Interesting Times
by New York Times Opinion
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- 🇺🇸US · News#1975K to 30K
- 🇲🇽MX · News#1271K to 10K
- 🇮🇩ID · News#913K to 10K
- 🇮🇸IS · News#993K to 10K
- 🇵🇱PL · News#124500 to 3K
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7.5K to 39K🎙 ~2x weekly·81 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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15K to 78K🇺🇸38%🇲🇽13%🇮🇩13%+7 more - Active Followers
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8.3K to 43K
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Trump Is Getting Even Richer. Is That a Crime?
Sep 10, 2026
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Ross Douthat and Ezra Klein on the Art of Persuasion
Aug 27, 2026
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Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint for a 150-Year Life: Is It Worth It?
Aug 13, 2026
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Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men
Aug 6, 2026
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How Older Americans Hoard the Future
Jul 30, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/10/26 | Trump Is Getting Even Richer. Is That a Crime? | President Trump made more than $2 billion last year — far exceeding his presidential salary of $400,000. His growing fortunes are raising questions about his allegiance to investors, particularly foreign ones, as he makes policy decisions and shapes the direction of the country. The contributing Opinion writer Christopher Caldwell and the Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith discuss how the president has amassed this fortune, whether it’s legal and if the United States is becoming a kleptocracy. Note: As we work on relaunching 'Interesting Times,' the show will feature a series of guest hosts in the coming months. | — | ||||||
| 8/27/26 | Ross Douthat and Ezra Klein on the Art of Persuasion | “Interesting Times” is on a brief hiatus. Before we return next month, we’re bringing you an interview from “The Ezra Klein Show” with Ross Douthat about his 17 years as a conservative columnist at The New York Times. But Ross and Ezra go back even further, to the nascent days of political blogging. They talk about the seismic changes they’ve witnessed in the media industry over the years and the art of changing minds. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/26 |  Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint for a 150-Year Life: Is It Worth It? | For my final episode as host of “Interesting Times,” I wanted a fitting finale — a conversation that encapsulates the ambition of this show: examining how seemingly radical ideas are steadily entering the mainstream of American politics, technology and culture. Few ideas are as radical as the hope of significant life extension and the quest to live forever. My guest today thinks he can outrun death. After selling his tech company for hundreds of millions of dollars and experiencing a profound religious crisis, Bryan Johnson turned his own body into the ultimate science project, centered on an explicit mission: Don’t die. But why does Johnson want to live forever, and what lessons can his algorithmically driven lifestyle bring to the rest of us? It’s been an honor hosting this podcast and navigating these strange waters with you. “Interesting Times” will be back with new episodes and new hosts in the fall. | — | ||||||
| 8/6/26 |  Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men | What does a liberal solution to the masculinity crisis look like? As men fall behind in the American educational system and the economy, they’re looking for meaning — and often find it in the wrong places. My guest today is Scott Galloway, a professor at N.Y.U.’s Stern School of Business. Galloway is an unlikely masculinity guru — he’s a liberal academic, a business founder and a married father. He had a lot to say about the social and economic reasons young men seem to be struggling, but he’s still optimistic about the future. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/26 |  How Older Americans Hoard the Future | American leaders are staying in office past their prime. Boomers are reluctant to relinquish control — from political offices to corner offices — to the detriment of their juniors. In a society where the elderly hold so much power, should younger generations revolt? My guest today is Samuel Moyn, a professor at Yale Law School, and he argues that American democracy is distorted by the power of the old. We discuss how seniors have hoarded wealth and influence and how Americans can renew an intergenerational compact. | — | ||||||
