What an F.B.I. Under Patel and Bongino Might Mean for America
President Trump has appointed Dan Bongino — a former U.S. Secret Service agent, right-wing podcaster and an outspoken critic of the F.B.I. — as the agency’s deputy director. In this episode, the Opini...
26 Feb 202512min
Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’
Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.The Trump administration may be considering negotiating a peace deal with Russia that would end the war in Ukraine. “No American president in the ...
24 Feb 202527min
Thomas Friedman Has Given Up on Politics — but Not on the World
President Trump appears ready to cut a deal that could end Russia’s war in Ukraine without ever consulting Ukraine. In this episode, the deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy talks to the Opinion column...
20 Feb 202521min
Trump and Musk, the ‘Co-Presidents’
In this episode, the Opinion editor Aaron Retica and the columnist Jamelle Bouie discuss how President Trump, Elon Musk and their supporters are trying to sidestep Congress and reshape executive power...
19 Feb 202527min
My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’
Kirk Wallace Johnson served with U.S.A.I.D. in Baghdad and Fallujah. When he returned to the United States, he spent much of his career helping thousands of Iraqis and Afghans, many of whom risked the...
17 Feb 202529min
Please, Don't Buy Flowers for Valentine's Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, and if you celebrate, the chances of giving or receiving a bouquet of flowers is high. But have you considered the environmental impact of those flowers? In this audio essay, the...
14 Feb 20258min
There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump
The deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks with the columnist M. Gessen about why so many people and institutions, including Democrats, have bent the knee to Trump, despite strongly disagreei...
13 Feb 202528min
I Survived a Kidnapping in Mexico. Now I Tell the Stories of Those Who Didn’t.
In June 2020, Manuel Bayo Gisbert, a visual anthropologist and artist, was abducted by members of a drug cartel outside of Mexico City. He was beaten, tortured and ultimately released, making him one ...
12 Feb 202512min
