ofr up with rachel quester "the daily" podcast. caller: i noticed in your recent podcast, there were a lot of episodes focused on domestic issues. i wonder what international reporting is done with the podcast. that can transform people's lives. host: do you listen to the podcast daily? regularly, but i sometimes listen to the podcast. host: go ahead. guest: thank you so much. we've been thinking a lot about our international coverage. what really drives the show is the big news of the day. often, that does tend to be what happens in the united states. we need to recognize what happens around the world. entireths ago, we had an week devoted to the rise of populism in europe. we believe it's really important for our listeners to understand what's happening globally and how we can look at that and understand what's happening in europe and how that affects our country as well. "the new york times" has reporters all over the world. that's a great resource for us to tap into and find out what those stories are internationally. that is s

host: rachel quester joining us as part of our podcasters series.want to ask her a question about "the daily," give us a call. 02-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. taken uphis podcast the issue of the mass shootings -- what are you hearing? guest: this is not the first mass shooting we've had to cover on the show. we've been trying to figure out what is the context, what is the information we can provide? for the particular shooting in el paso, we decided to take a look at the location of where this happened. onspoke with our reporters the ground in el paso trying to figure out the story there. we spoke to a reporter who was doing some -- was looking into why this shooter potentially chose this walmart, the specific location, the people who shop there. there's a lot of people coming across the border to shop there. they were doing back to school shopping. we thought it was important to understand that particular location and white was maybe chosen -- and why it was maybe chosen. trying to put some c

ofr up with rachel quester "the daily" podcast.ler: i noticed in your recent podcast, there were a lot of episodes focused on domestic issues. i wonder what international reporting is done with the podcast. that can transform people's lives. host: do you listen to the podcast daily? regularly, but i sometimes listen to the podcast. host: go ahead. guest: thank you so much. we've been thinking a lot about our international coverage. what really drives the show is the big news of the day. often, that does tend to be what happens in the united states. we need to recognize what happens around the world. entireths ago, we had an week devoted to the rise of populism in europe. we believe it's really important for our listeners to understand what's happening globally and how we can look at that and understand what's happening in europe and how that affects our country as well. "the new york times" has reporters all over the world. that's a great resource for us to tap into and find out what those stories are internationally. that is somet

ay, joining us is rachel quester with "the daily" from "the new york times." tell us why "the new york times" decided to go this route. born outhe daily" was of the question of trying to understand this moment. it launched in february 2017.

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tuesday, rachel quester, producer of the daily.n wednesday, mark leon goldberg, host of global dispatches. on thursday, chris stirewalt, stirewalt,erina and i will tell you what. and friday, jennifer briney, host of the dish. >> reagan is an intellectual. he is an intellectual. he is comfortable with ideas. he understands the power of ideas. and with that count of foundation, intellectual foundation, a political leader can do all kinds of marvelous things. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon until 2:00 p.m. eastern. he is the, author" of "just right plus, a collection of biographies -- author of "just right," classic collection of biographies. join our program with calls, facebook questions and tweets. be sure to watch our coverage of the 2019 national book festival on august 31 on booktv on c-span2. the democratic presidential candidates met over two nights this week in detroit. for a cnn-sponsored debate. here is the first night with 10 of the candidates. the debate is 2.5 hours. we

ay, joining us is rachel quester with "the daily" from "the new york times." tell us why "the new york times" decided to go this route. born outhe daily" was of the question of trying to understand this moment. it launched in february 2017. maybe as journalists, we hadn't understood the country. to create a product that would explore the expertise of our reporters to really understand this moment. the show relies on new york times journalists to help us understand the news of the day, to go deep and understand the context behind the headlines. that is the genesis of it. hearing from voices across the country to really understand the news and the moment we are in. host: expand that idea of understanding the country, understanding the moment. what

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