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For years, Rupert Murdoch seemed content to let his children battle it out for control of his conservative media empire once he’s gone.

Jim Rutenberg, who writes about media and politics for The Times, discusses how a secret change to that plan by Mr. Murdoch touched off an ugly family squabble that could influence how much of the world sees the news.

Guest: Jim Rutenberg, a writer at large for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading: 

• Mr. Murdoch has moved to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.
• The 93-year-old media tycoon spent the past 70 years building a global media empire that gave him influence in journalism, politics and pop culture. Here’s how.

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Warning: this episode contains strong language and audio of war.

When the long legal saga of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, came to an end this summer, it marked the first time that the U.S. government had convicted anyone for publishing classified material.

Charlie Savage, who covers national security and legal policy for The Times, discusses what the conviction means for journalism and government accountability in a world where publishing state secrets can now be treated as a crime.

Guest: Charlie Savage, a national security and legal policy correspondent for The New York Times. Guest host: Natalie Kitroeff, Mexico City Bureau Chief for The New York Times. 

Background reading: 

• Mr. Assange’s plea deal sets a chilling precedent on the ability of journalists to report on military, intelligence or diplomatic information that officials deem secret.
• To some, Mr. Assange was a heroic crusader for truth. To others, he was a reckless leaker endangering lives.

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Warning: This episode contains audio of war.

Over the past few days, the simmering feud between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, has reached a critical moment.

Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times, explains why the latest tit-for-tat attacks are different and why getting them to stop could be so tough.

Guest: Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Israel says it killed a Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, in an airstrike near Beirut.
• The Israeli military blamed Mr. Shukr for an assault on Saturday that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

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Warning: This episode contains strong language.

Although Vice President Kamala Harris has officially been a presidential candidate for only about a week, the race to become her running mate is well underway.

Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, takes us inside the selection process.

Guest: Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• What’s more exciting than a veepstakes? A surprise veepstakes.
• Take a look at the leading contenders to be Ms. Harris’s running mate.

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Nuclear power, once the great hope for a clean way to meet the world’s energy needs, fell out of favor decades ago.

Brad Plumer, who covers technology and policy efforts to address global warming for The New York Times, explains how one company with a radical idea is now working to bring it back.

Guest: Brad Plumer, who covers technology and policy efforts to address global warming for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Work is starting in Wyoming coal country on a new type of reactor. Its main backer, Bill Gates, says he’s in it for the emissions-free electricity.

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On Nov. 12, 1974, Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He was arriving home from work when two men forced him into their car at gunpoint and took him to a house where they chained and interrogated him.

On the second day of his kidnapping, Jack’s wife, Janet, received a call from someone demanding a ransom of $750,000, and a few days later, Janet and Jack’s brother Buddy dropped the money off at Penn Station under F.B.I. surveillance. The F.B.I. did not catch the kidnapper, but afterward, he decided to let Jack go.

Jack was home safe. He had survived his kidnapping. But the actual kidnapping is not what this story is about, if you can believe it. It’s about surviving what you survived, which is also known as the rest of your life.

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For years, Venezuelans have been living through one of the most severe economic collapses in modern history — one that has caused millions to flee the country. But this weekend, an election is offering many a real hope for change.

Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The Times, explains why, after years under a repressive government, Venezuelans think this time might be different.

Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The “Iron Lady” of Venezuela threatens to unseat its autocrat.
• As many as one-third of Venezuelans would consider migrating if the country’s authoritarian leader is given another six years in power, one poll showed.

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Over the past 48 hours, as the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris went from theoretical to inevitable, she has delivered the first glimpses of how her campaign will run.

Reid J. Epstein, who covers politics for The Times, discusses what we’ve learned from her debut.

Guest: Reid J. Epstein, who covers politics for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Ms. Harris gave her first speech as the de facto Democratic nominee to a deafening crowd.
• Her presidential bid is getting a pop music rollout online.

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