Tom Friedman: ‘This Is One of the Most Remarkable Dramas in the Middle East’
As tensions between Iran and Israel escalate, questions are mounting about America’s role in the conflict and how President Trump should navigate the crisis. In this episode, the deputy international ...
18 Jun 202517min
It’s Not Just Trump Voters. Both Parties Are in Denial.
In this episode, the editorial board director David Leonhardt talks to Arlie Russell Hochschild about why voters in Appalachia continue to support the president, despite the broken promises of Trump’s...
16 Jun 202526min
Three Opinion Writers on the L.A. Protests and Trump’s Spectacle of Control
This week, President Trump ordered the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles to confront protesters. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., he is pushing to advance his policy agenda through a giant ...
11 Jun 202533min
The Israeli Hostage Who Refused to Embrace Revenge
Liat Beinin Atzili was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 54 days. When she returned to Israel, she learned her husband was murdered on Oct. 7. In this episode of “The Opinions,” the editor Sarah Wildm...
10 Jun 202530min
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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 202534min
