Episodes (Page 25)
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Sigrid Nunez's 2018 National Book Award-winning novel The Friend, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide, is adapted into a film starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray
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Atlantic writer Robert Worth discusses Syria's transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al-Qaeda founder now advocating unity and regional inclusion
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Robert Worth
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Amanda Knox discusses her new memoir Free, exploring how she made herself useful in prison, readjusted to freedom, and copes with survivor's guilt following exoneration
Amanda Knox
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Journalists Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater examine congressional dysfunction in their book Mad House, detailing how the MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills
Annie Karni
Luke Broadwater
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Legal scholar Elie Mystal argues in Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America that major legislation including the Hyde Amendment and gun manufacturer liability shields harm Americans
Elie Mystal
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Seth Rogen created AppleTV+ satirical series The Studio about Hollywood executives deciding which films get made, starring as a studio head attempting to save his company
Seth Rogen
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Terry Gross's 2005 interview with Tim Curry celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Curry discussing his iconic role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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Andrew Marantz explains how manosphere podcasts influenced young men toward MAGA in 2024 and discusses Democratic strategies to win back this demographic
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin discusses how regulation can harness AI's positive potential in health, medicine, and education while mitigating risks
Gary Rivlin
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Seth Rogen plays an anxious Hollywood studio head in Apple TV+ series The Studio, premiering March 26
Seth Rogen
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Clay Risen's book Red Scare examines post-WWII McCarthyism and career destruction of thousands of teachers, civil servants, and artists
Clay Risen
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Bill Burr traces his comedy roots to childhood survival mechanism of making people laugh to avoid harm, featured in new Hulu special Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
Simu Liu
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Comic Mo Amer discusses his Palestinian heritage and family's escape from Gulf War, explaining how Texas culture and country music influenced his identity
Mo Amer
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Playwright Athol Fugard died Saturday; his apartheid-focused plays like Blood Knot and Master Harold and the Boys explored emotional and psychological consequences of segregation
Athol Fugard
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Bill Burr discusses processing childhood abuse, therapeutic mushroom use, and hypocrisy of liberal cancel culture versus Elon Musk's conduct
Bill Burr
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Washington Post's Laura Meckler reports on Department of Education cutting 50% of workforce with major fallout for civil rights enforcement and student loan administration
David Bianculli
Laura Meckler
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David Enrich's book Murder the Truth examines Justice Clarence Thomas's 2019 suggestion to overturn New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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Bill Burr traces his comedy to childhood learned behavior of making people laugh to prevent harm, detailed in Hulu special Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
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New Orleans clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens, known as 'Lady Louie' and 'Queen Clarinet,' discusses her nearly four-decade career performing in the French Quarter
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David Johansen, co-founder of hugely influential 1970s punk precursor band The New York Dolls, died last week after two studio albums that shaped rock history