From the New York Times, you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

I'm Christine Sir Clissette.

I'm Cairo Blackwell.

And I'm Rosie Garan.

And today is a big day for Wirecutter.

It's Black Friday.

This year, tens of millions of people are expected to go online or on foot to shop for Black Friday deals.

And as is the case every year, people are going to spend money, a lot of it.

This year, the National Retail Federation is projecting over $900 billion will have been spent in November and December alone.

These days, Black Friday, has come to refer to an almost entire week of deals, today through

Cyber Monday.

And while it's the single biggest shopping weekend of the year, it's also a day that's

become increasingly confusing for shoppers.

More days of advertised sales, bigger pile of things to sift through, Plus, retailers have gotten really good at the game, to the point where much of what looks like a deal that's too good to be true actually is too good to be true.

So, every year, our entire newsroom, about 100 journalists across dozens of beats, scours the internet to find true bargains.

And every year, there's one person whose job it is to oversee all of this.

And he's here with us today.

Senior deals editor Nathan Burrow.

Hi, everyone.

Hi.

Hey.

Thank you.

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