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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Your Questions, Answered

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

Journalism, New York Times, Ross Douthat, News, Society & Culture

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Our listeners asked: what will be the negative consequences of social media on kids? How can we solve income inequality in America? Which Democrat has the best chance of beating Trump in 2020? Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg and David Leonhardt answered in this New Year's episode. Then Ashley Nicole Black, comedian and writer for "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee," joins the trio for a look back at 2018 and a look at head at their hopes for 2019. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:01.2

I'm Ross Douthand.

0:02.4

I'm David Lee and Hart, and this is a special New Year's edition of the argument.

0:07.3

This week, we're answering your questions.

0:10.3

We asked you to leave us voicemails asking any questions you wanted,

0:13.8

and we've picked a few to play on the show.

0:16.0

I feel like the caller wants you guys to pick somebody here.

0:18.7

Can't you pick somebody?

0:20.0

Then, we're joined by a special guest, Ashley Nicole Black.

0:24.0

She's a correspondent and Emmy-winning writer from Full Frontal with Samantha B.

0:28.8

These are nice, compassionate people who sound terrible

0:34.1

because they're coming to their opinion based on a different set of facts that I have.

0:38.2

And finally, we tell you our hopes for the New Year.

0:41.5

Once they're in jail, I will kind of... I will have closure.

0:52.8

When we started this show, we had no idea how many of you would call us and leave voicemails.

0:57.9

Your messages are thoughtful, they're passionate, they're funny.

1:01.0

So we want to spend a whole segment answering your questions.

1:03.8

Here's the first.

1:05.5

Hi, my name is Cynthia Robloff from California.

1:08.5

I absolutely love the argument.

1:11.3

And I'm a fecal therapist and I see teenagers and young adults are coming in

1:16.9

without any social skills.

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