Podcast Episodes

Is the Apple Vision Pro All That?

Kara got a sneak peek of the Apple Vision Pro, and sat down before the official launch with tech reporters Joanna Stern, Nilay Patel and Mark Gurman …

2 years, 4 months ago

How Ava DuVernay Made a Hit with ‘Origin,’ and Without Big Studio Backing

Today, our guest is acclaimed director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, known for the Oscar-nominated films “Selma” and “13th.” Her latest film “Origin…

2 years, 5 months ago

Judy Woodruff on Polarization, Politics, and the Media

How does someone with more than five decades of political reporting under her belt assess the current state of the union? For the past year, former P…

2 years, 5 months ago

PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude

As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro successfully defended the state election process in 2020 against suits brought by former President D…

2 years, 5 months ago

Hope for American Democracy, According to Heather Cox Richardson

Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making.

That’s the argument historian and professor Heather Cox Richardson makes in her latest book:…

2 years, 5 months ago

Psychedelics with Joe Green

From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize psychedelics are everywhere. California-based Joe …

2 years, 5 months ago

Fei-Fei Li and a Humane Approach to AI

Before the OpenAI Drama which pit AI enthusiasts (accelerationists) against doomers (decelerationists) we had a conversation with Stanford computer s…

2 years, 5 months ago

A Close Read of Trump’s 2024 Strategy

Trump’s back. Today, we go to a panel of experts to discuss his 2024 legal woes, dangerously escalating rhetoric, and what he might do if he retakes …

2 years, 5 months ago

COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr.

Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, but in the U.S., every week, the virus is still h…

2 years, 5 months ago

OpenAI Drama to Trump to Elon Musk: What It Means for 2024

Kara and Nayeema look forward to the characters and moments that may define 2024 by looking back at the coverage of the last year. We unpack the dram…

2 years, 5 months ago