hardly captures his strangeness. He was rough and hairy, and he wandered around on back roads, sleeping in caves. Above all, he refused to explain himself. As one newspaper put it: “He is a mystery, and a very greasy and ill-odored one.” Other papers referred to him as “the animal” or (just throwing up their hands) “this uncouth and unkempt ‘What is it?’”

    But the strangest thing about the stranger was his suit.

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    23 March 2025, 10:00 am
  • 43 minutes 58 seconds
    'The Interview': Dr. Lindsay Gibson on What We Owe Our 'Emotionally Immature' Parents
    The clinical psychologist explains the foundations of egocentric parental behavior, the impact it has on their children and the freedom of saying “no.”Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
    22 March 2025, 10:00 am
  • 30 minutes 15 seconds
    Why a Worrisome Economy Doesn’t Seem to Worry Trump

    As President Trump has rolled out his economic agenda, the assumption has been that he would quickly scale back his most aggressive policies once they began to scare consumers and the financial markets. But that assumption turned out to be wrong.

    Ben Casselman, who covers economics, and Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House, explain why Mr. Trump’s economic plan may be backfiring and why he doesn’t seem to mind.

    Guest: 

    • Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times.
    • Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

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    Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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    21 March 2025, 9:45 am
  • 49 minutes 7 seconds
    Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?

    Five years ago, at the urging of federal officials, much of the United States locked down to stop the spread of Covid. Over time, the action polarized the country and changed the relationship between many Americans and their government.

    Michael Barbaro speaks to Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, two prominent political scientists who dispute the effectiveness of the lockdowns, to find out what they think will be required when the next pandemic strikes.

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    Guest: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, authors of In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us

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    Photo: Hilary Swift for The New York Times

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    20 March 2025, 11:05 am
  • 26 minutes 27 seconds
    It Sucks to Be 33

    Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, will be 33 in a few weeks; she is part of a cohort born in 1990 and 1991 that makes up the peak of America’s population.

    At every life stage, that microgeneration has stretched a system that was often too small to accommodate it, leaving its members — so-called peak millennials — with outsize economic power but also a fight to get ahead.

    Guest: Jeanna Smialek, a U.S. economy correspondent for The New York Times.

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    14 March 2024, 9:45 am
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