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Apple News In Conversation — 255 episodes

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The dark side of America’s obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial

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Forever chemicals are hiding everywhere. These five habits can help you avoid them. (From the archives)

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The real reason so many Americans are convinced sunscreen is dangerous

4

Why men are suddenly so worried about their testosterone levels

5

The uncomfortable reasons human waste keeps turning up in your lettuce

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This tick can give you a life-threatening allergy. It’s spreading across the U.S.

7

How America’s gun obsession really started

8

Inside the revelations from Trump’s $2 billion financial disclosure

9

People are running their own experiments with GLP-1s — with stunning results

10

The surprising ways the Supreme Court curbed Trump’s power

11

Why the Constitution is making our politics worse (From the archives)

12

The little-known forces quietly killing the college degree

13

The U.S. is turning 250. These songs unexpectedly changed American history.

14

TV’s most beloved assistant coach says the World Cup is about to change America. Here’s how.

15

How the Texas floods forever changed one family

16

How to navigate summer air travel when everything costs more

17

Why America has more billionaires than ever (From the archives)

18

How one Supreme Court decision could shift political power for decades

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Rebroadcast: They work full-time jobs. Why are they homeless?

20

The real reason American men are struggling

21

The unique power of an American pope

22

How to make nostalgia your psychological superpower

23

Why so many people are falling in love with AI chatbots

24

He said yes to an IT job. He ended up enslaved in a scam compound.

25

Americans are obsessed with protein. How much do you actually need?

26

How Elon Musk transformed Twitter — and what it means for online discourse

27

What it actually costs to win an Oscar

28

What the Iran war reveals about Trump’s approach to power

29

Rebroadcast: The truth about Johnson & Johnson

30

“In sickness and in health”: what no one tells you about caring for a loved one

31

The billionaire tech heir trying to buy the movie industry — on his father’s dime

32

How Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries to global superstardom

33

How ICE entered its most aggressive era — and what comes next

34

This science writer has seen Earth’s most amazing places. Here’s what she’s learned.


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The true toll of the Los Angeles fires

36

Trump didn’t take military action against Venezuela in his first term. Here’s what changed.

37

Rebroadcast: The secret to finding joy in running

38

Rebroadcast: An FBI agent went undercover in America’s extremist groups. Here’s what he learned.

39

The best music, movies, and TV of 2025

40

How RFK Jr.’s tumultuous past has shaped his convictions

41

‘The Rest Is History’ hosts on their top moments from America’s past

42

Rebroadcast: Should you cut ties with a family member? A therapist offers advice.

43

Samin Nosrat doesn’t love Thanksgiving food. Here’s what she says will improve it.

44

She documents war’s darkest truths — then returns home to her family

45

The hidden dangers of being pregnant in America

46

The little-known official quietly driving Trump’s second term

47

How Zohran Mamdani is already changing politics

48

The dirty secret behind the hobby costing young men thousands of dollars

49

What happens when MAHA and public-health experts talk to one another?

50

Schools blocked ChatGPT. Now they embrace it. What changed?

51

What we get wrong about political violence in the U.S.

52

Is the U.S. Constitution too hard to change?

53

She had schizophrenia for decades — then suddenly she didn’t

54

Why recovering from addiction is so hard in America

55

Rebroadcast: How “real” is reality TV?

56

How Sudan’s collapse exposes America’s fading global power

57

The hidden agenda behind “no tax on tips”

58

How one state became a blueprint for Trump’s immigration crackdown

59

She wanted to be a mother. She was forced to put her son up for adoption.

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“There’s no good way to kill somebody”: what the death penalty looks like in America

61

How tech is transforming parenthood (for better or worse)

62

“We are living in a new Gilded Age”: how the billionaire class came to power

63

Rebroadcast: “There is a government cover-up around UFOs. It’s just not the one that you think.”

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What happens when private equity takes over your hospital, your house, and your job

65

Inside the high-speed production of ‘F1 The Movie’

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An FBI agent went undercover in America’s extremist groups. Here’s what he learned.

67

Rebroadcast: How Taylor Swift changed the music industry forever

68

Why a 25-cent pill is being sold to cancer patients for nearly $1,000

69

How Joe Biden’s inner circle hid his cognitive decline

70

How toxic chemicals quietly took over our lives

71

Rebroadcast: They killed 24 people, including children. No one was ever held responsible.

72

How one small town battled a deepfake-porn criminal

73

They work full-time jobs. Why are they homeless?

74

The White House is going after universities. This college president is speaking out.

75

He’s a makeup artist seeking asylum. Why was he targeted by ICE?

76

The dark side of Johnson & Johnson

77

Inside Elon Musk’s digital government takeover

78

A travel expert’s secrets for inexpensive luxury trips

79

What’s behind the U.S. military’s recruitment crisis?

80

Inside the Murdoch family’s succession drama

81

How this brutal sport took over America — and helped elect Donald Trump

82

How much power does a president have?

83

“It’s like the Hunger Games”: Behind the scenes at ‘Saturday Night Live’

84

The dark side of the global human-egg trade

85

Social media was supposed to be a force for good. What happened?

