“I’ll be fighting until we win or I die,” Oleksandr Zhuhan, a gay Ukrainian soldier, tells producer Courtney Stein on today’s episode of First Person, about why he and his partner signed up to fight both for their country and for their rights as gay men. nyti.ms/3PrMeDF

When is sex most likely to result in a pregnancy? Take our quiz and test your sex ed knowledge. nyti.ms/3akDxMe

“I think a lot of pastors, even if they have political persuasions, have this fierce and passionate desire to keep the church unified,” says Dan White Jr.. So what happened when he was unable to keep his church unified amid social and political chasms? nyti.ms/3yUYTrN

Today on The Daily: in Arizona, it’s come to this—running an election means death threats and endless harassment. Even when the boss is Republican. A conversation with the Maricopa County elections chief about how election denialism is consuming his job. nytimes.com/2022/10/24/pod…

Today on First Person, the Sheriff of Utah County, on why he runs a course called the 'Teacher's Academy' to train teachers who are considering carrying a weapon on the classroom: nytimes.com/2022/10/27/opi…

In Opinion What is the cost of defending diverse books and free speech? On the First Person podcast, a librarian Amanda Jones shares what happened to her when she spoke out against book censorship. nyti.ms/3hGJEOe

Is it time for climate activists to compromise? @lourdesgnavarro asks the former Greenpeace Canada activist and Canada’s current climate minister Steven Guilbeault on today’s episode of First Person. “Living in society is about making compromises,” he says. nyti.ms/3Vo6Dg8

After attending school in the United States, Julie Geng returned home to begin a life in China. Then Covid hit. On today’s episode of “First Person,” Julie tells @lourdesgnavarro how “zero Covid” changed her outlook: “I was just living in a dystopia.” nyti.ms/3YnBYl1

It's easy to rationalize our smartphone addiction. "It's for work" I've definitely said. But how much work do I really do on my phone... and how much is it a crutch to fill the time? It was a privilege to edit this conversation. nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opi…

Would you put your children on growth hormones if they were short? On today’s episode of First Person, Mara Altman tells @lourdesgnavarro about her experience being medically treated for shortness as a child and why she doesn’t mind being five feet tall. nyti.ms/3XhqHRs

I pitched this story when applying to New York Times Opinion and proud to now see it out in the world. A conservative case for trans rights: nytimes.com/2023/03/02/opi…

This episode was really hard to make. It was devastating to hear his real story of the Iraq we covered together for @npr and it was an answer to a question I’ve thought a lot about over the years - what was I doing there and what did it mean. nytimes.com/2023/03/23/opi…

When it's your foundational belief as a doctor that your patients have a right to choose, how do you navigate living in a state where that choice is no longer theirs? nytimes.com/2023/04/06/opi…

Delighted to have a piece I made with editor Stephanie Joyce for New York Times Opinion's First Person included in this anthology from Pushkin Industries 🎙️! Check out our story about a one-of-a kind cruiser together with the rest of the collection. Out Tuesday! pushkin.fm/news/pushkin-a…

This is so, so well-deserved!

Made it to Thursday! Come join me and the rest of the MoO crew -- Lydia Polgreen Carlos Lozada Ross Douthat -- as we have a bit of fun talking debt ceiling. (No. Really. We do.) Bonus: Carlos is a trained economist. Who knew? nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opi…

Until this spring, I only knew Daniel Ellsberg as the leaker of the Pentagon Papers. But there's so much more to his story. When he learned he was dying, he sat down with @lourdesgnavarro to reflect on his long and fascinating life nytimes.com/2023/04/20/opi…

It's a fun one, friends.

"...as I get older, I’ve come to see that nostalgia is not just about looking back at good times. It can also be a remembering of the exquisite pleasure of longing, of anticipation of the life you want so badly..." Beautiful essay from Lydia Polgreen nytimes.com/2023/08/08/opi…