Measles, MAHA Moms and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Mon, 17 Mar 2025
A measles outbreak in West Texas has claimed two lives, and President Trump’s secretary of health ...
They Saved Taxpayers Billions. Trump Fired Them Anyway.
Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Inspectors general are our government watchdogs. They root out corruption and check for fraud and in...
'Is the Destruction the Point?': Three Opinion Writers on Trump's First 50 Days
Wed, 12 Mar 2025
President Donald Trump is about halfway through his first 100 days in office. In this episode of The...
I’m a Transgender Colonel. Trump Wants Me Out.
Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Time is running out for transgender service members in the U.S. military. The Trump administration h...
David Brooks on Why the Democrats Are Losing to Trump
Thu, 6 Mar 2025
The columnist David Brooks joins Patrick Healy to take stock of President Trump’s fifth address to...
Elon Musk and the Useless Spending-Cut Theater of DOGE
Wed, 5 Mar 2025
As a fiscal conservative, the columnist David French would normally be excited about a Department of...
What Man's Man Politics Is Doing to America
Mon, 3 Mar 2025
President Trump’s outsize performance of masculinity has won him attention, elections and the supp...
The Most Important Lesson in Sex Ed Isn’t Actually Sex
Thu, 27 Feb 2025
When Hillary Frank took her middle-school-age daughter to see “Are You There God? It’s Me, Marga...
What an F.B.I. Under Patel and Bongino Might Mean for America
Wed, 26 Feb 2025
President Trump has appointed Dan Bongino — a former U.S. Secret Service agent, right-wing podcast...
Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’
Mon, 24 Feb 2025
Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.The Trump administration may be considering ne...
Thomas Friedman Has Given Up on Politics — but Not on the World
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
President Trump appears ready to cut a deal that could end Russia’s war in Ukraine without ever co...
Trump and Musk, the ‘Co-Presidents’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
In this episode, the Opinion editor Aaron Retica and the columnist Jamelle Bouie discuss how Preside...
My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’
Mon, 17 Feb 2025
Kirk Wallace Johnson served with U.S.A.I.D. in Baghdad and Fallujah. When he returned to the United ...
Please, Don't Buy Flowers for Valentine's Day
Fri, 14 Feb 2025
It’s Valentine’s Day, and if you celebrate, the chances of giving or receiving a bouquet of flow...
There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump
Thu, 13 Feb 2025
The deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks with the columnist M. Gessen about why so many p...
I Survived a Kidnapping in Mexico. Now I Tell the Stories of Those Who Didn’t.
Wed, 12 Feb 2025
In June 2020, Manuel Bayo Gisbert, a visual anthropologist and artist, was abducted by members of a ...
This Supreme Court Philosophy Could Constrain Trump
Mon, 10 Feb 2025
The biggest challenge to President Trump’s executive orders may be the American judicial system. I...
Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.
Thu, 6 Feb 2025
The New York Times Opinion writer Binyamin Appelbaum has been writing and thinking about President T...
A.I. Isn’t Coming for Moe the Bartender. Not Yet, Anyway.
Tue, 4 Feb 2025
In this episode, the actor Hank Azaria, known in part for his numerous roles on “The Simpsons,” ...
There’s a Reason Trump Is Going After Birthright Citizenship
Mon, 3 Feb 2025
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end unconditional birt...
Kash Patel as F.B.I. Director Could ‘Destabilize the Whole System’
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
President Trump’s pick for F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, is no stranger to controversy. And despite...
Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act II
Thu, 30 Jan 2025
Maureen Dowd got her start in journalism during the Nixon era. Over her decades in Washington, she’...
Make America 1897 Again
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
What can the 1890s tell us about 21st-century problems and a second Trump administration? According ...
My Sister’s Murder Isn’t for Your Entertainment
Mon, 27 Jan 2025
In 1993, Polly Klaas was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 12. Following her death, Polly’s tra...
'Destabilize, Destabilize, Destabilize': What Trump Is Really Up To
Thu, 23 Jan 2025
President Trump has declared that his second term will begin with the “most extraordinary first 10...
Trump’s First Day: He is Exploiting ‘Civic Ignorance’
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
Opinion's deputy editor, Patrick Healy, was joined by the columnists David French and Michelle Goldb...
