To Save Democracy, Here’s a Playbook That Works
The Opinions2 Apr 2025

To Save Democracy, Here’s a Playbook That Works

In this episode, the Times Opinion columnist David French explores how Poland managed to turn the tide against right-wing populism and restore constitutional order.

Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.

This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Jillian Weinberger. It was edited by Alison Bruzek and Kaari Pitkin. The rest of the show's production team includes Derek Arthur and Vishakha Darbha. Mixing by Carole Sabouraud. Original music by Pat McCusker and Carole Sabouraud. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta and Kristina Samulewski. The director of Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Michelle Goldberg.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episoder(270)

How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?

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 Feb 31min

Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’

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 Feb 37min

Caregiving, the Life-Altering Job You Didn’t Apply For

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 Feb 23min

Is the ICE Crackdown Finally Backfiring on Trump?

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 Jan 39min

Esther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real

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 Jan 30min

Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk

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 Jan 27min

ICE Is Splitting America in Two

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 Jan 41min

Hello, Greenland. Goodbye, Checks and Balances.

Hello, Greenland. Goodbye, Checks and Balances.

President Trump has changed America — and the world — in ways both large and small in the first year of his second term. In a live event recorded at the Library Foundation of Los Angeles on Tuesday, t...

22 Jan 40min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
fotballpodden-2
det-store-bildet
rss-gukild-johaug
rss-ness
dine-penger-pengeradet
nokon-ma-ga
hanna-de-heldige
aftenbla-bla
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-dannet-uten-piano
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
e24-podden
frokostshowet-pa-p5