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Ben Ratliff, a music critic and avid runner, always ran in silence. Then he discovered how music opened up to him — while running. It changed his entire approach to criticism and listening. He calls it “running the song.”
Today, for the New York City Marathon, Ben talks with our host Rachel Abrams about how his listening sharpens when he runs to music.
Then, he goes through highlights from his five-hour New York City Marathon playlist, which is designed to complement a run through the five boroughs, featuring various styles of music connected to the places on the route.
On Today’s Episode
Ben Ratliff, a former New York Times music critic, a music professor and the author of “Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening.”
Background Listening
Ben Ratliff’s New York City Marathon playlist
Photo: Karsten Moran for The New York Times

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The writer-director, known for his dark and bleak work, believes in film’s power to change our lives.
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In the final stretch of the midterm election campaign, polls have found that voters are latching onto the perceived corruption of the Trump administration.
Kenneth P. Vogel, a New York Times investigative journalist, explores one major story line feeding that perception: how those around the president have turned the pardon process into a business.
Guest: Kenneth P. Vogel, an investigative journalist for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The pardon industry offers rich offenders a path to President Trump.
A billionaire wanted a pardon from Mr. Trump. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal.
Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

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An investigation from The New York Times has uncovered how two candidates named Dan Sullivan ended up on the ballot for U.S. Senate in Alaska and the secret role that Democrats played in making it happen.
Kellen Browning, a political reporter for The Times, takes us inside the political scheme and explains what it means for a race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
Guest: Kellen Browning, a political reporter for The New York Times in San Francisco.
Background reading:
Inside Democrats’ secret effort to stack Alaska’s ballot.
After The Times’s article, the governor of Alaska ordered an investigation into Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign over its role in recruiting spoiler candidates.
Previously, the Justice Department asked a federal court to block Alaska’s results if the Republican incumbent narrowly lost.
Photo: Haven Daley/Associated Press

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A look at candidates from President Trump’s party who are running on a platform of criticizing him.
In next week’s midterm elections, a specific kind of Republican candidate is appealing to disillusioned voters of both parties: moderates willing to criticize President Trump.
Jess Bidgood explains how some Republicans are trying to bring back an older version of their party.
Guest: Jess Bidgood, a political journalist for The New York Times
Background reading:
A Trump backlash endangers Susan Collins, the only blue-state Republican senator.
From Opinion: John E. Sununu is running a model campaign. He might still lose.
Photo: CJ Gunther/Getty Images; Sophie Park/Getty Images

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