First Person

Every opinion starts with a story. Intimate conversations about the big ideas shaping our world, hosted by journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Millions of People Watched Her Grow Up Online. What Did It Cost Her?
Whitney Bjerken has been a YouTuber for as long as she can remember. At 18, she’s taking stock of her viral childhood.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Olivia Natt, Jillian Weinberger, Anabel Bacon, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Efim Shapiro, Isaac Jones, Pat McCusker and Carole Sabouraud
Why Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Aristotle
The 2,500-year-old roots of Ron DeSantis’s education plan.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and Carole Sabouraud
They’re Severely Mentally Ill. Is It Ethical to Help Them Die?
A psychiatrist’s dilemma when the most extreme option is legal.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Rhiannon Corby, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones and Pat McCusker
Nuclear Secrets, a Compost Heap and the Lost Documents Daniel Ellsberg Never Leaked
At the end of his life, the man behind the Pentagon Papers has a warning for us all.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Wyatt Orme, Kaari Pitkin, Stephanie Joyce, Anabel Bacon, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and Carole Sabouraud
He Started the First Police Academy at an H.B.C.U. It Was Complicated.
Chief Gary Hill on how to get more Black officers on the force — and transform cop culture through training.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Derek Arthur, Olivia Natt, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and Pat McCusker
Save a Life, or Commit a Felony? For One Tennessee Doctor, the Answer Is Often Both.
A doctor’s fight for the right to save women’s lives.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Olivia Natt, Rhiannon Corby, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Efim Shapiro, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero, Pat McCusker and Carole Sabouraud
The Shameful Secret at the Heart of My War Reporting
I won awards covering Iraq, but my Iraqi colleague lost everything.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Rhiannon Corby, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones and Carole Sabouraud
This Conversation Changed the Way I Think About Dementia
When cognitive decline strikes, caregivers often resist the changes. Anne Basting says there’s another way.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Rhiannon Corby, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and Pat McCusker
In America, We Trust the Wrong People
Why scammers get believed and asylum seekers don’t.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Derek Arthur, Stephanie Joyce, Kaari Pitkin, Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones and Carole Sabouraud
Why the G.O.P.’s Attack on Trans Rights Could Backfire on the Party
A Republican state senator on what his party gets wrong about trans kids — and why he’s broken ranks to vote to protect them.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Derek Arthur, Anabel Bacon, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Isaac Jones, Sonia Herrero and Pat McCusker