By the time it’s over, this year’s race for president will have cost at least $3.5 billion. The single biggest expense will be campaign ads. Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, discusses the story that each campaign has been using those ads to tell, 30 seconds at a time.
Yesterday
The Intertwined Legacies of Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton
Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon and co-founder of Ms. magazine, died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. Her death came as many were still grieving the loss of another iconic woman: Dolly Parton.On paper, the connections between the two women seem superficial, but for the Ti ... Show More
30m 56s
Sep 3
A.I. Is Outsmarting Its Creators
From the start, the greatest fear for those developing artificial intelligence was that their creations would go rogue to act in unauthorized and dangerous ways. Some researchers now say it has happened. Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times, explains what th ... Show More
40m 36s
Sep 2
The Fight for the West Bank
Over the past year, there has been an increase in violence in the West Bank. Israeli settlers have terrorized Palestinians, set fire to their property, uprooted their olive groves and stolen their animals in an effort to drive them off their land. Rachel Abrams speaks to Loui Rid ... Show More
28m 1s
Sep 2024
The Mad Dash to Election Day
First: New TV ads, bus tours, and economic rollouts ... the Harris team is trying to flood the campaign zone one week before the candidates meet face-to-face for the first time on the debate stage.
Plus: From a very pro-choice to the most pro-life president, Donald Trump is cert ... Show More
45m 47s
Sep 2024
Summer Is Over. Election Season Is Here.
Labor Day is behind us and the conventional final stretch of the 2024 presidential campaign is here. There will be a rush of advertising, debates, more urgent attention paid to jobs reports, and October surprises. In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, we look at where ... Show More
32m 8s