Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Episodes
Why Won’t America’s Aging Elite Retire?
Iran, China, Canada? A Defense of Trump’s Grand Strategy
Ross Douthat interviews Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, who defends the Trump administration’s “flexible realism” foreign policy.
A Vision of a ‘Society Without Capitalism’
Ross Douthat interviews Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation and founding editor of Jacobin, to assess the rise of democratic socialism in the US.
‘ I'm Worried About Weimar America’
Ross Douthat interviews Rod Dreher, who argues that the West’s decline in Christianity has led to a crisis of meaning and a rise in "therapeutic totalitarianism" akin to Huxley’s *Brave New World*.
The Unifying Speech We Won’t Get This Independence Day
Ross Douthat delivers a unifying address for America’s 250th anniversary, reflecting on his family’s history of reinvention to illustrate the nation’s enduring spirit of new beginnings.
Introducing ‘Interesting Times’
Ross Douthat launches his new podcast, "Interesting Times," arguing that Donald Trump’s return marks a definitive end to the post-Cold War era.