Tracy Chapman's Timeless Earworms
More than 35 years after its release, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album – and the single Fast Car – hit #1 on the charts last week, fueled by her performance with country star Luke Combs at the Gr...
12 Feb 202459min
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel on the New Japan, Contending With China, and Biden’s Calm
Rahm Emanuel is the ultimate political insider: He’s worked closely with three presidents, he’s been mayor of the nation’s third largest city (Chicago), and he’s now “redefining” diplomacy as ambassad...
8 Feb 202449min
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 to discuss why it took so long for Apple to get int...
5 Feb 20241h 3min
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” is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 bests...
1 Feb 202448min
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 PBS NewsHour anchor and current senior correspondent...
29 Jan 202452min
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 Donald Trump and his allies. We speak with Governor ...
25 Jan 202453min
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: “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of Ameri...
22 Jan 20241h 6min
Psychedelics with Joe Green
From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize psychedelics are everywhere. California-based Joe Green is a prominent voice in the movement, as the ...
18 Jan 202449min
