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If a $35 billion deal goes through, Capital One will purchase Discover and become the nation’s largest credit card issuer. But the bank isn’t in it for credit debt — it’s in it for Discover’s payments system. Also in this episode: why Walmart had strong sales last quarter and how states are preparing for a…

For our climate story of the week, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District) talks about the fifth anniversary of The Green New Deal, its accomplishments so far, and the local and national priorities on climate change ahead of the election.  Plus, other national politics, including why, as a progressive, she’s supporting President Biden’s reelection.…

The US has vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Show more The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire. In its own resolution the US warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah. We’ll…

Today kicks off a week of concerts for The Paco de Lucía Legacy Festival, inspired by the famous flamenco guitarist around the tenth anniversary of his death. Tonight, the festival begins with a concert at Carnegie Hall, before more than thirty musicians play in venues around the city through February 24. To preview the festival…

Wright is up for an Oscar for best actor this year for the film American Fiction, where he plays a novelist who’s frustrated with the publishing industry’s expectations of Black authors. He cynically writes a book under a pseudonym that’s full of clichés, like drug abuse, violence, and poverty — and it’s a hit. Wright’s…

This month we hear from the makers of the five films nominated for the Academy Award for best feature documentary. Today, director and producer Maite Alberdi talks about her film, “The Eternal Memory” that connects the individual crisis of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis to the societal need to preserve its history through the story of a prominent Chilean…

This week marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, that means two years of stories of resilience and determination. He tells those stories in his new book “Our Enemies Will Vanish.” Today, On Point: A Ukraine-born journalist on his country’s ‘battle for survival.’ Guest Yaroslav…

New York City is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in history, and yet some of those languages are in danger of dying out. In his new book, Ross Perlin, author and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, follows six speakers of endangered languages in order to examine what it will take to keep these traditions alive…

Spectators relax by the river Thames during the Henley regatta at Henley-on-Thames. Steve Eason/Getty Images Twiddling your thumbs is often associated with wasting time. But feel shame about thumb-twiddling no longer. In a world of calendars and to-do lists, something has to give. We so often fear doing nothing, missing out, or getting behind. Our…

On today’s show: For our climate story of the week, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District), talks about the 5th anniversary of The Green New Deal, its accomplishments so far, and the local and national priorities on climate change ahead of the election. Over 61,000 New Yorkers have submitted a claim of EBT fraud…