Podcast Episodes

Ira Glass on Three Decades of ‘This American Life’ Magic

Season 10

Thirty years. Over 850 episodes. Nine Peabodys. One Pulitzer. And yet somehow, three decades in, This American Life (and its creator, Ira Glass) remains as innovative and timely as ever.

We begin wit…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’

Season 10

Television, perhaps more than movies, has a way of etching its stars in stone. And few actors seem to be able to break the mold more than once. Which is what makes Penn Badgley’s career—first on Goss…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Many Lives of Viola Davis

Season 10

Before Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) became an EGOT-winning actor, she was an observer. Her work takes the human experience and transmutes it, offering a mirror and a window into ourselve…

Published on 4 months ago

Elizabeth Warren Holds Onto Hope

Season 10

An outspoken advocate for working families, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has made a career out of taking on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the Beltway. And while she may be tired of W…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (‘Dream Count’) Has Some Notes

Season 10

“Everything’s changed,” says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “I’ve changed, and every book is a different person.” It’s true: in the 12 years since the release of her best-seller, Americanah, Adichi…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jenny Slate in 2025

Season 10

Jenny Slate returns today for her fourth appearance on the program.

We discuss how this role in the new FX series Dying for Sex offered her ‘full wingspan’ as a performer (5:45), embodying best frien…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood Plays Itself in Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’

Season 10

Actor, writer, director, and producer Seth Rogen came up in an age of abundance—a Hollywood that made big-budget comedies with box office success: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineap…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Ezra Klein’s Call for ‘Abundance’ in America

Season 10

In their new book, Abundance, journalists Ezra Klein (The New York Times) and Derek Thompson offer a hopeful vision for what the future of the U.S. can look like.

Ezra returns to the show to discuss …

Published on 5 months ago

Play It Again: Actor Amanda Seyfried

Season 10

From Mean Girls to Mamma Mia! to First Reformed, Amanda Seyfried has repeatedly displayed her versatility as a performer. Today, we return to one of our favorite conversations with the illustrious ac…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

A Portrait of the Artist Tyler Mitchell

Season 10

What does photography need to do now? Artist Tyler Mitchell has been asking (and attempting to answer) that question since making history as the first Black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover back i…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago