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Apple News In Conversation with Shumita Basu brings you interviews with some of the world’s best journalists and experts about the stories that impact our lives. Join us every week as we go behind the headlines.

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Americans want more kids. Here’s what’s stopping them.

Fewer people around the world are having kids — the global birth rate has been falling steadily since the 1970s — but, for many, it’s not because they don’t want to become parents. A deep sense of uncertainty about money, relationships, and the futur... more

Yesterday • 26 min

The hidden tax Americans pay constantly — and how we can avoid it

Americans spend billions of hours a year navigating government bureaucracy, whether filling out forms, waiting on hold, or standing in endless lines. Researchers call this hidden burden the “time tax.” In her new book, The Time Tax: How the Governmen... more

24 Sep 2026 • 31 min

The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know.

Unsettling headlines about AI are dominating the news. In the past few weeks, an Anthropic researcher quit his job out of fear that the technology could “kill us all,” OpenAI revealed that its models have demonstrated “concerning behavior,” and four ... more

17 Sep 2026 • 32 min • Most popular

The dark side of America’s obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial

Warning: This episode includes descriptions of violence against children, adult language, and mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.

The trial of Lindsay Clancy... more

10 Sep 2026 • 32 min

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Recent Guests

Nilay Patel

Editor-in-chief of The Verge and host of the Decoder podcast

The Verge

Episode: The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know.

Jessica Winter

Staff writer at The New Yorker, longtime reporter on the Lindsay Clancy case

The New Yorker

Episode: The dark side of America’s obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial

Brian Underwood

Beauty and Grooming Director for Men's Health and Women's Health

Hearst/Men's Health and Women's Health

Episode: The real reason so many Americans are convinced sunscreen is dangerous

Michael Andor Brodeur

Journalist, author of Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle

Men's Health, author

Episode: Why men are suddenly so worried about their testosterone levels

Timothy Lytton

Law professor at Georgia State University and author of Outbreak, Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety

Georgia State University

Episode: The uncomfortable reasons human waste keeps turning up in your lettuce

Burkhard Bilger

New Yorker staff writer who reported on the Lone Star Tick and Alpha Gal syndrome

The New Yorker

Episode: This tick can give you a life-threatening allergy. It’s spreading across the U.S.

Mike McIntire

Investigative reporter for The New York Times and author

The New York Times

Episode: How America’s gun obsession really started

David Kirkpatrick

Staff writer for The New Yorker who has tracked Trump's income streams for years

The New Yorker

Episode: Inside the revelations from Trump’s $2 billion financial disclosure

Julia Belluz

Contributing opinion writer, The New York Times; co-author of Food Intelligence

The New York Times

Episode: People are running their own experiments with GLP-1s — with stunning results

Hosts

David Greene

Host of Apple News In Conversation, with extensive experience guiding in-depth interviews on current events and policy topics.

Shumita Basu

Host focusing on thoughtful, accessible interviews with journalists and experts.

Sam Sanders

Contributor and interviewer known for engaging conversations with guests across politics, culture, and policy.

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Eddie Pain
United States21 days ago
Go deep
If you want to go deep on any topic on “AN In Conversation” Shamita is the one to take you there.
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Johnny Wayne B
United Statesa month ago
Variety is the Spice of Life
Please never bring back the full-time host. It’s refreshing and so much more interesting to hear the recent, rotating narrators and hosts. I loathe how the usual host just moans or grunts when she doesn’t have a transition or word to contribute to the conversation. Not gender-biased, as I am an open-minded, younger woman. My entire professional kitchen of men and women of all ages used to HATE when this show came on automatically after one of my subscribed articles finished. Recently, we’ve been... more
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Great reporting David Greene!
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Kikydepacas
United States2 months ago
This eps lately are something
I usually love this show, and I def miss our girl. But like it’s still a team and I am questioning having Isgur on this latest one. It’s so obvious she is here selling her book and that is it. This whole “of here’s some specifically conservative stuff because people say this is too left leaning”. Classic Democrat nonsense. Have some journalistic integrity.
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Apple Podcasts	#44	United States/News/News Commentary
Apple Podcasts	#84	United Kingdom/News/News Commentary
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The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know.

Q: Why does this moment feel different now, and what factors are driving the heightened warnings?

A combination of mainstream coverage, viral anecdotes, and real incidents (like the Hugging Face test) has created a perception that AI could act autonomously in harmful ways. The compute arms race and the influx of capital into AI startups amplify the urgency for governance, even as some leaders warn that the timeline to true AGI remains uncertain.

The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know.

Q: What is AGI specifically, and what should people understand about AGI?

There is no single industry standard definition; AGI is framed by CEOs as a goal to outperform humans on many tasks, but current systems are not truly sentient or universally capable across all domains. The terminology is used to push for investment and regulatory considerations, while the industry debates what constitutes 'economically viable' AGI and how close we are to it.

Forever chemicals are hiding everywhere. These five habits can help you avoid them. (From the archives)

Q: What have been the most effective actions taken by affected communities so far?

Communities organized through media engagement, lawsuits, and lobbying, which resulted in state-level regulations, medical monitoring programs, and, in some cases, financial settlements, demonstrating the power of citizen-led accountability.

Forever chemicals are hiding everywhere. These five habits can help you avoid them. (From the archives)

Q: What sparked your decision to focus on forever chemicals and their impact on communities?

Her reporting began with local observations of unusually high cancer rates in Husick Falls, which led to testing, interviews with residents, and uncovering a broader pattern of industrial knowledge of PFAS risks and regulatory gaps, culminating in national attention.

The uncomfortable reasons human waste keeps turning up in your lettuce

Q: What happened with the Taylor Farms lettuce outbreak investigation and what does it illustrate about tracing contamination?

Initial DNA fingerprinting suggested a match with Taylor Farms, leading to recalls, but later analysis showed a mismatch, illustrating that definitive source tracing in large fields and complex supply chains is very difficult, and false positives can occur.

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