Podcast Episodes

Abundance and the Left

“Abundance,” the book I co-wrote with Derek Thompson, hit bookstore shelves a little over a month ago, and the response has been beyond anything I co…

1 year, 3 months ago

Ross Douthat on Trump, Mysticism and Psychedelics

I have no earthly idea how to describe this conversation. It’s about religion and belief – at this moment in our politics, and in our lives more gene…

1 year, 3 months ago

The Very American Roots of Trumpism

After last week’s episode, “The Emergency Is Here,” we got a lot of emails. And the most common reply was: You really think we’ll have midterm electi…

1 year, 3 months ago

The Emergency Is Here

The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists: a prison built for disappearance, a prison where the…

1 year, 3 months ago

Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong

My colleague Tom Friedman thinks we’re screwed.

That’s the first thing he told me when recounting his recent trip to China. It’s not just because of t…

1 year, 3 months ago

Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next

After a week of market chaos, President Trump pulled back from the brink. But he didn’t pull that far back. He left a 10 percent tariff on most of th…

1 year, 3 months ago

Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’

The tariffs President Trump unveiled this week were both bigger than most people expected and a lot more confusing. These aren’t the flat tariffs he …

1 year, 3 months ago

‘Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of’

There’s something of a policy revolution afoot: As of March, more than a dozen states — including California, Florida and Ohio — have passed bills or…

1 year, 4 months ago

The Last 2 Months — and Next 2 Years — of U.S. Politics

It’s our first subscriber-only “Ask Me Anything” of the year. The show’s executive producer, Claire Gordon, joins me to discuss your questions about …

1 year, 4 months ago

What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency is great branding. Who could be against a more efficient government? But “efficiency” obfuscates wh…

1 year, 4 months ago