Kash Patel as F.B.I. Director Could ‘Destabilize the Whole System’
President Trump’s pick for F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, is no stranger to controversy. And despite a vigorous Senate hearing on Thursday, he appears to be coasting toward confirmation. The New York Ti...
31 Jan 202518min
Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act II
Maureen Dowd got her start in journalism during the Nixon era. Over her decades in Washington, she’s developed a keen understanding of how presidents wield power to further their goals. In this episod...
30 Jan 202520min
Make America 1897 Again
What can the 1890s tell us about 21st-century problems and a second Trump administration? According to the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, quite a lot. In this episode, he speaks with Aaron Retica, a...
28 Jan 202519min
My Sister’s Murder Isn’t for Your Entertainment
In 1993, Polly Klaas was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 12. Following her death, Polly’s tragic story became a plotline in true crime podcasts, TV shows and books. In this audio essay, Polly’s s...
27 Jan 20258min
'Destabilize, Destabilize, Destabilize': What Trump Is Really Up To
President Trump has declared that his second term will begin with the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history.” To track, interrogate and challenge his most consequent...
23 Jan 202523min
Trump’s First Day: He is Exploiting ‘Civic Ignorance’
Opinion's deputy editor, Patrick Healy, was joined by the columnists David French and Michelle Goldberg to makes sense of President Trump’s first day in office. We're learning “how much the American e...
21 Jan 202532min
Thomas Friedman: The Global Challenges Facing Trump
Times columnist Thomas Friedman says this is a rare moment in the Middle East when “everything is in play and everything is possible." In this episode of The Opinions, he speaks to editor Dan Wakin ab...
21 Jan 202513min
Trump Won’t Change the Fact That America Needs Immigrants
Donald Trump has promised to severely curtail legal and illegal immigration as he takes office for the second time. In this episode of “The Opinions,” the writer Binyamin Appelbaum argues that while t...
20 Jan 20259min
