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After days of promising that a cease-fire was near, President Trump announced late Sunday that he had reached a deal with Iran.

Today, David Sanger, who spoke to the president, explains what is and is not included in the framework agreement, and how much closer it gets both sides to ending the war for good.

Guest: David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

Mr. Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be “permanently toll-free” under the agreement with Iran.

Washington and Tehran reach a framework for peace.

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Almost 50 years ago, Steven Spielberg directed “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the story of an average man who discovers that humanity may not be alone in the universe. Over the decades, Spielberg has directed several movies about what would happen if humanity made contact with aliens. Would the aliens be kind like the title character in “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial”? Would they be cruel like the murderous aliens of “War of the Worlds”? And regardless of what the aliens were like, would we humans be ready to receive them?

Spielberg returns to the question of whether we’re alone in the universe, and what it might mean if we’re not, with his new film “Disclosure Day.” Today, he sits down with Rachel Abrams, a host of “The Daily,” to talk about the film, and about what he has learned over five decades of making movies about aliens.

 

On Today’s Episode

Steven Spielberg, director of “Disclosure Day.”

 

Background Reading

‘Disclosure Day’ Review: Spielberg Plays His Greatest Cosmic Hits

What Steven Spielberg Taught Me About Fear, Catharsis, and Being Human

 

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The actor-writer-director-producer on successful relationships (platonic and romantic), Hollywood’s volatility and his role in normalizing weed.

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At the heart of the current U.S. war against Iran is an inconvenient truth: that the United States is, in many ways, responsible for creating the very regime it now seeks to topple.

Today, Scott Anderson, a New York Times Magazine contributor, tells the story of America’s outsize role in the Islamic Revolution, and why all these years later we’re still no closer to understanding Iran.

Guest: Scott Anderson, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading: It has been a trying time for the Islamic republic of Iran.

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College graduates used to lean right politically, but over the past few decades, they have increasingly moved to the left.

Today, Noam Scheiber, the author of “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class,” explains the economic forces that have left many college grads deeply indebted, underpaid and angry, and also how their unmet expectations are reshaping class politics in America.

Guest: Noam Scheiber, a reporter for The New York Times based in the Chicago area who focuses on white-collar workers.

Background reading: College graduates feel betrayed, and their anger goes far beyond the recent rise of unemployment and the looming threat of artificial intelligence.

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