Thomas Friedman: The Global Challenges Facing Trump
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
Times columnist Thomas Friedman says this is a rare moment in the Middle East when “everything is ...
Trump Won’t Change the Fact That America Needs Immigrants
Mon, 20 Jan 2025
Donald Trump has promised to severely curtail legal and illegal immigration as he takes office for t...
This Jail in Rural Maine Is a Model for Treating Opioid Addiction
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
Maine has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder in the nation. But a program at a rural Ma...
The Home Insurance L.A. — and America — Needs
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
The Los Angeles wildfires offer a stark reminder that we no longer live in an era of reliable home i...
How Trump’s ‘Favorite President’ Can Prepare Us for His Next Term
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
Argentina’s head of state, Javier Milei, is the latest inspiration for Donald Trump and his suppor...
David French on the Case for Banning TikTok
Mon, 13 Jan 2025
The Supreme Court seems ready to uphold the law that would ban TikTok unless the app’s Chinese par...
When We Face the End of Life, ‘It’s Not Sadness We Should Fear. It’s Regret.’
Thu, 9 Jan 2025
Sarah Wildman lost her 14-year-old daughter, Orli, to cancer in March 2023. Before she died, Orli ha...
A Deceptively Simple Way to Rebuild Trust in Scary Times
Wed, 8 Jan 2025
As the world grows increasingly fractured, taking the time to engage with strangers has become even ...
There’s More to Wine Than Just a Cancer Warning
Tue, 7 Jan 2025
Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, recently recommended that cancer warnings be included on all alco...
Trump’s Attack on D.E.I. Will Cost Us All
Mon, 6 Jan 2025
In two weeks, the Biden administration will step down, and with it, the most diverse cabinet in Amer...
This Diet Buzzword Is Misleading
Thu, 2 Jan 2025
President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ha...
Dead Squirrels, TikTok Bops and Raw Milk: The Internet Slop of 2024
Wed, 1 Jan 2025
In a time when the internet is teeming with content and hyperfragmented, how do you determine which ...
See Ya, 2024. Here’s What We Loved.
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
As the year comes to an end, Times Opinion staff members — and our listeners — shared the things...
What the World Gets Wrong About Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
Sun, 29 Dec 2024
President Jimmy Carter had a rich legacy, often marred by misunderstandings. Despite lasting only on...
The Secrets of the World’s Favorite Smell
Thu, 26 Dec 2024
The scent of vanilla is instantly recognizable — it’s also in danger of disappearing. In this od...
David Brooks: I Found Faith in a Crowded Subway Car
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
Over the past decade, the Times columnist David Brooks has gone from agnostic to deeply religious. I...
Bird Flu, Pneumonia: It's Time For Weekly Virus Reports
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
Flu season has arrived again, and we still lack mainstream communication systems about risk levels a...
Thomas Friedman on Syria, the U.S. and Trump
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
The New York Times Opinion columnist Thomas Friedman and the Opinion editor Daniel Wakin discuss how...
What If Our Democracy Can’t Survive Without Christianity?
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
The New York Times Opinion columnist David French, a lifelong evangelical, speaks to Jonathan Rauch,...
Paul Krugman: After 25 Years, My Parting Words to Readers
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
The columnist reflects on a quarter century of contrarian opinions at The Times.
Why I’m Not Dreading Holiday Chores This Season
Mon, 16 Dec 2024
Holidays often mean more work. Here’s how to view that work differently.
Tell Us What Brought You Joy In 2024
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Is there a movie, a book, a meme, a memory, a hobby you took up or a vice you quit that stayed with ...
What the Glorification of Luigi Mangione Reveals About America
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
The political scientist Robert A. Pape has studied political violence for the past 30 years. In this...
The One Thing the U.S. Can Do to Help Syria Now
Wed, 11 Dec 2024
In this episode of The Opinions, Farah Stockman, a member of the Times’s editorial board, argues t...
The Security Threat Hundreds of Miles Above Our Heads
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
What would happen if a nuclear weapon detonated in space, destroying the satellites that make so muc...
