The Opinions
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- E.J. Dionne Jr.3 eps
- Robert Siegel2 eps
- Harriet Clark1 ep
Also: Mona Charen, General Stanley McChrystal, Neil Gorsuch, M. Gessen, Rachel Louise Snyder, Natasha Sarin, Graham Platner, David Wallace-Wells, Robinson Meyer, Jill Lepore, Thomas L. Friedman, Michelle Cottle, Carlos Lozada, Peter Wehner, Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark, Nicole Hemmer
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- 🇺🇸United States · NewsHOME#4278K to 410K
- 🇨🇦Canada · News#562.2K to 12K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · News#551.8K to 9.4K
- 🇮🇳India · News#791.3K to 6.8K
- 🇦🇷AR · News#42776 to 4.1K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
89K to 469K🎙 ~2x weekly·310 episodes·Last published 4d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
177K to 937K🇺🇸88%🇨🇦2%🇲🇽2%+5 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
97K to 516K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/24/26 | Dare We Dream of a Blue Wave? | Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day. | 39m 07s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | Is This Economy Trump’s Fault? | Ahead of the midterms, Natasha Sarin and Catherine Rampell unpack the state of the economy — and how much responsibility the president bears for it. | 37m 07s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | The Cringiest and Craftiest 2026 Midterm Ads | Sex, video games and grandparents on the campaign trail. | 38m 32s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | ‘The United States Is Abdicating’ | The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one? | 35m 01s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | B | How Democrats Beat the Republican Money Machine | This week in politics: Which Democrats? And whose A.I. morals? | 34m 20s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | The Problem With Hegseth’s Pentagon | A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership. | 31m 41s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | Cornell and the Age of Impunity | The columnist David French argues that “we have privileged getting wasted over taking care of people.” | 44m 00s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | America Used to Be Cool. What Happened? | The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it. | 41m 47s | ||||||
| 9/26/26 | 'The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters' | This week in politics: Midwest realignment and what’s next for conservatives. | 34m 29s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How. | It’s time to give the public what it wants: A.I. regulation. | 35m 09s | ||||||
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| 9/19/26 | Trump’s Political Instincts ‘Are Clearly Fading’ | Three Opinion writers discuss the developing A.I. story and whether Trump is losing touch with reality. | 36m 51s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About S.S.R.I.s | What’s missing in the national conversation on mental health medication. | 42m 30s | ||||||
| 9/12/26 | His Act Is Getting Old | The $5,000 election promise shows how afraid Trump really is. | 34m 25s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | politicspop culture+3 | Kai BirdSusan Goldmark+1 | McCarthyismThe New York Times Opinion+1 | — | Roy CohnDonald Trump+5 | — | 36m 19s | ||
| 9/2/26 | health carecaregiving+3 | — | America | — | health care systemcaregiving stories+3 | — | 23m 29s | ||
| 8/27/26 | American identityculture+3 | — | The New York Times Opinioncountry+1 | America | American identitycountry+3 | — | 32m 49s | ||
| 8/22/26 | Republican PartyDemocrats+4 | David FrenchJamelle Bouie | Republican PartyDemocrats | — | Republican PartyDemocrats+7 | — | 42m 53s | ||
| 8/15/26 | Democratic divisionspolling+3 | — | Democrats | — | Democratsmidterm elections+3 | — | 40m 31s | ||
| 8/12/26 | A.I.finance+3 | — | A.I.hedge fund | — | A.I.hedge fund+3 | — | 41m 46s | ||
| 8/8/26 | Democratic Partypolitics+3 | — | — | Michigan | DemocratsMichigan+3 | — | 36m 52s | ||
| 8/5/26 | self-diagnosismental health+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | self-diagnosispersonality+3 | — | 38m 09s | ||
| 8/1/26 | politicsworking class+4 | — | DemocratsRepublicans | — | working classTrump+3 | — | 34m 22s | ||
| 7/29/26 | health trackingSilicon Valley+3 | — | Silicon Valley | — | health metricstracking+3 | — | 37m 20s | ||
| 7/25/26 | The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters | Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president’s Red Scare strategy will work. | 40m 23s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | Gen Z-ers Are Ditching Sex. They Might Be On to Something. | Is celibacy cool now? | 43m 13s | ||||||
| 7/18/26 | American politicsLindsey Graham+2 | — | — | — | Todd BlancheLindsey Graham+3 | — | 31m 25s | ||
