Iran Negotiations; Slowing Down 'Super Speeders;' New Era for the Politics of Birth Control; NYT Picks the Greatest Living American Songwriters

On today's show: 

• Farnaz Fassihi, United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times, reports on the latest in the negotiations around the Iran war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

• Lawmakers in Albany are attempting to pass a bill that would force so-called "super speeders" -- drivers who get caught speeding more than 16 times per year -- to slow down by installing a device in their cars. J.K. Trotter, associate editor for Streetsblog NYC, explains the problem, what the legislation would actually do and discusses his reporting on one NYPD cop who has racked up more than 500 speeding tickets, and still has a job.

• The Department of Health and Human Services recently released new guidance that prioritizes childbirth over contraception. Mary Ziegler, UC Davis law professor and the author of Roe: The History of a National Obsession (Yale University Press, 2023) and Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (Yale University Press, 2025), explains what's in the guidance and why she believes that the Trump administration is launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception.

• The New York Times released a list of the 30 greatest living songwriters. Lindsay Zoladz, pop music critic at The New York Times and the writer of the music newsletter The Amplifier, talks about the luminaries on the list, and shares who she wishes could have been included but were left off.