The Power Struggle Behind Trans Youth Health Care
Mon, 9 Dec 2024
In this episode, the New York Times Opinion columnists Lydia Polgreen and M. Gessen discuss the hist...
How a Book From 1981 Anticipated This Political Moment
Fri, 6 Dec 2024
In this conversation, the New York Times Opinion columnists Carlos Lozada, a former book critic, and...
The Secret to Enjoying Awkward Holiday Parties
Wed, 4 Dec 2024
The holiday season is known for bringing dreaded cocktail party small talk. But your conversations w...
Five Opinion Writers on What Biden Should Do in His Final Days as President
Tue, 3 Dec 2024
President Biden has about six weeks left in office, and with Republicans set to control both houses ...
David Brooks on Staying Humane in Inhumane Times
Mon, 2 Dec 2024
These are cruel and challenging times. How did previous generations hold on to their sanity — and ...
Can Learning to Love Beans Help Save the Planet?
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
In a nation filled with meat lovers, how can we persuade Americans to stop eating animals and help s...
Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Path to a Nobel Peace Prize?
Wed, 27 Nov 2024
The Israel-Gaza war poses multiple challenges for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administratio...
Nicholas Kristof: Consider Skipping Meat This Thanksgiving
Tue, 26 Nov 2024
It’s Thanksgiving week, and the columnist Nicholas Kristof wants you to consider skipping the turk...
I’m a Food Editor. I Hate Thanksgiving Dinner.
Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Margaux Laskey, an associate editor at New York Times Cooking, has a surprising confession: She does...
Bret Stephens: The Logic Behind Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
From Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s outlandish cabinet selections ref...
Trump Should Bring the Ukraine War to Its ‘Inevitable Ending’
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said that as president, he will negotiate an end to the carnage in ...
Trump’s Win Terrifies Me. Why Don’t Boys My Age Care?
Tue, 19 Nov 2024
Exit polls from the presidential election reveal a divided country: Women tended to vote for Kamala ...
Hungary Shows Us How a Second Trump Term Might Play Out
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Donald Trump has referred to Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, as “a great man,...
Robert Kennedy Jr. Revealed What Is Missing in Public Health Messaging
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
In a recent interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he expected that the Trump administration would re...
David Brooks: Maybe Bernie Sanders Is Right
Wed, 13 Nov 2024
The biggest divide in America today is not about race or gender, the Times Opinion columnist David B...
‘People Are In for a Really Rude Shock’ on Trump’s Economy
Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Voters chose Donald Trump, in part, in response to inflation under President Biden. And yet, the col...
Stop Pretending Trump Is Not Who We Are
Mon, 11 Nov 2024
For those caught off guard, Trump’s victory has been a shock. In this episode of “The Opinions,”...
The Hubris That Cost Democrats the Election
Thu, 7 Nov 2024
The New York Times Opinion columnists Lydia Polgreen and Tressie McMillan Cottom discuss what was re...
David French: It’s Time to Admit America Has Changed
Wed, 6 Nov 2024
Donald Trump’s enduring hold over the Republican Party may send him back to the White House. On th...
Have Election Anxiety? These 5 Minutes Can Help.
Tue, 5 Nov 2024
Today, many of us are ruminating on an unknowable future. Eliza Barclay, a climate editor for New Yo...
Why Trump's Conduct Hasn’t Tanked His Chances
Mon, 4 Nov 2024
The Deputy Opinion Editor Patrick Healy on one of the voter insights that has stayed with him from D...
Ricky Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Rita Moreno on Puerto Ricans’ Votes
Sat, 2 Nov 2024
After Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, three Puerto Rican icons — Ricky Martin, Lin-Manuel M...
Has Trump Lost His Crucial Latino Support?
Fri, 1 Nov 2024
Republicans’ growing support among Latinos is no longer guaranteed after a comedian made a racist ...
Embrace Unstructured Naughtiness. Ditch the Switch Witch.
Thu, 31 Oct 2024
Some parents don't let their children keep their halloween candy, and instead have a "switch witch" ...
A Second Trump Term Could Lead to a ‘Backdoor Federal Abortion Ban’
Wed, 30 Oct 2024
With less than a week to go until the most contested election in generations, law professor Mary Zie...
