Interesting Times
- Episódios
- 4
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- Último episódio
- 12 nov 2026
Sobre o podcast
The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
Episódios 4
Democrats Have Power Now. They Shouldn’t Waste It on Woke.
The Democrats are back in power with a new economic mandate. But is that how they will actually govern?Our guest host Christine Rosen sits down with Catherine Liu, a left-wing cultural critic and the author of …
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The Democrats are back in power with a new economic mandate. But is that how they will actually govern?
Our guest host Christine Rosen sits down with Catherine Liu, a left-wing cultural critic and the author of “Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering.” Liu explains why Democratic elites are still invested in culture wars and are focusing on what she calls “trauma politics.”
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Are Identity Politics Behind Us?
- 02:15 Defining "Trauma Scripts" vs. Identity Politics
- 05:04 The Conservative Critique of Therapy Culture
- 08:06 A.O.C.’s Instagram Live As Trauma Politics
- 11:48 How Oprah Turned Personal Trauma into a Brand
- 14:55 The Elites: The Professional Managerial Class
- 19:45 Virtue Signaling & Class Hypocrisy
- 23:10 How Culture Wars Affect The Working-Class
- 25:24 Abdul El-Sayed’s Campaign
- 26:44 Authenticity vs. Performance
- 27:24 Trump’s Working Class Cosplay
- 32:54 America’s Taboo: Talking About Class
- 33:25 A Marxist Critique
- 33:46 The Crisis of Meaning & Isolation
- 35:40 Why 50% of Americans Don't Vote
- 38:15 Rebuilding Third Spaces
- 43:23 The Political Theater Of Empathy
- 44:27 Can We Rebuild a Common Project?
Note: As we work on relaunching “Interesting Times,” the show will feature a series of guest hosts in the coming months.
(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)
Thoughts? Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel, Interesting Times.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Why Are We Having Less Sex? Ask a Pornographer.
Pornography gets the blame for a lot of societal problems, including the so-called “sex recession.” Can porn ever really be ethical? Erika Lust thinks so. The adult filmmaker sees porn as an art form. She’s a …
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Pornography gets the blame for a lot of societal problems, including the so-called “sex recession.” Can porn ever really be ethical? Erika Lust thinks so. The adult filmmaker sees porn as an art form. She’s a self-described feminist who centers women’s desires and fantasies in her work. But how different is the product she’s making?
Lust sits down with Julia Yost, senior editor at “First Things,” to make the case for porn. Together, they discuss the adult film industry, stigmas around sex and translating fantasy into reality.
Note: As we work on relaunching “Interesting Times,” the show will feature a series of guest hosts in the coming months.
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:22 - How Erika Became a Pornographer
- 03:51 - Behind the Scenes of an Adult Film
- 08:07 - The Relationship With Performers
- 08:55 - Porn vs. “Euphoria”
- 10:16 - Ethical Porn
- 13:00 - Accurately Depicting Female Pleasure
- 14:22 - Making Porn as a Feminist
- 16:03 - Andrea Dworkin and the Anti-Porn Feminist Movement
- 19:06 - “The Golden Era of Porn”
- 20:55 - Fantasizing Under The Patriarchy
- 24:01 - Sexuality In Ancient Rome
- 26:15 - The Cornell Seven and Sexual Risk
- 34:30 - Why We Need Stigmas
- 40:55 - Is Porn Causing the Sex Recession?
- 42:23 - “The Most Vanilla People Have the Hottest Sex Lives”
- 43:23 - Porn Addiction and Compulsive Behavior
- 46:44 - Religious Conservatives Aren’t Ashamed of Sex
(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)
Thoughts? Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel, Interesting Times.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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‘A Golden Age of Science’ Brought to You by the White House
The Trump administration wants to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence for scientific discovery. But can its plan succeed without prioritizing universities?Guest host Tyler Cowen speaks with Michael …
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The Trump administration wants to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence for scientific discovery. But can its plan succeed without prioritizing universities?
Guest host Tyler Cowen speaks with Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s top science and technology adviser, about the White House’s new blueprint for American innovation and what it means for the next generation of scientists.
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:54 The model for scientific research today
- 02:49 What's the scientific evidence that science has been broken?
- 04:38 What are the administration’s science funding priorities?
- 10:55 What's the role of universities in training scientists?
- 16:31 Science and immigration policy: are we getting it wrong?
- 18:55 Who has the final say over what gets funded?
- 24:43 Should political appointees have the ability to block particular grants?
- 28:29 Longevity science vs. a man on the moon
- 29:16 Why is Trump calling it superintelligence vs. artificial intelligence?
- 30:46 Does the White House think AI safety concerns are a "hoax"?
- 34:50 Should the federal government fund a lot more AI safety research?
- 39:07 How much could scientific discovery be turbocharged in the next five years?
- 41:00 A.I. regulation & preventing backlash
Note: As we work on relaunching “Interesting Times,” the show will feature a series of guest hosts in the coming months.
(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)
Thoughts? Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel, Interesting Times.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Introducing ‘Interesting Times’
There’s a saying that comes to mind these days: May you live in interesting times. It’s understood to be a curse, even though it sounds like a blessing.“Interesting Times With Ross Douthat” is a new weekly …
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There’s a saying that comes to mind these days: May you live in interesting times. It’s understood to be a curse, even though it sounds like a blessing.
“Interesting Times With Ross Douthat” is a new weekly podcast from New York Times Opinion. Every Thursday, he will map the new world order through interviews and conversations. Answering questions like: What does our new political era really look like? What is the future of democracy around the world, with American empire in retreat? What happens to movies and books — all of culture — in our digital and A.I.-dominated age?
Thoughts? Email us at [email protected].
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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