Episodes

  • Millions of People Watched Her Grow Up Online. What Did It Cost Her?

    Millions of People Watched Her Grow Up Online. What Did It Cost Her?
    May 11 2023

    Whitney Bjerken has been a YouTuber for as long as she can remember. At 18, she’s taking stock of her viral childhood.

    A programming note: this is the last episode of First Person — thank you for listening. Lulu Garcia-Navarro is working on new projects at the Times, so please stay subscribed to this feed to be the first to hear about them.
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    39 mins
  • Why Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Aristotle

    Why Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Aristotle
    May 4 2023

    The 2,500-year-old roots of Ron DeSantis’ education plan.
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    39 mins
  • They’re Severely Mentally Ill. Is It Ethical to Help Them Die?

    They’re Severely Mentally Ill. Is It Ethical to Help Them Die?
    Apr 27 2023

    A psychiatrist’s dilemma when the most extreme option is legal.
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    36 mins
  • Daniel Ellsberg on the Papers He Didn’t Leak

    Daniel Ellsberg on the Papers He Didn’t Leak
    Apr 20 2023

    The man behind the Pentagon Papers has a final warning for America.
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    35 mins
  • He Started the First Police Academy at an H.B.C.U. It Was Complicated.

    He Started the First Police Academy at an H.B.C.U. It Was Complicated.
    Apr 13 2023

    Chief Gary Hill on how to get more Black officers on the force — and transform cop culture through training.
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    30 mins
  • Save a Life, or Commit a Felony?

    Save a Life, or Commit a Felony?
    Apr 6 2023

    The Supreme Court’s decision crushed Dr. Elise Boos. So why is she working with anti-abortion politicians?
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    36 mins
  • The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

    The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die
    Nov 16 2024
    Dr. Ellen Wiebe has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures and is one of Canada’s most prominent advocates for the practice. David Marchese had questions — medical, legal and philosophical — about when it makes sense for doctors to help people to die, and also about how MAID might shape our thinking on what, exactly, constitutes a good death.
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    49 mins
  • Best Of: Dan White Jr., and the Great Pastor Resignation

    Best Of: Dan White Jr., and the Great Pastor Resignation
    Mar 30 2023

    Things are not all right. And neither are the people we usually turn to in times of crisis. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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    40 mins