It’s Deeper Than Nick Fuentes
Is antisemitism the next chapter of “America First”? Many see the appeal of antisemitic ideas among younger conservatives as a natural consequence of a hard right nationalist turn. Yoram Hazony — a pr...
20 Nov 202557min
‘This Is the War Against Human Nature’
“There’s something very spiritually dark about the internet,” the author Paul Kingsnorth tells Ross Douthat in this week’s episode of “Interesting Times.” Kingsnorth warns against the expanding presen...
14 Nov 202549min
Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
Is society too feminine or not feminine enough? Two conservative writers, Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargeant, disagree on the answer. They join Ross Douthat to debate whether the feminization of...
6 Nov 20251h 1min
Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
Does Zohran Mamdani’s win mean a new dawn for the Democratic Party? Not exactly, Ross Douthat argues. In this mini-episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross explains that the New York mayor’s office has hi...
5 Nov 20254min
What Palantir Sees
Who’s afraid of Palantir? The company’s chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, joins Ross Douthat for a conversation about what the shadowy company actually does — and the thorny political and ethica...
30 Okt 202558min
Taylor Swift’s Trad Turn
Is Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” the soundtrack for the Trump era? Self-titled “conservative dad” Ross Douthat thinks so, and explains why in this mini-episode of “Interesting Times.Thoughts...
29 Okt 20254min
The Next Economic Bubble Is Here
Is the artificial intelligence revolution keeping the entire economy afloat? This week on “Interesting Times,” Ross talks with Jason Furman, an economist from the Harvard Kennedy School and a contribu...
23 Okt 202553min
Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is playing the long game. In this week’s “Interesting Times,” she walks us through the current court’s most controversial rulings, why she believes that her originalist inter...
16 Okt 20251h 4min