Why This Senate Candidate Is a Potential ‘Shock to the System’
Tue, 29 Oct 2024
Much of the country is laser focused on the presidential election, but control of the Senate is also...
The Real Reasons Why the G.O.P. Is Spending Millions on Anti-Trans Ads
Mon, 28 Oct 2024
The Republican Party has been investing millions of dollars in anti-trans advertisements in a play t...
I Went Viral For Crying Over Hurricane Milton. I Couldn’t Help It.
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
The meteorologist John Morales has been a hurricane specialist in Miami for decades, but he never fo...
More Babies Aren’t the Only Solution to Falling Birthrates
Wed, 23 Oct 2024
Despite growing concerns, the Opinion writer Jessica Grose doesn’t want you to panic about the fal...
Why Trump Is Doing Better Than Polls Suggest
Tue, 22 Oct 2024
Many undecided voters aren’t undecided; they’re just uncomfortable, Patrick Healy, the deputy Op...
Sorry, Trump: ‘There Is No American Race or Blood That Outsiders Can Pollute’
Mon, 21 Oct 2024
Since coming down the escalator to announce his bid for president in 2015, Donald Trump has disparag...
My Patients Are Children. Dobbs Forced Me to Leave Them Behind.
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, South Carolina banned abortion after around six weeks of pregnanc...
We Need a ‘Managed Retreat’ In Florida
Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Florida’s two major hurricanes in the past month highlight how decades of deregulation and overdev...
Two Opinion Columnists on Melania Trump’s Memoir
Tue, 15 Oct 2024
Melania Trump promoted her recent memoir, “Melania,” with a series of glossy and cryptic promoti...
America Needs More Children. JD Vance’s Shame Game Won’t Get Us There.
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Despite concerns over the falling birthrate, especially on the right, the Times Opinion columnist Da...
Hiroshima Survivors Were Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Hear Their Warning.
Sat, 12 Oct 2024
This week, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bombing s...
Why I Don’t Regret Paying My Kid $100 to Read a Book
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Mirielle Silcoff received backlash when she wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion about paying her 1...
Why Kamala Harris's 'Call Her Daddy' Strategy Might Not be Enough
Wed, 9 Oct 2024
Donald Trump has been on a tour of the Gen Z influencer ecosystem, from Theo Von to Adin Ross. In th...
I Was a Teacher in Gaza. This Is What Haunts Me Now.
Tue, 8 Oct 2024
The last time Mosab Abu Toha, a poet and teacher, was in a classroom in Gaza, it was to shelter with...
I Live in Israel. I Never Hear About What My Country Is Doing to Gaza.
Mon, 7 Oct 2024
Israeli anger toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been building in the year since the Oct. ...
The Real Loser of the V.P. Debate
Thu, 3 Oct 2024
M. Gessen, an Opinion columnist, watched Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate with a sense of dread....
Thomas Friedman: ‘This Is Code Red Time in the Middle East’
Tue, 1 Oct 2024
Thomas Friedman, an Opinion columnist and Middle East correspondent, is keenly aware of the many red...
Luxury Turkish Travel Is the Least of Our Worries
Tue, 1 Oct 2024
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, was indicted last week for soliciting foreign funds for his ...
The Only Patriotic Choice for President
Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Listen to Times Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury make the case for Kamala Harris.Thoughts? Email us...
A Fix for Trump’s Stop the Steal Strategy
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Jesse Wegman, a member of the Times editorial board, has argued that to make the American election p...
‘I Knew I Should Leave, I Couldn’t Leave’
Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Flash floods plagued Utah and much of the Colorado Plateau this summer. Climate change has made them...
Nicholas Kristof: Readers Respond to My Column on Trump Voters
Tue, 24 Sep 2024
In this episode, the columnist Nicholas Kristof argues that Democrats should focus their criticism o...
JD Vance Is Wrong — Kamala Harris Isn’t Changing Her Accent
Mon, 23 Sep 2024
Recently, Republicans have taken to accusing Kamala Harris of using fake accents while on the campai...
What Liberals Miss About the MAGA Movement
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
David French, a Times columnist, believes that to understand MAGA, we have to understand the joy and...
