Best of The Axe Files: Justice Sonia Sotomayor
With the recent nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, who, if confirmed, would be the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, we revisit a conversation with another history maker, Supreme Court ...
3 Mar 20221h 3min
Ep. 479 — Bianna Golodryga
Growing up in Texas, Bianna Golodryga begged her immigrant parents to avoid speaking Russian in front of her friends for fear of not fitting in. She soon came to appreciate her background, becoming fl...
24 Feb 20221h 6min
Ep. 478 — Lotfullah Najafizada
When he was 5 years old, Afghan journalist Lotfullah Najafizada watched as rockets landed in his front yard. He and his family moved around the country to escape conflict, but after the fall of the Ta...
17 Feb 20221h 1min
Ep. 477 — Sen. Jon Tester
More than 100 years ago, Sen. Jon Tester’s grandfather arrived in Montana, where he homesteaded a vast stretch of farmland. Sen. Tester still makes time to farm that land today, saying his tractor doe...
10 Feb 20221h 2min
Ep. 476 — Ian Bremmer
In 1998, Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer made a name for himself when he successfully predicted the collapse of the Russian ruble. Since then, Bremmer has turned offering his political science insig...
3 Feb 202257min
Ep. 475 — Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown grew up the son of a minister in an industrial Scottish town before ascending the ranks of Britain’s Labour Party to eventually serve as Prime Minister. Since leaving office,...
27 Jan 20221h 2min
Ep. 474 — Amb. Andrew Young
After graduating from college, Andrew Young had a moment of extreme clarity while standing at the top of a mountain. He suddenly realized that “everything has a purpose,” and he proceeded to channel t...
20 Jan 202248min
Ep. 473 — Barton Gellman
Journalist Barton Gellman has been questioning power and authority since, as editor of the school paper, he sued his high school for censorship. He has made a career of shining a spotlight on the use ...
13 Jan 20221h 5min
