We are following up our 400th episode with a special Fourth of July Weekend Show, America250. We will review two special sections from The New York Times, “Six Sentences That Have Shaped American History” and “Visions of America: The American Revolution Through the Eyes of Seven Everyday Founders.” We will also share your comments on America250.

For the 400th episode of The Sunday #NYTReadalong, we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than by having three of our closest friends at The New York Times–Tom Jolly, Wayne Kamidoi and Mike Connors–join us as special guests. We are also welcoming back our long-time producer, Paula Kiger to join me and Sree as a special co-host.

Andrew Sondern, Deputy Director of News Design for The New York Times did the print design for “The 10-Minute Challenge.” He’ll be our guest on a special 90-minute edition of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. During the last half of the show, we will review the Sunday paper with Andrew.

We will take a look at The New York Times’ World Cup Preview (we have a pdf of their special section); “The Interview” with Sen. Raphael Warnock on voting rights and more; and the latest on the turmoil at 60 minutes with the firing of long-time correspondent Scott Pelley after he spoke out against Bari Weiss and leadership at CBS.

President Trump suffered several judicial setbacks this week in cases involving the Kennedy Center, the IRS and his “Weaponization” Fund. We’ll also discuss Trump’s ongoing War on Immigration and review The New York Times’ 100 Best Restaurants in NYC.

President Trump and President Xi in China; RFK Jr’s war on mental health care; NYT Cooking’s “24 Reasons to Cook This Summer” and all the latest news.

The Voting Rights Act. World Press Freedom Day and a cameo from Claudia Dreifus, a former guest and widow of our good friend, Prof. Andrew Hacker.

Artemis II was our first human flight to the Moon in more than 50 years. Who else breathed a sigh of relief when they re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere safely? April 10 also marked Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days as Mayor of the City of New York and the war in Iran has come to an end. Or has it?

Artemis II was our first human flight to the Moon in more than 50 years. Who else breathed a sigh of relief when they re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere safely? April 10 also marked Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days as Mayor of the City of New York and the war in Iran has come to an end. Or has it?

We will focus on the No Kings Rallies (Sree Sreenivasan attended one in NYC) and the recent lawsuit against Meta and YouTube.