86

He infiltrated America’s militias — and then spilled their secrets

87

Behind the scenes of ‘Severance’ with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott

88

How America’s student-debt problem got so big

89

Rebroadcast: Esther Perel on the real reasons couples fight

90

Rebroadcast: How to unlock your family’s history

91

Malala Yousafzai on women’s resistance under Taliban rule in Afghanistan

92

How one of Trump’s harshest policies started out under the radar

93

How Taylor Swift changed the music industry forever

94

Rebroadcast: Why we keep buying stuff we don’t need

95

Why more people are cutting ties with family

96

She writes women who feel real. Her work is shaking up TV.

97

Why Americans bet on Donald Trump — again

98

How a Harris or Trump win would change America

99

The truth behind one of the biggest political lies

100

Hurricanes are deadlier than ever. It doesn’t have to be this way.

101

Why this crucial voting bloc is inching to the right

102

What to know about the Israel-Hamas war, one year in

103

What a post-Roe America looks like now — and how the election could change it

104

They killed 24 people, including children. Why was no one held responsible?

105

Why our loved ones believe political conspiracy theories — and ways to repair the damage

106

Living longer should be a gift. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

107

Rebroadcast: Her family had always kept one relative a secret. She set out to uncover the truth.

108

Inside the strategy to get Kamala Harris to the White House

109

The scariest 70 miles

110

What Nancy Pelosi wants for America — and what she’s done to get it

111

How America’s food is making us sick

112

The GOATs to watch at the Paris Olympics

113

How Trump became the GOP’s savior in chief — and the strategy to bring him back to the White House

114

Kids feel anxious. Parents feel hopeless. Why it’s so hard to limit social-media use.

115

How to survive this summer’s unbearable heat

116

Inside the making of reality TV

117

The real reason so many people are getting cosmetic surgery

118

Why TV and movies are getting worse

119

What we know about the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs

120

If you could choose another version of your life, would you?

121

Rebroadcast: What losing family taught Anderson Cooper about grief and gratitude

122

Retirement is daunting. Here’s how Americans are making it work.

123

How to become your own boss

124

Rebroadcast: His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He went looking for answers.

125

How to make America a better place to raise kids

126

How money affects your mental health

127

How a financial-advice columnist got scammed out of $50,000

128

Rebroadcast: Tom Hanks on what it takes to make a movie

129

The U.S. political system is broken. Here are five ideas to fix it.

130

Who’s better for the economy — Biden or Trump?

131

Not sure what’s real or fake online? Here are some tips.

132

Everything you need to know about Trump’s four criminal trials

133

Could Biden drop out of the race? Can Trump run if he’s convicted? Your 2024 election questions, answered.

134

The WNBA is building something — and it’s not just the women’s version of the NBA

135

Former elite gymnast Maggie Nichols speaks out about Larry Nassar’s abuse

136

Why America is obsessed with the NFL

137

College sports are a multibillion-dollar business. Why aren’t athletes getting a cut?

138

Inside the mind of one of the New Yorker’s most iconic cartoonists

139

“There is a government cover-up around UFOs. It’s just not the one that you think.”

140

How the evangelical church became so political, according to a pastor’s son

141

Esther Perel on the real reasons couples fight

142

Rebroadcast: Your brain is hardwired to resist change. Here’s how to retrain it.

143

Rebroadcast: ‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson on how to let go of resentment and find happiness

144

How to unlock your family’s history

145

A guide to smarter, more ethical shopping this holiday season

146

Rachel Maddow on America’s history of fighting fascism

147

Rebroadcast: Why relationships fall apart over dirty dishes — and how to avoid the trap

148

What a former astronaut says TV gets right and wrong about space

149

“It’s intolerable”: the New Yorker’s David Remnick on the Israel-Hamas war

150

How facial-recognition technology is upending privacy as we know it

151

Marriage, murder, betrayal: the true story behind ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

152

The realities of living in the Palestinian territories

153

A guide to help you understand the Israel-Hamas war

154

America loves the AR-15. Here’s how that happened.

155

The secret to finding joy in running

156

Elon Musk’s biographer on two years of shadowing the tech billionaire

157

Why so many American kids are struggling to learn how to read — and how to fix that

158

Her family had always kept her aunt a secret. She set out to uncover the truth.

159

Think Again: The signs that you’re ready to retire

160

Think Again: What losing family taught Anderson Cooper about grief and gratitude

161

Think Again: Why people lose themselves in parenthood — and how to reclaim your sense of self

162

Think Again: The most confusing years of your life — and strategies to get through them

163

Think Again: Your brain is hardwired to resist change. Here’s how to retrain it.

164

Sneak Peek: Life’s big transitions, reimagined

165

The dangers of extreme heat — for our health and our planet

166

Rebecca Lowe can’t believe how far women’s soccer has come

167

Tom Hanks on what it takes to make a movie

168

Playing Dwight on ‘The Office’ didn’t make Rainn Wilson happy. Here’s how he’s seeking real joy.

