Trump Picks His Own Rally Music. What Is He Trying to Say?
Songs from Luciano Pavarotti, Sinead O’Connor and “Cats” may not strike you as typical campaign music, but they’re on repeat at Donald Trump’s political rallies. The staff editor Katherine Miller has ...
9 Sep 20248min
Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself. Will He Sink Harris?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s drive to stay in power is harming Israel’s global reputation and complicating the U.S. presidential election for Democrats, the Opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman...
5 Sep 20248min
These Chemicals Are Hurting Us. Why Aren’t We Regulating Them?
They’ve been found in our milk, our eggs, our water supply and our bodies.In this audio essay, the environmental activist Erin Brockovich makes the case for better regulation of the per- and polyfluor...
4 Sep 20247min
These Young Voters Offer a Road Map For Kamala Harris
Listen in on this focus group with young undecided voters — a group that could determine the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. The New York Times deputy Opinion editor, Patrick Healy, spo...
3 Sep 20248min
Uninspired by Plant-Based Foods? Add Some Anchovies.
Anchovies can help make plant-forward eating more delicious and appealing, argues Christopher Beckman, an archaeologist-turned-anchovy-lover. He is the author of “A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble A...
2 Sep 20247min
Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures.
Kamala Harris has made her time as a prosecutor central to her presidential pitch. In this audio essay, Carlos Lozada, a Times Opinion columnist and host of “Matter of Opinion,” examines Harris’s two ...
29 Aug 20249min
Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote?
In this era of artificial intelligence, who can compose a better beach read for the vacationing masses? The beloved fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld … or ChatGPT?Listen as Sittenfeld sits down with th...
28 Aug 202419min
The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention
The Democratic Party’s recent position — or lack of position — on Gaza “feels like gaslighting to a lot of Democratic voters,” Farah Stockman of the editorial board argues in this audio essay. The par...
27 Aug 202410min
