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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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
Fareed Zakaria Thinks Steve Bannon Got One Thing Right
On Monday night, in front of a live audience, I talked to Fareed Zakaria about the different political age he believes we’ve entered. Zakaria is the host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN and the author ...
21 Nov 20251h 8min
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Patti Smith, “the Godmother of Punk,” has lived a wild life and accumulated so much wisdom in the process. In the 1960s and ’70s, Smith was a fixture of the New York City creative scene — hanging out ...
18 Nov 20251h 17min
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem
Is this the future of MAGA?Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes has caused a firestorm on the right. Carlson and Fuentes’s friendly chat about American Jews — ...
14 Nov 20251h 23min
