The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
In this episode, the editorial director David Leonhardt and the Opinion columnist M. Gessen discuss the very human inclination to try to return to normal life in the midst of a serious crisis.Thoughts...
9 Kesä 202523min
Is the Ukraine War the Next Afghanistan?
After speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Donald President Trump says Moscow plans to retaliate against Ukraine for the country’s drone strike over the weekend. Despite Presid...
5 Kesä 202527min
A Punk Survival Guide for Gen Z
The writer and performer John Cameron Mitchell has a message for members of Generation Z: Stop playing it safe and embrace punk. Mitchell, who wrote “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” sits down with Opinion...
4 Kesä 202517min
Why Politics Feels So Cruel Right Now
In this episode, the Times Opinion politics correspondent Michelle Cottle speaks to the columnists Jamelle Bouie and David French about the rise of “toxic empathy” and how the right has turned compass...
2 Kesä 202534min
Tom Friedman: Will Israel’s War Ever End?
The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has spent decades covering Israel and the Middle East. For this episode of “The Opinions,” the deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks to Friedman ...
29 Touko 202522min
How to Turn the Middle Against Trump
In this episode, David Leonhardt, an Opinion editorial director, asks Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan why the Democratic Party has lost so many voters without four-year college degrees, what Americ...
28 Touko 202529min
The Good News About a Bad G.P.A.
The Opinion contributing writer Megan Stack has a gift for high school graduates who struggled academically or who feel like life is passing them by. In this audio essay, Stack lays out an optimistic ...
23 Touko 20258min
Are We in a New Era of Presidential Regalism?
Who knew what when? Two new books paint a damning portrait of the Democratic Party and what some of its members knew about President Joe Biden’s deteriorating health during the 2024 campaign. On “The ...
22 Touko 202527min
