The New York Times announced “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat,” a forthcoming podcast hosted by opinion columnist Ross Douthat.
The show will “explore a future that feels more open and uncertain than ever, mapping both the New Right and the new world order,” according to the paper.
On the podcast, Douthat will interview “leading thinkers and newsmakers.” His show will explore “the potency of right-wing populism, examine the realignment of the parties and forecast the big shifts in technology and culture to make sense of where society is headed.” Topics will include “the ideas and personalities defining the Trump presidency” as well as the effects of AI on jobs and relationships and religious shifts in American society.
“Interesting Times With Ross Douthat” is slated to premiere April 10, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays, available on all major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
“I think there’s remarkable variation right now in possible futures for humanity,” Douthat said in a statement provided by the Times. “You have populism in power. You have a multipolar world, with trade wars and arms races. You have an entire frontier industry, the AI business, filled with people who hope they’re building utopia and fear they’re hastening an apocalypse. You have big, internet-driven shifts in sex and relationships and family, as well as religious and political beliefs. You have a leap toward Mars, a renewed fascination with the paranormal, a crisis for liberalism.”
Douthat joined the Times as an opinion columnist in April 2009. He is the author of several books, including “The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery” and most recently “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.”
Douthat’s new podcast joins the New York Times Opinion’s lineup of other shows, including “The Ezra Klein Show” and “The Opinions.” The newspaper’s most popular podcast is “The Daily,” hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise.
Listen to the trailer for “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat”:
