David French on the Case for Banning TikTok
The Supreme Court seems ready to uphold the law that would ban TikTok unless the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a U.S. buyer. The Opinion columnist David French talks with the po...
13 Jan 202517min
When We Face the End of Life, ‘It’s Not Sadness We Should Fear. It’s Regret.’
Sarah Wildman lost her 14-year-old daughter, Orli, to cancer in March 2023. Before she died, Orli had questions about the end of her life, but as Wildman explains in this episode, that conversation wa...
9 Jan 202517min
A Deceptively Simple Way to Rebuild Trust in Scary Times
As the world grows increasingly fractured, taking the time to engage with strangers has become even more important. The artist and graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton has created a simple but powerfu...
8 Jan 20257min
There’s More to Wine Than Just a Cancer Warning
Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, recently recommended that cancer warnings be included on all alcohol products. The author and wine enthusiast Boris Fishman argues that doing so would place all form...
7 Jan 20258min
Trump’s Attack on D.E.I. Will Cost Us All
In two weeks, the Biden administration will step down, and with it, the most diverse cabinet in American history. In this episode, The Times’s editorial board member Farah Stockman explores the impact...
6 Jan 202511min
This Diet Buzzword Is Misleading
President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been critical of ultraprocessed foods. But how bad are they? In this episode, Nicola Guess, a dietit...
2 Jan 20259min
Dead Squirrels, TikTok Bops and Raw Milk: The Internet Slop of 2024
In a time when the internet is teeming with content and hyperfragmented, how do you determine which memes, viral videos and ideas actually matter? The Times Opinion writer Jessica Grose sits down with...
1 Jan 202515min
See Ya, 2024. Here’s What We Loved.
As the year comes to an end, Times Opinion staff members — and our listeners — shared the things from 2024 they wanted to take with them into the new year. They range from impromptu hangs to weird A.I...
31 Dec 20249min
