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Have chocolate companies quietly changed their recipes?
Have chocolate companies quietly changed their recipes?
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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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- Have chocolate companies quietly changed their recipes? · 26 minEarlier this year, Brad Reese — the grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups — accused Hershey of secretly changing its recipes and making this beloved treat taste…
- The strange new politics of the death penalty · 31 minIn the span of a month, Christa Pike survived a botched lethal-injection execution in Tennessee and the Pentagon announced plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort…
- Your biggest midterm questions, answered · 40 minWith the 2026 midterms just two weeks away, many Americans are paying close attention not only to races and candidates but to the election process itself. Cook Political Report…
- The Cornell case exposes a dark reality about college culture · 34 minA lawsuit filed by a former Cornell student that alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024 has sparked an outpouring of women sharing their own…
- Americans want more kids. Here’s what’s stopping them. · 27 minFewer 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…
- The hidden tax Americans pay constantly — and how we can avoid it · 31 minAmericans 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…
- The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know. · 33 minUnsettling 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…
- The dark side of America’s obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial · 32 minWarning: 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 &…
- Forever chemicals are hiding everywhere. These five habits can help you avoid them. (From the archives) · 33 minThis is an episode from our archives. It originally aired in May 2025. Forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, are found in virtually every corner of the world, including in most…
- The real reason so many Americans are convinced sunscreen is dangerous · 31 minFor the past few years, a campaign against sunscreen has been building — with social-media influencers claiming that sunscreen itself, rather than the sun, is damaging people’s…
- Why men are suddenly so worried about their testosterone levels · 27 minTestosterone prescriptions are at an all-time high in the U.S., and according to a survey by Men’s Health, 70% of men say their levels of the hormone are important to them. This…
- The uncomfortable reasons human waste keeps turning up in your lettuce · 35 minThis summer, the U.S. saw its largest cyclospora outbreak on record — with more than 22,000 suspected cases linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce, alongside a wave of other…
- This tick can give you a life-threatening allergy. It’s spreading across the U.S. · 29 minPeak tick season is here — and the fastest-growing tick-borne illness in the country is alpha-gal syndrome, a condition that causes an often-severe allergy to red meat and other…
- How America’s gun obsession really started · 30 minThis year, the U.S. has seen more than 270 mass shootings — and firearms remain the leading cause of death for American children and teens. But solutions appear largely out of…
- Inside the revelations from Trump’s $2 billion financial disclosure · 27 minPresident Trump earned more than $2 billion in his first year back in office. According to a mandatory financial disclosure released in June, most of that fortune came from…
- People are running their own experiments with GLP-1s — with stunning results · 25 minGLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are being taken by millions of Americans. These medications have been approved for treating diabetes, obesity, and a small number of other…
- The surprising ways the Supreme Court curbed Trump’s power · 24 minThe Supreme Court just wrapped one of its most consequential terms in recent memory — issuing major rulings on presidential power, birthright citizenship, and the rights of…
- Why the Constitution is making our politics worse (From the archives) · 30 minThis episode originally aired on Sept 18, 2025. The Constitution has been amended 27 times, but the last meaningful change was over half a century ago. In historian Jill…
- The little-known forces quietly killing the college degree · 25 minWhen New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian Kang sat down to do his taxes, one question surfaced: Should he still be saving for his 9-year-old daughter’s college fund? What followed…
- The U.S. is turning 250. These songs unexpectedly changed American history. · 24 minThe United States turns 250 years old this summer — and there’s no shortage of ways to mark the moment. One of the most revealing lenses through which to view the country’s…
