‘If You Don’t Want This Consequence, Don’t Vote for Republicans’
It’s Day 4 of the current government shutdown, and the Trump administration is threatening to use the moment to fire federal workers. In this episode, the Opinion columnists David French, Jamelle Boui...
4 Okt 202538min
The ‘Thursday Murder Club’ Author Wants Us to Rethink Aging
Aging isn’t easy, and topics like dementia and medically assisted dying can be hard to talk about. The British mystery writer Richard Osman is trying to change that. Osman has reimagined the notion of...
1 Okt 202526min
Ken Burns on America’s Next Story
President Trump’s threats to democracy have prompted a number of experts to warn that the United States is in the midst of a constitutional crisis. As the country grapples with how to move forward, Da...
29 Sep 202526min
What a Book of Excuses Reveals About the Democrats’ Future
Kamala Harris’s new memoir, “107 Days,” reads like a book of excuses. In this episode, the Opinion national politics writer Michelle Cottle and the Opinion columnists Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen ...
27 Sep 202536min
Trump Is America’s First Meme President
President Trump’s way of communicating has wormed itself deep into American culture. His speeches, interactions with the press and social media posts have inspired countless memes and impersonations f...
23 Sep 202527min
Elizabeth Warren on America's Next Story
Senator Elizabeth Warren arrived on the political scene during the 2008 financial crisis with a very specific story about the economy — that it’s rigged against hardworking Americans. But it was Donal...
22 Sep 202537min
‘We’re in the Most Dangerous Point for Free Speech in America’
Jimmy Kimmel’s removal is the latest example of a wave of firings following the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. On this episode of “The Opinions,” the Opinion national politics writ...
20 Sep 202537min
Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Is a Calamity
In this episode of “The Opinions,” the Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells sits down with Paul A. Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, shortly...
19 Sep 202530min
