{"podcast":{"title":"Interesting Times with Ross Douthat","slug":"interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457","podcast_index_feed_id":440457,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/2xzUiHxw","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4105a47a-42e5-4ccc-887a-832af7989986/1755eb11-344c-4732-bac7-d1a5daafb473/3000x3000/nyt-rossdouthat-albumart-3000px.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"New York Times Opinion","episode_count":67,"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457"},"episode":{"title":"‘Making Sense With Sam Harris’ and Ross Douthat","slug":"making-sense-with-sam-harris-and-ross-douthat","published_at":"2026-01-01T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457/making-sense-with-sam-harris-and-ross-douthat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter-of-opinion","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/1fe58c15-392f-4bd2-9c69-5e2935220d3c/episodes/5048c5c7-d656-467e-9839-02fb1852b673/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=1fe58c15-392f-4bd2-9c69-5e2935220d3c&awEpisodeId=5048c5c7-d656-467e-9839-02fb1852b673&feed=2xzUiHxw","summary":"This week we’re sharing an episode of ‘Making Sense With Sam Harris.’ The author and podcaster recently invited Ross on his show to discuss religion and politics. But they debated so much more: the existence of God, the mystery of the cosmos, the limits of consciousness, moral progress and even whether demons walk among us. Note: This recording has not been fact-checked by our team.","meta_description":"This week we’re sharing an episode of ‘Making Sense With Sam Harris.’ The author and podcaster recently invited Ross on his show to discuss religion and p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457/episodes/making-sense-with-sam-harris-and-ross-douthat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat-440457/making-sense-with-sam-harris-and-ross-douthat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}