Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat

38 Interviews

Ross Douthat's Interviews

Ross Douthat & Bret Stephens 10 Jul 2025 • EN

Israel’s Moral Balance Beam

How has the war in Gaza reverberated throughout American politics? Opinion columnist Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat debate the implications of the Israel-Gaza conflict on antisemitism, the morality of war, and why “Monday morning quarterbacking” is not productive when taking stock of military actions in the Middle East

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Religion in the US has been on the decline for many years, but does atheism make us unhappier? Ross Douthat, New York Times Opinion columnist and author of Believe, joins Offline to explain why he thinks believing in God is a rational choice, why secular humanism feels worse in the age of Trump, and what he makes of Pe

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Ross Douthat & Peter Thiel 26 Jun 2025 • EN

A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel

The billionaire Peter Thiel is unimpressed with our pace of innovation. In this episode, he critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to catastrophic outcomes, including the emergence of the Antichrist.01:19 - What does stagnation mean in 2025

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Ross Douthat & JD Vance 21 May 2025 • EN

JD Vance on His Faith and Trump’s Most Controversial Policies

On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat interviews Vice President JD Vance about the Trump administration’s deportations, the tariff backlash and how Vance’s faith influences his politics.01:49 - How faith shapes JD Vance’s politics04:26 - ‘Papal interventions in politics’14:44 - How will the Trump adminis

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Ezra Klein & Ross Douthat 25 Apr 2025 • EN

Ross Douthat on Trump, Mysticism and Psychedelics

I have no earthly idea how to describe this conversation. It’s about religion and belief – at this moment in our politics, and in our lives more generally. My guest and I come from very different perspectives. Ross Douthat is a Catholic conservative, who wrote a book called “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.”

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Ross Douthat & Marc Andreessen 06 Apr 2025 • EN

How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms

The tech investor Marc Andreessen and his fellow Silicon Valley giant Elon Musk weren’t always the Donald Trump supporters they are today. In this episode, Ross asks Andreessen, a founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, about what led to Silicon Valley’s rightward shift and the new agenda of the tech-r

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