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Episodes (280)
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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There Is Hope for Democrats. Look to Kansas.
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Trump, Epstein and a Stinging SCOTUS Dissent
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Jul 19, 202535:20pending
‘Jeopardy!’ Is a Reminder that Facts Are Fun — and Essential
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Jul 16, 20259:07pending
Are the Courts Checking Trump — or Enabling Him?
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Jul 15, 202519:38pending
Elon Musk’s Revenge Campaign
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Jul 12, 202527:14pending
The World’s Best and Brightest Are Moving, but Not to America
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The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came? Silence.
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Jul 8, 202524:15pending
U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well
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Jul 2, 20259:01pending
Trump May Get His ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but the G.O.P. Will Pay a Price
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Jul 1, 202526:35pending
Trump, Iran and the Slow Creep of Presidential Power
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Jun 27, 202532:08pending
Is Iran Really a Threat to the United States? A Debate.
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Jun 25, 202528:46pending
Are We Headed For Another Endless Middle Eastern War?
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Jun 23, 202513:24pending
Trump Is Vulnerable. Democrats Still Need a Strategy.
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Jun 21, 202533:45pending
Tom Friedman: ‘This Is One of the Most Remarkable Dramas in the Middle East’
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Jun 18, 202517:20pending
It’s Not Just Trump Voters. Both Parties Are in Denial.
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Jun 16, 202526:58pending
Three Opinion Writers on the L.A. Protests and Trump’s Spectacle of Control
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Jun 11, 202533:31pending
The Israeli Hostage Who Refused to Embrace Revenge
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Jun 10, 202530:22pending
The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
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Jun 9, 202523:01pending
Is the Ukraine War the Next Afghanistan?
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Jun 5, 202527:10pending
A Punk Survival Guide for Gen Z
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Jun 4, 202517:14pending
Why Politics Feels So Cruel Right Now
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Jun 2, 202534:01pending
Tom Friedman: Will Israel’s War Ever End?
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May 29, 202522:51pending
How to Turn the Middle Against Trump
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May 28, 202529:27pending
The Good News About a Bad G.P.A.
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May 23, 20258:10pending
Are We in a New Era of Presidential Regalism?
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May 22, 202527:08pending
Michelle Goldberg: ‘More Democrats Need to Be Doing This’
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May 20, 202526:30pending
Trump’s Era of International Bullying
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May 15, 202527:36pending
Four Legal Immigrants Offer a Warning for America
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May 14, 202518:46pending
Are Trump’s Tariffs Trying to Solve a Problem That Doesn’t Exist?
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May 12, 202523:15pending
How Three Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
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May 8, 202516:09pending
Kristi Noem and the MAGA Beauty Aesthetic
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May 7, 202519:28pending
Why a Good Political Argument Is Like Good Sex
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May 5, 202526:09pending
‘Donald Trump Will Not Be President Four Years Hence’
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May 1, 202542:48pending
Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on 100 Days of Trump’s ‘Fake Reality’
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Apr 30, 202529:34pending
Tariffs Could Ruin My Small Business
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Apr 28, 202512:55pending
Lydia Polgreen on What’s Missing in Our Conversation About Immigration
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Apr 24, 202529:43pending
After Pope Francis: A Round Table With David French
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Apr 23, 202527:28pending
Welcome to Trump’s Mafia State
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Apr 21, 202512:50pending
The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union
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Bret Stephens on What Trump Gets Right, Wrong and Really, Really Wrong
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Apr 17, 202527:04pending
Larry Summers on Trump: ‘The First Rule of Holes Is Stop Digging’
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Apr 14, 202512:57pending
‘They're Coming After All of Us. So You Might As Well Tell the Truth.’
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Apr 10, 202518:30pending
‘We’re Playing With Fire’: The Risks of Trump’s Tariffs on China
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Apr 9, 202521:11pending
How to Survive in Politically Volatile Times
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Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s Tariffs
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To Save Democracy, Here’s a Playbook That Works
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Obama’s Not Going to Save Democrats, but This Might
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Mar 31, 202522:35pending
A Jewish Comedian Walks Into a Theater in Minnesota
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David Leonhardt: 'By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It's Probably Too...
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