Podcast

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Author: New York Times Opinion
Feed episode count: 67
Official site: https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion
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Summary

The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Episodes

May 14, 2026 · not_requested

China's Not the Problem. We Are.

Duration seconds: 3188
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/china-trump-ai-xi.html

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

A Legendary Investor on How to Prevent America’s Coming ‘Heart Attack’

Duration seconds: 3064
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/a-legendary-investor-on-how-to-prevent-americas-coming-heart-attack.html

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

Why Are We Still Driving?

Duration seconds: 3441
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/why-are-we-still-driving.html

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

A Bitcoin Evangelist Tries to Convert Me

Duration seconds: 3958
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/opinion/a-bitcoin-evangelist-tries-to-convert-me.html

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Is the End of a 100-Year Experiment

Duration seconds: 3599
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opinion/how-the-supreme-court-defeated-trump.html

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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying

Duration seconds: 4052
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opinion/ben-sasse-on-how-to-live-while-dying.html

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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? A Debate.

Duration seconds: 5049
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/opinion/can-we-trust-the-new-testament.html

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Mar 26, 2026 · not_requested

How Far Will Trump Go in Iran?

Duration seconds: 3084
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/interesting-times-podcast-mark-dubowitz.html

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Mar 19, 2026 · not_requested

White Identity Is Galvanizing the Right

Duration seconds: 3759
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opinion/white-identity-is-galvanizing-the-right.html

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Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Democrats Could Still Screw This Up

Duration seconds: 3991
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/the-democrats-could-still-mess-this-up.html

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Mar 5, 2026 · not_requested

Does the Iran War Put America First?

Duration seconds: 3527
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/does-the-iran-war-put-america-first.html

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Feb 26, 2026 · not_requested

The New Space Race

Duration seconds: 3412
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/opinion/the-new-space-race.html

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Feb 19, 2026 · not_requested

Welcome to the Indian Century

Duration seconds: 2704
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/opinion/the-future-is-indian.html

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Feb 12, 2026 · not_requested

Anthropic's Chief on A.I.: ‘We Don’t Know if the Models Are Conscious’

Duration seconds: 3742
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/artificial-intelligence-anthropic-amodei.html

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Feb 5, 2026 · not_requested

Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Duration seconds: 3708
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/why-defeating-roe-wasnt-enough-for-the-pro-life-movement.html

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Feb 4, 2026 · not_requested

‘Trump Has Lost the Country’

Duration seconds: 232
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion

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Jan 29, 2026 · not_requested

A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’

Duration seconds: 3862
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/opinion/a-fringe-epidemiologist-on-whats-wrong-with-public-health.html

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Jan 25, 2026 · not_requested

Jamelle Bouie and I Debate Trump’s Failing Grade

Duration seconds: 2405
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/opinion/trump-second-term-one-year-in-analysis.html

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Jan 22, 2026 · not_requested

No, Young Men Are Not Returning to Church

Duration seconds: 3640
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/opinion/interesting-times-ryan-burge.html

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Jan 16, 2026 · not_requested

Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

Duration seconds: 2824
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/minneapolis-feels-like-being-in-a-civil-war.html

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Jan 7, 2026 · not_requested

A Defense of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela

Duration seconds: 3214
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/opinion/interesting-times-elliott-abrams.html

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Jan 1, 2026 · not_requested

‘Making Sense With Sam Harris’ and Ross Douthat

Duration seconds: 6477
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion

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Dec 24, 2025 · not_requested

‘A Hard Time We Had of It’

Duration seconds: 243
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion

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Dec 18, 2025 · not_requested

Will It Ever Be Cool to Be Conservative?

Duration seconds: 4068
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/arts/music/conservative-celebrities-sydney-sweeney-popcast.html

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Dec 11, 2025 · not_requested

Is Anything Holding MAGA Together?

Duration seconds: 4163
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/andrew-kolvet-interesting-times.html

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