| 7/15/26 | American politicspublic opinion+3 | David Wallace-WellsRobinson Meyer | Occupy Wall StreetTea Party | — | American politicsdata centers+4 | — | 32m 07s | ||
| 7/11/26 | American politicsembarrassments+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | American politicsembarrassments+4 | — | 45m 06s | ||
| 7/8/26 | economyinfluencers+3 | — | U.S.Chinamaxxing | — | American economyeconomic powerhouse+3 | — | 34m 18s | ||
| 7/1/26 | tyrannychange+3 | Jill Lepore | HarvardThe New York Times Opinion | — | tyrannychange+5 | — | 29m 19s | ||
| 6/27/26 | Trumppolitics+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | Trumpopinion writers+3 | — | 38m 11s | ||
| 6/24/26 | Iran DealUS-Iran Relations+3 | Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times | IranAmerica+1 | IranAmerica+5 | — | 28m 30s | ||
| 6/20/26 | politicsmemoir+3 | Michelle CottleE.J. Dionne Jr.+1 | The New York Times OpinionCommunion | — | JD VanceCommunion+3 | — | 39m 39s | ||
| 6/13/26 | Trump's 80th birthdayU.F.C. matches+3 | Robert SiegelE.J. Dionne Jr.+1 | The New York TimesU.F.C. | — | TrumpU.F.C.+5 | — | 32m 44s | ||
| 6/10/26 | A.I.retirement accounts+3 | Natasha Sarin | The New York Times Opinion | — | A.I.retirement+3 | — | 32m 40s | ||
| 6/6/26 | politicsDemocrats+3 | Graham Platner | The New York Times Opinion | Maine | Graham PlatnerDirtbag Democrat+3 | — | 43m 01s | ||
| 6/3/26 | American dreamsociety+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | American dreamdisillusionment+3 | — | 39m 09s | ||
| 5/30/26 | midtermspolitics+3 | — | RepublicansThe New York Times Opinion | — | TrumpRepublicans+3 | — | 27m 46s | ||
| 5/29/26 | masculinityfeminism+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | masculinityfeminism+4 | — | 40m 25s | ||
| 5/23/26 | politicsTrump+4 | — | Republican PartyThe New York Times Opinion | — | Trumpmob boss+4 | — | 40m 01s | ||
| 5/21/26 | public healthpolitics+4 | — | MAHATrump | — | MAHARobert F. Kennedy Jr.+4 | — | 58m 12s | ||
| 5/20/26 | technologyculture+3 | — | Silicon ValleyThe New York Times Opinion | — | Silicon Valleytaste+3 | — | 31m 43s | ||
| 5/16/26 | politicsTrump era+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | political realignmentTrump+3 | — | 37m 05s | ||
| 5/14/26 | authoritarianismdomestic violence+3 | M. GessenRachel Louise Snyder | — | — | authoritarianismTrump+3 | — | 35m 10s | ||
| 5/6/26 | Supreme CourtJustice+3 | Neil Gorsuch | The New York Times Opinion | — | Supreme CourtNeil Gorsuch+4 | — | 28m 19s | ||
| 5/1/26 | floodingclimate change+3 | — | Trump administrationweather agencies | Iowaflood tracking system | Iowaflood tracking+3 | — | 17m 58s | ||
| 4/25/26 | deal-makingIran+3 | — | — | IranAmerica | TrumpIran+5 | — | 33m 24s | ||
| 4/22/26 | political protesttheft+4 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | petty theftpolitical protest+5 | — | 35m 25s | ||
| 4/18/26 | EuropeTrumpism+3 | — | — | Hungary | HungaryPope+3 | — | 36m 19s | ||
| 4/16/26 | dating preferencesyounger men+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | datingyounger men+4 | — | 32m 58s | ||
| 4/11/26 | conflictpolitics+4 | — | — | AmericaIran | TrumpIran+5 | — | 30m 29s | ||
| 4/8/26 | wokenesslanguage+3 | — | The New York Times Opinion | — | wokenesslanguage debate+3 | — | 35m 02s | ||
| 4/4/26 | Trumppolitics+3 | — | Supreme Court | Tehran | TrumpSupreme Court+3 | — | 37m 57s | ||
| 4/2/26 | family relationshipscrime+3 | Harriet Clark | — | — | familycrime+3 | — | 37m 08s | ||
| 3/28/26 | war with IranAmerican politics+3 | Mona CharenE.J. Dionne Jr.+1 | The BulwarkNATO+2 | — | Iranwar+6 | — | 30m 00s | ||
| 3/23/26 | military strategyU.S. foreign policy+4 | General Stanley McChrystal | United States | — | Stanley McChrystalDavid French+6 | — | 39m 55s | ||
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Chart history for The Opinions
Peaked at #20 in IS, currently #20 in IS.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| IS | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| SG | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| United States | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| AR | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| MY | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| Mexico | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| Canada | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| TR | — | #63 | #63 | — |
| Norway | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| South Africa | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| TH | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| South Korea | — | #77 | #77 | — |
| India | — | #79 | #79 | — |
| AT | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| HK | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| CH | — | #96 | #96 | — |
| Australia | — | #102 | #102 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| Sweden | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| CL | — | #107 | #107 | — |
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.