Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles
President Trump claims America is “winning bigger than ever before,” but his battles abroad and in American courtrooms drag on. This week on “The Opinions,” the national politics writer Michelle Cottl...
4 Apr 37min
What Do You Do When a Family Member Commits a Terrible Crime?
Maintaining a relationship with a convicted family member can be complicated. The columnist M. Gessen would know. In a new podcast series from Serial called “The Idiot,” M. grapples with the fact that...
2 Apr 37min
‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War’
Will the war with Iran further degrade America’s already strained relationships with its allies? This week, Mona Charen, the policy editor at The Bulwark, joins the contributing Opinion writer E.J. Di...
28 Mar 30min
‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: General Stanley McChrystal on Iran
Did President Trump fall for the myth of surgical warfare? Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins the columnist David French, both veterans of the Iraq War, to discuss what may have been overlooked in the plan...
23 Mar 39min
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’
President Trump has his own ideas about American power, American voters, and American enemies. On “The Opinions,” the writer Michelle Cottle and the columnists Jamelle Bouie and David French argue tha...
21 Mar 37min
He’s Openly Antisemitic. Young Male Conservatives in Florida Love Him.
What does a relatively unknown candidate for governor of Florida reveal about antisemitism in American politics? In this episode, the columnist Michelle Goldberg discusses the Republican primary candi...
18 Mar 33min
The Political Cost of Trump’s War
Voters are not happy about President Trump’s war in Iran — and the polls are starting to show it. The Conversation convenes this week with the contributing writer and Republican pollster Kristen Solti...
14 Mar 31min
Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs
The war in Iran is setting off a global economic shock wave. In this episode, the Opinion editor Steve Stormberg speaks with the Bulwark economics editor and MS NOW anchor Catherine Rampell on how the...
11 Mar 24min
