Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJudith Butler Can’t “Take Credit or Blame” for Gender Furor
Episode 870
A legal assault on trans rights by conservative groups and the Republican Party is escalating, the journalist Erin Reed reports, with nearly five hun…
2 years, 2 months ago
In “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close
Episode 865
Like most Americans, Vinson Cunningham first became aware of Barack Obama in 2004, when he gave a breakout speech at the Democratic National Conventi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”
Episode 864
“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as Be…
2 years, 2 months ago
What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Episode 860
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “o…
2 years, 2 months ago
Kara Swisher on Tech Billionaires: “I Don’t Think They Like People”
Episode 859
Kara Swisher landed on the tech beat as a young reporter at the Washington Post decades ago. She would stare at the teletype machine at the entrance …
2 years, 2 months ago
Lily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood. Plus, the Brody Awards
Episode 855
Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Martin Scorsese’s period drama “Killers of a Flower…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ty Cobb on Trump, Putin, and the Death of Alexey Navalny
Episode 854
Ty Cobb represented the Trump White House during the height of the Mueller-Russia probe, so he has a unique insight into the former President’s admir…
2 years, 3 months ago
For Brontez Purnell, “Memoir Is Fiction—I Don’t Care What Anyone Says”
Episode 849
Brontez Purnell is a Renaissance man. He’s a musician, a dancer, a filmmaker, and the author of a number of books. His latest is “Ten Bridges I’ve Bu…
2 years, 3 months ago
“Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett on Trump: “The Threat of Jail Time Sharpens the Mind”
Episode 848
Jon Lovett had been deep inside politics, as a speechwriter in the Obama Administration, before he joined his colleagues Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jacqueline Novak Is Giving Audiences “Everything She’s Got”
Episode 844
The comedian Jacqueline Novak wasn’t well known before her Netflix début “Get on Your Knees.” The show was a big swing in her career, an ambitious at…
2 years, 3 months ago