Marijuana Is Everywhere. That’s a Problem.
More than a decade ago, The New York Times editorial board argued that the United States should legalize recreational marijuana. This week, the board modified its stance. Yes, it should be legalized —...
10 Helmi 25min
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?
Can President Trump really nationalize elections? This week at the round table for “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion national politics writer Michelle Cottle is joined by the columnists David French a...
7 Helmi 31min
Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’
Amazon’s documentary “Melania” has been panned by many as a $40 million piece of propaganda. But who, exactly, is it meant to persuade? The culture editor Nadja Spiegelman and the Opinion columnists M...
5 Helmi 37min
Caregiving, the Life-Altering Job You Didn’t Apply For
The elderly population is on the rise, bringing the United States' caregiving crisis into sharp focus. On this episode of “The Opinions,” the producer Vishakha Darbha talks with the Times Opinion poli...
3 Helmi 23min
Is the ICE Crackdown Finally Backfiring on Trump?
President Trump’s call to de-escalate tensions in Minneapolis was short lived, but anger over the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti continues to grow. At this week’s round table, the Opinion nati...
31 Tammi 39min
Esther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real
To love is to be human. Or is it? As human-chatbot relationships become more common, the Times Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman talks to the psychotherapist Esther Perel about what really defin...
28 Tammi 30min
Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk
The Times Opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman grew up in Minnesota and spent much of his career traveling to the Middle East. In the aftermath of the shooting death of Alex Pretti, and as the Trump a...
27 Tammi 27min
ICE Is Splitting America in Two
President Trump’s vision of executive power is reshaping America and the world. For “The Opinions,” Aaron Retica, an editor in Opinion, sits down with the Opinion writers and lawyers Emily Bazelon and...
24 Tammi 41min
