The BEST episodes of The New York Times Presents
Every episode of The New York Times Presents ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New York Times Presents!
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#2 - Mr. McGahn
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/27/2019
Most Americans don't know Donald McGahn's name. But they will be living with his legacy for decades to come. The Weekly tells the story of one of the most influential people in the Trump administration.
#3 - The Hot List
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/1/2019
When a big bear of a man in flip-flops showed up with a bottle of Japanese whiskey promising to deliver evidence implicating some of the world’s richest and most powerful men in an epic cover-up of sexual misconduct, our reporters were hooked. The man went by a pseudonym, Patrick Kessler, and he said he had terabytes of video surveillance from Jeffrey Epstein’s residences and other materials that, if true, would validate theories Epstein was engaged in an extensive blackmail operation. Kessler said he would share it all with The New York Times.
#5 - Inauguration, Inc.
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2019
With exclusive documents, photos, interviews and found footage, The Weekly and The New York Times's Washington reporters piece together an anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend the country has ever seen.
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#6 - Collision
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2019
An idealistic American couple bicycling around the world. A group of young men radicalized by ISIS. The Weekly investigates how these lives tragically intersected on a remote mountain pass.
#9 - Apple's Gold
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2019
Blood diamonds. Blood smartphones. We investigate a supply chain, uncovering how the gold in your smartphone might trace back to violent paramilitary groups that extort, and sometimes kill, Colombian miners.
#10 - V. Johnson & Johnson
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/6/2019
Johnson & Johnson insisted that its baby powder was safe. However, asbestos within the company was linked to ovarian cancer. Reporters Tiffany Hsu and Roni Caryn Rabin investigate.
#11 - Fire and Water
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/14/2020
How a Hong Kong Campus Became a Fiery Battlefield, from behind the front lines of the police crackdown on protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University last year.
#12 - Fake Believe
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/24/2019
Over several months, “The Weekly” embedded with a team of creative young engineers developing the perfect deepfake — not to manipulate markets or game an election, but to warn the public about the dangers of technology meant to dupe them. The team picked one of the internet’s most recognizable personalities, the comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan, who unwittingly provided the inspiration for the engineers’ deepfake moonshot. Can they perfect the technology before someone else pulls off the ultimate scam? Or do they risk introducing a tool that can forever be used to cloud the truth?
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#14 - Baby Constantin
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2019
The separation of children from their families at the border remains among the most controversial practices of the Trump administration. The Weekly uncovers the untold story of Baby Constantin, who spent most of his first 10 months of life separated from his parents by the American government.
#15 - The Education of T.M. Landry
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2019
A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracted national attention for sending students to the Ivy League. But a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.
#16 - El Chapo's Son: The Siege of Culiacán
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/17/2019
When Mexican forces came to arrest the son of the notorious drug lord, "El Chapo", it was the spark that ignited all-out war on the streets of Culiacán. Using never-before-seen video, and exclusive accounts from eyewitnesses, The Weekly investigates how the Sinaloa Drug Cartel took on the Mexican army, and won.
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#18 - The Myth of the Medallion
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2019
New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure - even suicide. A yearlong investigation into the collapse of the taxi medallion industry reveals how the system was rigged against the drivers, and who profited from it.
#19 - Rudy! Rudy?
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/13/2019
After 9/11, he was a national hero: America's Mayor. Now his back-channel work in Ukraine has helped spark an impeachment process that may forever tarnish both him and his client, President Trump. What happened to Rudy Giuliani?
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#20 - My Blood
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/12/2020
A 16-year old girl is the youngest person to receive an experimental treatment that could be the first genetic cure for a common disease. If it works, millions of people around the world could benefit.
#22 - The Endorsement
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/19/2020
For more than a century, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed a presidential candidate every four years. And now, for the first time, their decision-making process will be filmed & revealed to the public in this exclusive episode of The Weekly.
#23 - Open Arms
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/20/2020
American arms manufacturers are supplying bombs in a war that is considered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Schools, hospitals and mosques are often targets. Why does the U.S. allow this? The Trump administration believes it creates jobs.
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