“For many years, as the kind of journalism I was doing became more and more directly personal—I was trying to find my way to a language that I could...
“Roe v. Wade is so important to the fabric of our society at this point, and social expectations have crystallized around it—that we can’t...
This week we’re joined by beloved author David Sedaris! We begin with the timely opening essay from his latest collection, Happy-Go-Lucky (4:05)...
This week we’re joined by actor Jon Bernthal! To begin, we discuss his latest performance on HBO’s We Own This City (6:00), policing and gun culture...
This week we are joined by comedian Meg Stalter! With season two of Hacks, we talk about her role as Kayla the assistant (5:50), a formative...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan (“A Visit from the Goon Squad”) joins us this week. She describes the structural pulse of her new novel...
This week we sit with actor Pedro Pascal! We begin with the release of his new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (5:02), working with...
This Mother’s Day, a special talk with actor Minnie Driver. On the heels of her debut essay collection Managing Expectations, she discusses the role...
This week, legendary actor and comedian Bill Hader! We discuss the return of Barry (4:57), the thematic evolution of the series (7:02), and how it...
“There’s very little sex in Hollywood movies in 2022. I wanted to try to figure out why that is — or what has changed — by looking at that...
“I was born in 1956. In 1956, segregation was legal. We didn’t have a Civil Rights Act of 1964. I realized that you have to take risks for change...
“In musical collaboration, you can kind of get outside of yourself. Being in a band, performing— in all those things you have to collaborate and work...
“After the poem has passed out of the hands of the one who’s written it down, and after that person may have departed from time and space and be...
“When people believe that more is possible, they are more likely to participate. And when they are aggrieved, when they know that someone is trying...
“So much of this is about representation. We have enough people in our communities who could be role models and international icons, but we...
“I stand on the shoulders of those people that came before me. There are people counting on me to step up and say what needs to be said, and do...