These Chemicals Are Hurting Us. Why Aren’t We Regulating Them?
They’ve been found in our milk, our eggs, our water supply and our bodies.In this audio essay, the environmental activist Erin Brockovich makes the case for better regulation of the per- and polyfluor...
4 Sep 20247min
These Young Voters Offer a Road Map For Kamala Harris
Listen in on this focus group with young undecided voters — a group that could determine the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. The New York Times deputy Opinion editor, Patrick Healy, spo...
3 Sep 20248min
Uninspired by Plant-Based Foods? Add Some Anchovies.
Anchovies can help make plant-forward eating more delicious and appealing, argues Christopher Beckman, an archaeologist-turned-anchovy-lover. He is the author of “A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble A...
2 Sep 20247min
Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures.
Kamala Harris has made her time as a prosecutor central to her presidential pitch. In this audio essay, Carlos Lozada, a Times Opinion columnist and host of “Matter of Opinion,” examines Harris’s two ...
29 Aug 20249min
Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote?
In this era of artificial intelligence, who can compose a better beach read for the vacationing masses? The beloved fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld … or ChatGPT?Listen as Sittenfeld sits down with th...
28 Aug 202419min
The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention
The Democratic Party’s recent position — or lack of position — on Gaza “feels like gaslighting to a lot of Democratic voters,” Farah Stockman of the editorial board argues in this audio essay. The par...
27 Aug 202410min
The Democrats’ Joyfest is Over. Now Comes The Slugfest.
Kamala Harris was flying high last week, but Donald Trump is poised to bring her back down to earth. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection ...
26 Aug 20246min
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Why Trump Is Struggling to Box Harris In
Should voters care about Kamala Harris’s identity? In this audio essay, the sociologist and New York Times Opinion columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom argues that while we shouldn’t ignore the unprecede...
22 Aug 20249min
