The Opinions

The Opinions

The New York Times Opinion

Episodes 290
Avg. Duration 22m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.1 (464)
Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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The A.I. Bubble Is Coming for Your Retirement Account

Jun 10, 2026 32m

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and A.I. company, is about to go public at a record-breaking $1.77 trillion. This summer, Anthropic and Open A.I. will follow suit, also with sky-high…

Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat

Jun 06, 2026 43m

On Tuesday, Graham Platner could become the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. That has many in his party worried. This week on “The Opinions,” the political writer Michelle Cottle and the…

Why No Kings Isn’t Working

Jun 03, 2026 39m

The American dream is dying — or dead — and many Americans, especially young people, are struggling to imagine what comes next. Between political instability, wars, inflation and artificial…

Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back

May 30, 2026 27m

This week, the YOLO Republican caucus takes center stage — YOLO, of course, standing for “you only live once.” On “The Opinions,” the Times contributor Robert Siegel argues that senators like Thom…

America Has a Masculinity Crisis

May 29, 2026 40m

Young men are in crisis. While the left tells men to stay in their lane, members of the manosphere and the far right are welcoming them with open arms. In a conversation about masculinity in a…

Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?

May 23, 2026 40m

President Trump’s proposed political slush fund is getting pushback — including from his own party. This week on “The Opinions,” the national politics writer Michelle Cottle and the columnists…

MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump

May 21, 2026 58m

Is the MAHA movement’s political influence waning? On “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion science editor Alexandra Sifferlin, the columnist and sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom and the Opinion…

What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next

May 20, 2026 31m

Silicon Valley wants to be the best tastemaker in town. Artificial intelligence is changing how we decide what to wear and read and how we interact with pop culture. The Times Opinion culture editor…

The Great Political Realignment of 2026

May 16, 2026 37m

The Supreme Court’s recent decision on the Voting Rights Act has supercharged a redistricting frenzy in states across the country. The Times Opinion contributors Robert Siegel and E.J. Dionne and the…

How Strongmen Like Trump Get in Your Head

May 14, 2026 35m

The columnist M. Gessen has spent most of their career reporting on and writing about authoritarianism in Russia. They now cover President Trump and the MAGA movement in the United States. In this…

High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning

May 09, 2026 37m

On this episode of “The Opinions,” the Opinion writers David Wallace-Wells and Michelle Cottle join the columnist David French to discuss why this “especially messy” war of choice could reshape the…

Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court

May 06, 2026 28m

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the columnist David French sits down with a fellow originalist, the Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch. The two discuss the radical nature of…

In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

May 01, 2026 17m

As a new flood season approaches, many Americans remain haunted by the last. Families across the country are still in mourning months after the waters receded from places like the Texas Hill Country,…

Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

Apr 25, 2026 33m

President Trump, the self-proclaimed master of deal making, is struggling to end his war with Iran. This week, the contributing Opinion writers E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel reunite with the…

‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’

Apr 22, 2026 35m

When does shoplifting become an act of political protest? The Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman is calling this microlooting, and it describes the phenomenon of people stealing small things…

From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week

Apr 18, 2026 36m

Despite Vice President JD Vance’s best efforts, Hungary ousted the illiberal authoritarian Viktor Orban this week. As the columnist David French argues, Orbanism was “intellectual Trumpism,” and the…

Older Women Are in Demand By Younger Men

Apr 16, 2026 32m

Younger men are increasingly seeking out older women — and it’s not just a dating trend. It’s a shift in power, desire and modern masculinity. In this episode of “The Opinions,” the Opinion culture…

Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret

Apr 11, 2026 30m

Regardless of how the war with Iran ends, the damage to America’s reputation has already been done, the Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada argues. This week, he joins the contributing Opinion writer…

Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off?

Apr 08, 2026 35m

The right is known for using provocative language. But lately there’s been a push to be transgressive, even on the left — from the return of certain slurs to the removal of pronouns from bios. Nadja…

Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles

Apr 04, 2026 37m

President Trump claims America is “winning bigger than ever before,” but his battles abroad and in American courtrooms drag on. This week on “The Opinions,” the national politics writer Michelle…

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