Michael Palin on the Philippines, China and the Fish-Slapping Dance
Best known as a member of Monty Python, Michael Palin has been many things — sketch writer, comedian, actor, and for almost four decades, world traveler. In his latest series, “Michael Palin in the P...
16 Loka 43min
Melania, Soft Power & the Iran War with Writer Azadeh Moaveni
As US journalist Azadeh Moaveni was writing her latest book, ‘The East Wing’, a history of America's first ladies and their staff, President Donald Trump’s demolition of that very part of the White Ho...
9 Loka 38min
Even a 0.1% AI Risk Matters: Google’s James Manyika
Amid the furious debate over the pace and potential risks of AI development, top tech executives have publicly united around a call for their industry to be regulated. As Google's senior vice presiden...
2 Loka 41min
Caught in the Iran War: Qatar’s PM on the Middle East “Earthquake”
“Our region has experienced what I can only describe as an earthquake.” That was how Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister, began remarks at a special UN General Assembly ed...
25 Syys 27min
Trump's 'Unreality Bubble’ Meets the Midterms: Maggie Haberman
Few journalists have watched Donald Trump as closely or for as long as Maggie Haberman. The New York Times reporter first encountered him as a tabloid fixture in the 1990s and has since chronicled his...
18 Syys 39min
Forget the Manosphere: Jon Ronson on Why Men Feel Lost
Author Jon Ronson has spent years focusing on the unusual people and societal undercurrents of our changing world. He has written a series of bestselling books featuring extremists, conspiracy theoris...
11 Syys 38min
US Versus China, Cheap AI & Human Love: AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee
Chinese artificial intelligence companies are rapidly closing the gap with their American rivals despite years of US restrictions on advanced chips. But the race between the world’s two AI superpowers...
4 Syys 44min
Colm Tóibín on 1970s Barcelona, Trump's America and Escaping into Art
The writer Colm Tóibín knows something about leaving home. As a young man living in Spain, he discovered a freedom he hadn’t known growing up in Ireland. Later, he would settle in America. Tóibín’s la...
28 Elo 40min
