What to Know About the Chaos in South Korea, and a Major Trans Rights Case

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<p>Plus, how money to protect pandas is really spent.  </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/world/south-korea-yoon-martial-law" target="_blank"><strong>South Korea’s President Faces Impeachment Motion</strong></a>, <i>by John Yoon, Victoria Kim, Minho Kim and Choe Sang-Hun</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/us/politics/transgender-care-tennessee-ban.html" target="_blank"><strong>For Families of Transgender Children, Tennessee’s Ban Forces Hard Choices</strong></a>, <i>by Emily Cochrane</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/us/politics/california-house-gray-duarte.html" target="_blank"><strong>California Democrat Flips Seat in the Last House Race to Be Called</strong></a>, <i>by Jill Cowan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/politics/chad-chronister-dea-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Pick to Lead D.E.A. Withdraws, Citing ‘Gravity’ of Job</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/trump-fbi-background-checks.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Team Signs Agreement to Allow F.B.I. Background Checks for Nominees</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Haberman, Charlie Savage and Jonathan Swan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/podcasts/south-korea-trans-rights.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That’s Not How China Spent It</strong></a>, <i>by Mara Hvistendahl</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>