The former Speaker of the House says Trump now “has a much deeper grasp of what has to be done, and how to do it.” Plus, Brian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher.”

Gabriel Sherman on “The Apprentice,” his coming-of-age film about Trump. And a look at the Uncommitted Movement in Michigan, and how the war in Gaza could cost Harris the election.

The political strategist Sarah Longwell on what she’s hearing in focus groups with discontented Trump supporters. Plus, Timothy Snyder on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine and America.

The deeply purple swing state is key to this election. The Democratic governor, a runner-up for Harris’s Vice-Presidential pick, explains how she can win.

The three-time Tony winner opens a new comedy onstage and makes her début in the Marvel universe. And the Democrats’ top lawyer on preparing for threats in the election. 

The novelist talks about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with policing that line. Plus, Ian Frazier’s tour of what he calls “Paradise Bronx.”

This program is drawn from a new season of the award-winning investigative podcast In the Dark. On a November day in 2005, in the city of Haditha, Iraq, something terrible happened. “...

New Yorker reporters on key issues shaping the Republican campaign: maximizing support from Latino voters, and tension over the next steps in ending abortion in America. 

She played a leading role in major legislation of the Biden Administration, then Pelosi helped clear the path for new Democratic leadership. Plus, Clare Malone on RFK and the bear.