A Game of Chicken With China, and How Much Plastic Is in the Human Brain

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<p>Plus, the theme park wars heat up. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-china-stock-market" target="_blank"><strong>Asia Grapples With Punishing Tariffs as Its Stocks Sink Again</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang and Keith Bradsher</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/irs-ice-tax-data-deal.html" target="_blank"><strong>Top I.R.S. Officials Said to Resign After Deal to Give ICE Migrants’ Data</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew Duehren</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/climate/trump-order-coal-mining.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry</strong></a>, <i>by Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/cornell-northwestern-university-funds-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say</strong></a>, <i>by Michael C. Bender and Sheryl Gay Stolberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/supreme-court-trump-confrontation.html" target="_blank"><strong>In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/well/microplastics-health.html" target="_blank"><strong>What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out</strong></a>, <i>by Nina Agrawal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/travel/universal-epic-universe-theme-park-orlando-preview.html" target="_blank"><strong>Epic Universe Is Coming. Here’s a Sneak Peek</strong></a>, <i>by Brooks Barnes</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>