Paul Krugman on the Interest Rate Cut and What’s Next
Wed, 18 Sep 2024
The economist and New York Times Opinion Columnist Paul Krugman makes the case for aggressive rate c...
It’s Time We Start Naming America’s Deadliest Climate Disasters
Tue, 17 Sep 2024
Heat waves kill more Americans than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined. But despite their dea...
Why Have Kids? A Liberal Case for Natalism
Mon, 16 Sep 2024
With Anastasia Berg. Having children has become increasingly “coded as conservative and reactionar...
Trump, Tariffs and the Truth About His Economic Plans
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
For voters whose top issue is the economy, the choice is clear, argues Binyamin Appelbaum, a member ...
'I Feel Like She Humiliated Him': How Trump Lost the Debate
Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Michelle Goldberg, the Times Opinion columnist, and Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, discus...
Charging Parents for School Shootings Protects Weak Gun Laws
Tue, 10 Sep 2024
After school shootings in Michigan, southern Virginia, and now Georgia, parents have been charged in...
Trump Picks His Own Rally Music. What Is He Trying to Say?
Mon, 9 Sep 2024
Songs from Luciano Pavarotti, Sinead O’Connor and “Cats” may not strike you as typical campaig...
Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself. Will He Sink Harris?
Thu, 5 Sep 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s drive to stay in power is harming Israel’s global reputation...
These Chemicals Are Hurting Us. Why Aren’t We Regulating Them?
Wed, 4 Sep 2024
They’ve been found in our milk, our eggs, our water supply and our bodies.In this audio essay, the...
These Young Voters Offer a Road Map For Kamala Harris
Tue, 3 Sep 2024
Listen in on this focus group with young undecided voters — a group that could determine the outco...
Uninspired by Plant-Based Foods? Add Some Anchovies.
Mon, 2 Sep 2024
Anchovies can help make plant-forward eating more delicious and appealing, argues Christopher Beckma...
Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Kamala Harris has made her time as a prosecutor central to her presidential pitch. In this audio ess...
Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote?
Wed, 28 Aug 2024
In this era of artificial intelligence, who can compose a better beach read for the vacationing mass...
The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention
Tue, 27 Aug 2024
The Democratic Party’s recent position — or lack of position — on Gaza “feels like gaslighti...
The Democrats’ Joyfest is Over. Now Comes The Slugfest.
Mon, 26 Aug 2024
Kamala Harris was flying high last week, but Donald Trump is poised to bring her back down to earth....
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Why Trump Is Struggling to Box Harris In
Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Should voters care about Kamala Harris’s identity? In this audio essay, the sociologist and New Yo...
I’m a Doctor. I Was Unprepared When I Got This Disease.
Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Dr. Deborah Heaney was enjoying a vacation in the Caribbean when she was struck with a sudden, debil...
James Carville on How Democrats Can Win on the Economy
Tue, 20 Aug 2024
In 1992, James Carville, the longtime political strategist, coined the phrase that helped win Bill C...
David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris
Mon, 19 Aug 2024
David French, an Opinion columnist, is an evangelical, pro-life conservative. For the first time in ...
Nicholas Kristof on the Failure of West Coast Liberalism
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Nicholas Kristof is an Oregonian and, he is quick to point out, a liberal. But in this audio essay, ...
Charles Blow on Coming Out Late in Life
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
For Pride Month, the Opinion columnist Charles Blow dove into the stories of people who embraced flu...
Farah Stockman on How Democrats Can Win Rural America
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Democrats tend to do well in cities; Republicans tend to do well in rural areas. But winning back at...
Michelle Goldberg on the Kamala Harris Sugar High
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
With Democratic enthusiasm for Kamala Harris at a fever pitch, the New York Times Opinion columnist ...
David French on Being Canceled by His Former Church
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
A few months ago, the Opinion columnist David French and his family were canceled by their former ch...
David Brooks on Ending America's 'Social and Emotional Breakdown'
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
When David Brooks was growing up, he was emotionally detached, he says. Over the past several years,...
Introducing 'The Opinions'
Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Commentary from the biggest names in New York Times Opinion. One voice, one idea, four days a week, ...