EXCLUSIVE PEEK: Reflections on Mary Trump, Sean Penn, and more
Here’s something a little different this week, before I come back next week with more interviews. At the end of each episode, you hear a snippet of my thoughts on the interview, usually a day or so l...
3 Syys 202443min
Check it Out: “The art of failure with David Duchovny”
I recently sat down with organizational psychologist Adam Grant for an episode of his podcast, ReThinking. Even though he was the one interviewing me, he shared some of his own valuable insights from ...
27 Elo 202434min
Kathleen Hanna’s Music is Her Message
Being “indie famous” is complicated, and Kathleen Hanna isn’t here to water it down. Her career making feminist punk music — most notably in the band Bikini Kill — meant she was attacked for her activ...
20 Elo 202451min
Kumail Nanjiani’s New Ambition
When I first met Kumail Nanjiani, we were on set on the X-Files, chasing down the shape-shifting Were-Monster. Since then, I’ve seen Kumail undergo his own transformation — into a leading man and big-...
13 Elo 202455min
Mary Trump Knows We’re At a Crossroads
Mary Trump, niece of former president Donald Trump, has long lived in the shadow of her family’s name. And as she writes in her new memoir, Who Could Ever Love You, the darkness of that shadow affecte...
6 Elo 20241h 2min
Check it Out: “How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events”
This week I’m sharing a neat episode of Freakonomics Radio, hosted by past guest Stephen Dubner. His acclaimed podcast recently put out a series that really resonated with me — a series about failure,...
3 Elo 202457min
Griffin Dunne: An Actor Builds Character
The nephew of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, and son of Dominick Dunne, becoming anything other than a writer feels almost sacrilegious. Yet Griffin Dunne only recently became an author, publishi...
30 Heinä 202450min
Sally Jenkins Thinks Losing Is Wonderful
“Who can explain the athletic heart?” These are the words Sally Jenkins’ father would ask, driving her to follow in his footsteps and become a groundbreaking sportswriter. From eating a cheeseburger a...
23 Heinä 20241h 2min
