The Opinions

Episodes

• Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back 30.05.2026 27m

  The president is acting as if the midterms no longer matter.
• America Has a Masculinity Crisis 29.05.2026 40m

  A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.
• Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’? 23.05.2026 40m

  The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.
• MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump 21.05.2026 58m

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement has reshaped the public health debate. But if the coalition behind it begins to fracture, what comes next?
• What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next 20.05.2026 31m

  Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with taste.
• The Great Political Realignment of 2026 16.05.2026 37m

  The country seems to be tiring of the Trump era. Now what?
• How Strongmen Like Trump Get in Your Head 14.05.2026 35m

  M. Gessen and Rachel Louise Snyder on the parallels between authoritarianism and domestic violence.
• High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning 09.05.2026 37m

  How the economic shock waves of Trump’s Iran war will be felt globally.
• Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court 06.05.2026 28m

  David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.
• In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis 01.05.2026 17m

  As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to more deadly inundations.
• Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed 25.04.2026 33m

  What moving deadlines — and red lines — in Iran means for America’s leverage.
• ‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’ 22.04.2026 35m

  Why petty theft might be the new political protest.
• From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week 18.04.2026 36m

  What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.
• Older Women Are in Demand By Younger Men 16.04.2026 32m

  What a shift in the dating preferences of younger men reveals about our changing norms.
• Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret 11.04.2026 30m

  America may be losing more than just the conflict in Iran.
• Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off? 08.04.2026 35m

  The debate over words we can and can’t say.
• Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles 04.04.2026 37m

  From Tehran to the Supreme Court, a look at Trump’s relentless battles.
• What Do You Do When a Family Member Commits a Terrible Crime? 02.04.2026 37m

  The columnist M. Gessen sits down with the writer Harriet Clark to talk through the complexity of maintaining relationships with family members who have done unthinkable things.
• ‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War’ 28.03.2026 30m

  Will the war with Iran further degrade America’s already strained relationships with its allies? This week, Mona Charen, the policy editor at The Bulwark, joins the contributing Opinion writer E.J. Dionne Jr. and the former “All Things Considered” host Robert Siegel to unpack what the war portends for NATO, for Israel’s image in the United States and for American politics going forward.
• ‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: General Stanley McChrystal on Iran 23.03.2026 39m

  Did President Trump fall for the myth of surgical warfare? Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins the columnist David French, both veterans of the Iraq War, to discuss what may have been overlooked in the planning of Operation Epic Fury. McChrystal, who retired from the Army in 2010, argues that the United States often overestimates the decisive power of aerial bombing while underestimating the weight of historical grievance. And the general weighs in on the current culture of bravado coming from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. This conversation was recorded on Friday, March 20.