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This summer, wildfires have been raging across Europe. France and Spain have been hit particularly badly, with hundreds of thousands of acres incinerated and entire communities devastated.

Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, and Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief, explain how much the continent may need to adapt to climate change.

Guest:

Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, covering the changing planet.

Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, covering France, trans-Atlantic relations and the future of Europe.

Background reading: 

Europe’s summer of reckoning is “just the beginning.”

The fires in France and Spain have been breaking modern records.

Photo: Baz Ratner/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group known as AIPAC, has spent a record amount of money in this year’s midterm elections to either oust or support candidates based on their support of Israel.

Jonathan Mahler, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, discusses the new litmus test for the left at a time when the United States’ relationship with Israel is under scrutiny.

Guest: Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine covering a wide range of topics, including politics, entertainment, education, media, the law and sports.

Background reading: 

AIPAC wants Democrats to back Israel. Instead, they’re turning on the group.

Photo: Cheriss May/Sipa, via Associated Press Images

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Fractures in Tehran are pitting a faction favoring negotiation with Washington against hard-liners who oppose making a deal with the United States. 

Guest:

Abdi Latif Dahir, a Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, covering Lebanon and Syria.

Farnaz Fassihi, the United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times. She also covers Iran and how countries around the world deal with conflicts in the Middle East.

Background reading: 

What a journey through wartime Iran revealed.

Divisions festered within Iran over talks with the United States.

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As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, people are getting more nervous about how it could change the economy and their jobs.

Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, explains why A.I.’s impact is so hard to pin down and what we can learn from the tech disruptions of the past.

Guest: Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times.

Photo: George Wylesol

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When the Times reporter Ellen Barry’s father developed dementia after a fall, her family spent years trying to manage his erratic behavior and confusion. They struggled to convince him that he was home, he was safe, and he shouldn’t try to leave. The experience was exasperating and impossible to understand.

Today, Ellen tells the story of those years, and of how she discovered scientific research that helped explain everything her family had lived through — research that could potentially help to save precious memories from being lost forever.

On Today’s Episode

Ellen Barry, a mental health reporter for The New York Times

Background Reading

When My Father’s Canary Flew Away

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