‘This Is Something That Traditional Economics Isn’t Prepared to Deal With’
This is the strangest economy I’ve seen in my lifetime. If you just looked at the macro data — the jobs numbers, G.D.P., the stock market — things look pretty normal. But they clearly aren’t normal. T...
23 Des 20251h 17min
The Opinions: Bernie Sanders and Ruben Gallego
What will America’s story be after President Trump? My colleague David Leonhardt did a great series on that question this year, talking to a number of leading politicians. I thought two of those episo...
19 Des 20251h 8min
The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money
“This lightbulb went off that almost no one was asking these questions.”In 2006, Elie Hassenfeld and a few of his friends pooled some money they wanted to donate to charity. And they wanted to find ch...
16 Des 20251h 5min
Best Of: Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones
This is one of my favorite conversations in recent memory — with the writer Zadie Smith. Smith is the author of novels, including “White Teeth,” “On Beauty” and “NW,” as well as many essays and short ...
12 Des 20251h 12min
The Contradictions of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is the 2028 Democratic front-runner. That’s what many of the polls and the Polymarket betting odds say.It’s been widely believed that Newsom wants to run for president someday. But belief...
10 Des 20251h 46min
What I Learned in 2025
I answer your questions on the year’s political lessons, the struggles of young men and handling heat on the show.The end-of-year Ask Me Anything episode has become a tradition on the show. So as 2025...
5 Des 202559min
Interesting Times: She Exposed Epstein and Shares MAGA’s Anger
My colleague Ross Douthat talks to the journalist who exposed Jeffrey Epstein. This episode of “Interesting Times,” with the Miami Herald investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, came out back in July...
2 Des 202559min
Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Lives
The holidays are an unusually social time, filled with parties and family get-togethers. But for most of the year, we feel isolated and unsatisfied with our social lives. Our society isn’t structured ...
25 Nov 20251h 15min
