Podcast Episodes

Graduation Week with Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb

Even before Jelani Cobb became Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, he was an educator. His reportage at The New Yorker (where he’s been writing about race and politics since 2012), steeped in his…

Published on 7 months ago

Play It Again: Sarah Silverman (‘PostMortem’)

To commemorate the release of her new, deeply personal Netflix special ‘PostMortem,’ we revisit our conversation with Sarah Silverman.

At the top, we reflect on loss (7:16), her HBO special Sarah Sil…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Pulitzer Prize Winner Percival Everett (‘James’)

Earlier this month, writer Percival Everett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for James, his subversive and singular reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

At the top, we discuss …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

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

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 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’

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 7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Many Lives of Viola Davis

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 8 months ago

Elizabeth Warren Holds Onto Hope

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 8 months, 1 week ago

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

“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 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jenny Slate in 2025

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 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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 8 months, 4 weeks ago