About the Podcast

The other side is dangerously wrong. They think you are too. But for democracy to work, we need to hear each other out. Each week New York Times Opinion columnists David Leonhardt, Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat explain the arguments from across the political spectrum. Their candid debates help you form your own opinion of the latest news, and learn how the other half thinks. Find the best ways to persuade in the modern search for common ground.

About the Host

David Leonhardt, Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat

David Leonhardt has been an Opinion columnist for The New York Times since 2016 and was previously Washington bureau chief for The Times and the founding editor of The Upshot. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, for columns on the financial crisis. Michelle Goldberg has been an Opinion columnist for The Times since 2017. She is the author of several books about politics, religion and women’s rights, and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2018 for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. Ross Douthat has been an Opinion columnist for The Times since 2009. He is the author of several books, most recently, “To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism.”

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