| 7/23/26 |  Iran, China, Canada? A Defense of Trump’s Grand Strategy | Is President Trump’s grand strategy unraveling? The United States is at war with Iran, China is ascendant, Russia and Ukraine are stalemated and American allies are openly questioning our commitment to them. Elbridge Colby, the under secretary of defense for policy, joins me to discuss the state of America’s foreign policy and he makes the case that Trump’s approach to our allies and adversaries is making us stronger. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/26 | democratic socialismAmerican economy+3 | Bhaskar Sunkara | Democratic PartyAmerican economy+2 | — | democratic socialismcapitalism+3 | — | 58m 23s | ||
| 7/9/26 | civilizational declineChristianity+3 | Rod Dreher | Weimar America | — | Rod DreherWeimar America+4 | — | 1h 02m 17s | ||
| 7/2/26 | unifying speechIndependence Day+3 | — | — | America | unifying speechIndependence Day+4 | — | 6m 30s | ||
| 6/25/26 | sexual revolutiongender relations+4 | Louise Perry | The Wall Street JournalThe Case Against the Sexual Revolution | — | sexual revolutiongender relations+5 | — | 55m 05s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Trump administrationIran negotiations+3 | JD Vance | Communion | — | JD VanceTrump administration+3 | — | 1h 00m 30s | ||
| 6/11/26 | self-optimizationbiotechnology+3 | Christian Angermayer | New York Times Opinion | — | self-optimizationbiotechnology+3 | — | 1h 11m 38s | ||
| 6/5/26 | populist conservatismgovernment secrecy+4 | Anna Paulina Luna | President TrumpCongress+1 | FloridaU.F.O.s | Anna Paulina Lunagovernment secrecy+7 | — | 1h 21m 15s | ||
| 5/28/26 | military technologyautonomous warfare+3 | Christian Brose | Anduril | United StatesUkraine+1 | militarydrones+3 | — | 59m 46s | ||
| 5/21/26 | liberal arts educationhumanities crisis+4 | Jennifer Frey | New York Times OpinionA Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I. | — | liberal artshumanities+5 | — | 1h 03m 07s | ||
| 5/14/26 | A.I.U.S.-China relations+3 | Kyle Chan | Brookings Institution | United StatesChina | A.I.China+4 | — | 53m 08s | ||
| 5/7/26 | American empirefinancial crisis+4 | Ray Dalio | BridgewaterNew York Times | America | Ray DalioAmerican empire+4 | — | 51m 04s | ||
| 4/30/26 | self-driving carstransportation policy+3 | Andrew Miller | — | — | self-driving carstransportation+3 | — | 57m 21s | ||
| 4/23/26 | cryptocurrencyinvestment strategy+3 | Anthony Pompliano | ProCap Financial | — | cryptocurrencybitcoin+3 | — | 1h 05m 58s | ||
| 4/16/26 | presidential powerSupreme Court+3 | Sarah Isgur | Supreme Court | Iran | TrumpSupreme Court+3 | — | 59m 59s | ||
| 4/9/26 | mortalitypolitics+3 | Ben Sasse | New York Times Opinion | — | Ben Sassecancer diagnosis+4 | — | 1h 07m 32s | ||
| 4/2/26 | ChristianityNew Testament+3 | Bart Ehrman | Bible | — | JesusBart Ehrman+5 | — | 1h 24m 09s | ||
| 3/26/26 | U.S.-Iran relationsTrump administration+3 | Mark Dubowitz | Foundation for Defense of Democracies | IranU.S.+1 | TrumpIran+3 | — | 51m 24s | ||
| 3/19/26 | white identitydiscrimination+3 | Jeremy Carl | Trump administrationThe Unprotected Class | — | white identitydiscrimination+3 | — | 1h 02m 39s | ||
| 3/12/26 | DemocratsTrump's unpopularity+3 | Chris Hayes | MS NOWNew York Times Opinion | — | DemocratsTrump+4 | — | 1h 06m 31s | ||
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Chart history for Interesting Times
Peaked at #91 in ID, currently #91 in ID.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| IS | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| PL | — | #124 | #124 | — |
| Mexico | — | #127 | #127 | — |
| TR | — | #136 | #136 | — |
| Norway | — | #159 | #159 | — |
| RO | — | #167 | #167 | — |
| CO | — | #184 | #184 | — |
| United States | — | #197 | #197 | — |
| CZ | — | #199 | #199 | — |
Chart Positions
10 placements across 10 markets.
Chart Positions
10 placements across 10 markets.