How Bari Weiss Is Changing CBS News
Last October, Bari Weiss—best-known as a contrarian opinion writer who launched the right-leaning Free Press—was appointed the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. Donald Trump has called her new regime “...
27 Jan 23min
How Tucker Carlson Became the Prophet of MAGA
Tucker Carlson has long been a standard-bearer for far-right views, such as the racist conspiracy theory known as the “great replacement.” He recently did a chatty interview with the white supremacist...
23 Jan 27min
How Betting Took Over Sports
Danny Funt has been reporting on the gambling boom for The New Yorker, which has generated startling recent headlines, including the arrest of a former N.B.A. coach and the indictment of two M.L.B. pi...
20 Jan 17min
With the Podcast “I’ve Had It,” Jennifer Welch Goes “Dark Woke” on Politics
Before becoming a podcaster, Jennifer Welch had a successful career as an interior designer and co-starred in a reality show on Bravo. But, since 2022, she and Angie Sullivan, her co-host on the podca...
16 Jan 32min
Does Every Marriage Need a Prenup?
Prenups have gone from a tool of the ultra-wealthy, carrying a whiff of scandal, to a more widespread request for aspirational young couples with few assets. Wilson spoke with celebrity divorce attorn...
13 Jan 18min
Trump’s New Brand of Imperialism
U.S. intervention in other countries, whether overt or covert, is by no means new, and Daniel Immerwahr notes that the open embrace of expansionism by the President and associates such as Stephen Mill...
9 Jan 31min
Demi Moore Talks with Jia Tolentino
Since she reëmerged as a star in the 2024 film “The Substance,” Demi Moore has been very busy. She has a major role in the current season of Taylor Sheridan’s “Landman” series, and she has two highly ...
6 Jan 22min
Salsa Star Rubén Blades on Acting, Politics, and the Power of Music
For roughly half a century, the singer Rubén Blades has been spreading the gospel of salsa music to every corner of the globe. “You could say that Blades did for salsa what Bob Marley did for reggae,”...
2 Jan 28min
