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Vertical soap operas for your phone have taken over film and TV production, and they may soon need no humans at all. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magazine/microdramas-tv-shows-hollywood-entertainment.html By Daniel Kolitz Read by James Patrick Cronin Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Anj Vancura

The strange story behind the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/magazine/prairieland-iprotesters-socialist-rifle-association.html By Janet Reitman Read by Kirsten Potter Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Lance Neal Photograph Source: Johnson County Sheriff’s Office

Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/magazine/alternative-cancer-clinics-treatment-father.htm By Trisha Thadani Read by Kirsten Potter Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Devin Murphy Photograph from the Thadani family

Members from both parties say the legislative branch has descended into a state of dysfunction in the Trump era. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/magazine/congress-trump-midterms.html By Robert Draper Read by Eric Jason Martin Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Zac Mouton Photograph illustration by Derek Brahney

Hawaii’s housing crisis was at a breaking point even before the fire. Since then, displaced families have struggled to rebuild their lives. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/magazine/maui-wildfire-hawaii-housing.html By Jaime Lowe Read by Emily Woo Zeller Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Ted Blaisdell Photograph by Brendan George Ko for The New York Times

After years of relative quiet, the public is meeting “Andre 2.0” — a pickleball booster, an open book and a guy eager to build a less tortured relationship with competition. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/magazine/andre-agassi-pickleball-tennis.html By Lizzy Goodman Read by Gabra Zackman Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Joel Thibodeau Photograph by Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times

Why rebuilding after climate disasters is no longer enough. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/magazine/climate-change-disaster-rebuilding.html By David Wallace Wells Read by James Patrick Cronin Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Lance Neal Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Dayna Mooney chose alternative remedies over the recommendations of her son’s doctors. Was that her right as a parent or a threat to his care? To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/magazine/maha-cancer-treatment-doctors-cps.html By Elizabeth Barber Read by Emily Woo Zeller Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Ted Blaisdell Photograph by Haruka Sakaguchi for The New York Times

The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/magazine/collien-fernandes-impersonators-germany-metoo.html By Susan Dominus Read by Julia Whelan Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Devin Murphy Photograph b yLaura Stevens for The New York Times

A scientific and civilizational horror story. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/magazine/tick-season-lone-star-alpha-gal-syndrome-lyme.html By Benjamin Wallace Read by Eric Jason Roberts Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Zak Mouton Photograph by Ben Salb for The New York Times

As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/magazine/deportation-immigrants-prison-eswatini.html By Nicholas Casey Read by Ron Butler Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Sharon Kearney Photograph by Moises Saman/Magnum, for The New York Times

The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/magazine/child-family-caregivers-aacy.html By Helen Ouyang Read by Kirsten Potter Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Ted Blaisdell Photograph by Stephanie Sinclair for The New York Times

The bastion of American conservatism best known for Project 2025 has been consumed by an ideological — and generational — civil war. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/magazine/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans.html By Elisabeth Zerofsky Read by Kirsten Potter Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Joel Thibodeau Illustration by Ricardo Tomas

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/magazine/electric-cars-american-evs.html By Matthew Shaer Read by James Patrick Cronin Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Ted Blaisdell Photo illustration by Justin Metz

As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/magazine/terminal-lucidity.html By Billy Brennan Read by Ron Butler Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Anj Vancura Illustration by Francesco Francavilla