Guest-hosted by Julia Carpenter: Whether you’re 30 or 50 years old, it can be difficult to know what your life in retirement is going to look like and how to best prepare for it. Wall Street Journal reporters Anne Tergesen and Veronica Dagher s

How to become your own boss

11 days ago 23m 17s

Guest-hosted by Julia Carpenter: More and more people are becoming self-employed in the U.S. And when it comes to being your own boss, everything from your finances to your attitude can shape whether your business is a success. Paco de Leon is

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

18 days ago 34m 26s

This is an episode from our archives.Around 2013, author and cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar started noticing some worrying changes in his father. He would forget the code to their safe; he couldn’t remember what he did the day before and would get

How to make America a better place to raise kids

25 days ago 28m 14s

Guest-hosted by Julia Carpenter: The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But when it comes to support for parents and families, we lag behind many of our peers. We have relatively high infant- and maternal-mortality r

How money affects your mental health

Apr 18th, 2024 30m 21s

Guest-hosted by Julia Carpenter: Losing your job. Being evicted. Hearing your parents fight about money. These can all be forms of financial trauma. Megan McCoy, a marriage and family psychologist specializing in financial therapy, explains how

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

Apr 11th, 2024 25m 47s

Guest-hosted by Julia Carpenter: Charlotte Cowles never thought she’d fall for a scam. She’s savvy about money and even writes a financial-advice column for The Cut. But last fall, scammers persuaded her to put $50,000 in cash in a shoebox and

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

Apr 4th, 2024 20m 20s

This is an episode from our archives.Tom Hanks has learned a thing or two about moviemaking during his decades-long career. Ultimately, he says, it’s not about one person’s vision or direction; it’s about the countless people behind the camera

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

Mar 28th, 2024 27m 29s

Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: The United States is one of the greatest democracies in the world. But, for a lot of people in this country, it doesn’t feel that way. A recent Pew Research survey found that about 7 in 10 Americans feel that our

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

Mar 21st, 2024 19m 22s

Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: Many Americans say the economy is their top issue this election year, with roughly two-thirds of voters saying they don’t feel it’s working for them. That’s despite a variety of indicators that show the economy is

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

Mar 14th, 2024 31m 22s

Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: Between the upcoming presidential election, rapidly improving artificial intelligence, and weakened social-media safeguards, disinformation is becoming an increasingly urgent issue in the U.S. In her new book, Att

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

Mar 7th, 2024 29m 34s

Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: Donald Trump is the first president — current or former — to face criminal charges. The first of his four criminal trials is set to begin at the end of March, with at least one other expected to take place before

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

Feb 29th, 2024 34m 28s

Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: This year’s presidential election is unprecedented for many reasons. Republican front-runner and former president Donald Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in four separate trials. President Joe Biden, the presum

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

Feb 22nd, 2024 26m 59s

Guest-hosted by David Greene: Sheryl Swoopes, often called the “female Michael Jordan,” was the first player signed to the WNBA. Her story is featured in the new documentary Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story, which takes a look at how far the leag

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

Feb 15th, 2024 22m 28s

Guest-hosted by David Greene: Maggie Nichols was the first athlete on the national team to report former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse to the organization in June 2015. A year later, she was not selected for the U.S. Olympic

Why America is obsessed with the NFL

Feb 9th, 2024 31m 42s

Guest-hosted by David Greene: The NFL accounted for 93 of the top 100 U.S. broadcasts in 2023, according to Nielsen ratings. But not that long ago, the league was reeling from controversies around head injuries, allegations of racism in its hir

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

Feb 1st, 2024 23m 44s

Guest-hosted by David Greene: College football and basketball are multibillion-dollar industries. But while some Division 1 coaches and athletic directors make millions of dollars each year, the players themselves are not paid by the schools th

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

Jan 25th, 2024 31m 11s

Roz Chast started at the New Yorker in 1978, when there was only one other woman cartoonist at the magazine. Decades later, she is a celebrated figure in the cartoon world and has become well-known for her distinctive style and humor. Her lates

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

Jan 18th, 2024 35m 11s

Have we been visited by extraterrestrial life? And how much does the government really know when it comes to UFOs? Garrett Graff’s latest book, UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here — and Out There, investigate

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

Jan 11th, 2024 29m 14s

Journalist Tim Alberta was raised in the evangelical church and is a practicing Christian. But he’s grown increasingly concerned about how entrenched politics has become in the evangelical movement. In his latest book, The Kingdom, the Power, a

Esther Perel on the real reasons couples fight

Jan 4th, 2024 32m 1s

Esther Perel is the relationship expert many couples dream of scheduling a session with. Her podcast, Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel, offers the next best thing. In it, she helps real couples work through their issues, often providing

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

Dec 28th, 2023 29m 1s

This is an episode from our archives.Transitions can feel intimidating and destabilizing. But these moments can also be opportunities for growth, reflection, and self-discovery — especially when you have the right tools. In this episode of App

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

Dec 21st, 2023 33m 38s

This is an episode from our archives.Rainn Wilson understands why so many people are rejecting religion today. But he argues that the core aspects of faith still have something important to offer us. Spirituality has brought him community, pur

How to unlock your family’s history

Dec 14th, 2023 26m 6s

Elizabeth Keating didn’t realize how little she knew about her mother’s life until after she had died. A trained anthropologist, Keating decided to develop a guide for interviewing and recording loved ones’ histories before it’s too late. Her b

A guide to smarter, more ethical shopping this holiday season

Dec 7th, 2023 20m 14s

Holiday spending is expected to reach record levels this year. That makes for a lot of packages — and a lot of returns, donations, and junk. On Apple News In Conversation, host Shumita Basu speaks with The Atlantic’s Amanda Mull, who reveals th

Rachel Maddow on America’s history of fighting fascism

Nov 30th, 2023 29m 17s

Rachel Maddow is best known for her show on MSNBC. But she’s also a serious history buff. In her latest book, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism, Maddow lays out the rise of a dangerous antidemocratic movement in the United States in th