169

Rebroadcast: The real problem with elite-college admissions

170

Enduring advice for this year’s graduating class (and nongraduates too)

171

Writer Samantha Irby makes the case for enjoying frivolous things

172

His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He went looking for answers.

173

What you should know before buying an EV

174

Rebroadcast: Malcolm Gladwell on why changing your mind can be so difficult

175

How unreported gifts and luxury travel are harming the Supreme Court’s legitimacy

176

The secrets our government keeps from us — and why

177

What makes a murderer? These investigators might have the answer.

178

What a top couples therapist wishes more people knew

179

Why Sienna Miller and Scott Z. Burns made a climate-catastrophe show

180

What Fox News insiders are saying as the network faces a landmark trial

181

Why we don’t take postpartum mental health seriously enough — and what that means for new parents

182

Why there’s so much poverty in America — and what you can do about it

183

What A.I. will make better — and much, much worse

184

Havana syndrome looks very real on brain scans. Why is it still a mystery to the U.S. government?

185

Inside the most shocking moments in Oscar history

186

After a reporter’s killing, journalists came together to finish his last investigation

187

How new weight-loss drugs are changing conversations about obesity

188

Why the economy is so weird right now

189

Money ruins marriages. It doesn’t have to.

190

The deadliest wave of the fentanyl crisis is here. Why aren’t we doing more to stop it?

191

The real problem with elite-college admissions

192

They thought their crimes were untraceable. Then their dark-web empire collapsed.

193

Inside one of the NFL’s most stunning failures

194

The signs that you’re ready to retire

195

Rebroadcast: The health and wellness myths almost everyone falls for

196

Rebroadcast: She teaches Yale’s famous class about the science of happiness. Here’s what she’s learned.

197

Microplastics are everywhere. Here’s what that means for your health.

198

Nobel Peace Prize–winning journalist Maria Ressa on how to stand up to a dictator

199

A growing scientific field saves lives. It’s also rife with controversy.

200

Traveling for the holidays? Here’s what to know before your next flight

201

Introducing ‘After the Whistle,’ a podcast all about the World Cup

202

What the lottery reveals about the American dream

203

Which party will control Congress? Three experts weigh in.

204

Something is deeply broken in American news. Can it be fixed?

205

What happened to Mahsa Amini: Inside Iran’s extraordinary uprising

206

What will happen if Trump returns to the White House? This book offers clues.

207

Does the TSA actually keep anyone safe?

208

Inside Nina Totenberg’s Supreme Court career — and powerful friendship with RBG

209

How the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders transformed sports

210

How America bungled COVID school closures — and failed to put children first

211

Think Again: How to master the art of doing nothing

212

Think Again: Why Americans are so burned out — and how to fix your work-life balance

213

Think Again: The health and wellness myths almost everyone falls for

214

Think Again: Why relationships fall apart over dirty dishes — and how to avoid the trap

215

Think Again: Malcolm Gladwell’s tips for changing a stubborn mind

216

What it took to bring down R. Kelly

217

Inside the dark corners of the internet that breed mass shooters

218

Why air travel is such a mess — and what to know before your next flight

219

Her son was briefly out of sight during a picnic. She was arrested for child abuse

220

Why the news is so broken, according to one of the first journalists to cover Trump’s campaign

221

Rebroadcast: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project and how the legacy of slavery shapes America

222

She had an illegal abortion in 1970 — and was charged with manslaughter

223

There’s a science to happiness. This Ivy League professor has cracked the code.

224

Are political insiders looking for a Biden backup plan?

225

Why child suicide is on the rise

226

The school shooting generation

227

The anatomy of Trump’s Big Lie

228

What Queen Elizabeth is really like

229

How the abortion news threatens the Supreme Court’s credibility

230

The people who got rich off the pandemic

231

The network of activists preparing for a post-Roe future

232

She thought she knew her family — until she took a DNA test

233

The transgender swimmer whose success made her a target

234

Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty. What about her COO?

235

What happened when a man made a chatbot of his dead fiancée

236

Jon Stewart can’t fix America. But he knows people who can.

237

Apple News In Conversation

238

Uncovering slave-ship wrecks, a diver puts lost souls to rest

239

How real is the threat of nuclear war?

240

David Remnick on Putin’s endgame

241

Did a Texas man confess to a murder he didn’t commit?

242

Are we in the golden age of ‘Jeopardy’?

243

They survived school shootings. How are they 20 years later?

244

Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project and reframing U.S. history

245

How one journalist helped her dad die

246

Feeling burned out? Here’s how to rethink work.

247

Inside the secret prisons where migrants are tortured and beaten

248

Jelani Cobb on the backlash to critical race theory

249

Kids were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. How could that happen?

250

Think the stock market is rigged? You may be right.

251

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on the final months of Trump’s presidency

252

The story of Jane Roe, her baby, and abortion in America

253

E. Alex Jung on who writer Anthony Veasna So might’ve been

254

Roxane Gay talks Kelis’s farm and the beauty of homegrown food

255

Allison P. Davis on how Zola’s Twitter thread became a movie