Israel Attacks Iran, and India Plane Crash Survivor Speaks

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<p>Plus, Friday’s news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/12/world/israel-iran-us-nuclear" target="_blank"><strong>Israeli Strikes Wipe Out Iran’s Top Military Chain of Command</strong></a>, <i>by Farnaz Fassihi, Qasim Nauman, Aaron Boxerman, Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/world/middleeast/israel-iran-tehran-attack.html" target="_blank"><strong>Residents of Tehran Awake to Devastation</strong></a>, <i>by Farnaz Fassihi</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/politics/california-trump-lawsuit-protests.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Use of National Guard in Limbo After Court Rulings</strong></a>, <i>by Charlie Savage, Kellen Browning and Laurel Rosenhall</i></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/politics/senator-alex-padilla-handcuffed.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senator Is Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem</strong></a>, <i>by Shawn Hubler, Jennifer Medina and Jill Cowan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/world/asia/india-air-crash-victims.html" target="_blank"><strong>Grieving Relatives of India Air Crash Victims Wait for Bodies to Be Identified</strong></a>, <i>by Suhasini Raj, Mujib Mashal and Pragati K.B.</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/world/asia/viswash-kumar-ramesh-air-india-survivor.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘I Don’t Know How I Am Alive,’ Air India Crash Survivor Tells Family</strong></a>, <i>by Jacob Judah</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/science/bedbugs-humans-urbanization-study.html" target="_blank"><strong>Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew Jacobs</i></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><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>