New York City Mayor Eric Adams
New York City has had a rough few years. It lost nearly four percent of its population during the pandemic. There was a historic crime surge, particularly violent crime. Buildings were empty as people...
3 Apr 202337min
Rick Rubin Says Trust Your Gut, Not Your Audience
People don’t usually think about Adele in the same breath as Johnny Cash. The Beastie Boys in the same breath as Jay-Z. Justin Bieber and Slayer. Neil Young and Lady Gaga. The Dixie Chicks and the Red...
29 Mar 20231h 11min
Bank Runs, Crypto Scams and World-Transforming AI with Tyler Cowen
The last time economist Tyler Cowen was on Honestly about a year ago, inflation was the highest it had been in 40 years, gas prices were nearly $7 a gallon in many parts of the country, and Russia's i...
21 Mar 20231h 12min
Why Men Seek Danger
When most people think about war, they think about senseless killing, brutality, violence and horror. But when journalist Sebastian Junger thinks about war — even though he has witnessed firsthand how...
16 Mar 20231h 8min
Honestly Presents: The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
Honestly presents Chapter 1 of The Witch Trails of J.K. Rowling Host Megan Phelps-Roper writes a letter to J.K. Rowling—and receives a surprising invitation in reply: the opportunity for an intimate c...
10 Mar 202347min
Why Nikki Haley Is Running for President
Last month, Nikki Haley announced she is running for President. Haley is someone who has consistently proven doubters wrong: she was the first female governor of South Carolina, she has never lost a r...
2 Mar 20231h 13min
A Gen Z Religious Revival: 250 Hours of Worship in Kentucky
For the past two weeks, tens of thousands of people, most of them college students, poured into a small chapel at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Some drove from South Carolina and Oklahoma. O...
22 Feb 202335min
Will Ozempic Solve Obesity in America? A Debate
Ozempic, the brand name drug for a medication called semaglutide, is one of the most popular drugs on the market right now. Originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, the injectable drug has recen...
15 Feb 20231h 16min
