Happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks on why we’re all so desperately chasing down happiness
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie explores the subject of happiness. Because as a culture, we seem to be obsessed with achieving it. Just look to higher ed. Some of the most el...
23 Nov 202249min
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on ‘She Said,’ the power of journalism, and the oddity of becoming the subject
Five years ago, on Oct. 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. The headline read: “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.”...
17 Nov 202238min
Groundbreaking journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault on chronicling — and making — history
Charlayne Hunter-Gault has spent nearly sixty years chronicling history as a journalist, but when she was just 19 years old, she played a crucial role in making it. On January 9, 1961, she and her cla...
10 Nov 202247min
Kelly Ripa, reformed people-pleaser, is here to set the record straight
For more than two decades, Kelly Ripa has been welcomed into millions of people’s homes, kitchens, and even bedrooms, as the co-host of ABC’s daytime talk show “Live!” And it’s easy to see why: she’s ...
3 Nov 202249min
Elizabeth Banks and Phyllis Nagy on ‘Call Jane’ and the sisterhood of abortion activism
The new movie “Call Jane” is a period piece about abortion and reproductive activism in the years before Roe vs Wade was enacted. But given our post-Roe world and the very real consequences of abortio...
27 Okt 202241min
The Midterms are coming! Three political strategists break it all down
We are just a few weeks out from the 2022 midterms and there is a lot to unpack — makeup of the House, will the Senate flip, the very future of our democracy! To help us understand what is truly at st...
20 Okt 20221h 8min
Jon Hamm on the art of rebooting an iconic character, breaking out of Don Draper, and finding himself in therapy
Jon Hamm has been busy. On a fall visit to New York City, while shooting the next season of The Morning Show, and amid actual morning show visits to promote his new comedy, Confess Fletch, Jon stopped...
13 Okt 202245min
Geena Davis on childhood traumas, a life-changing friendship, and the anxiety of revealing it all
Geena Davis has been a face we have come to know on screen for 40 years. And despite being in the public eye for so long, Geena is one of those actors who has cleverly obscured herself and her persona...
11 Okt 202244min
