Now What? With Carole Zimmer

Laurie Woolever was chef Mario Batali's assistant at a time when his hit restaurant Babbo was attracting celebrity diners vying for reservations. Then she spent almost a decade working for Anthony Bou...

5 Aug 202545min

Maira Kalman is one of those multi-talented people. She writes children's stories and books for adults. She's also a contributor to the New York Times, creates covers for the New Yorker and sets for o...

21 Juli 202546min

James Carville's nickname is The Ragin' Cajun. He became famous when Bill Clinton hired him as his lead political strategist in 1992 and Carville helped the guy from Hope beat George H.W. Bush to beco...

7 Juli 202538min

Larry Charles is a true character. He liked to wear his pajamas to work. He was one of the original writers of Seinfeld. He also wrote and directed Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes. In between, Charles m...

24 Juni 202558min

Paul Hawken has racked up several notable accomplishments in his life. As a teenager, in the mid-60s, Hawken headed south to join the civil rights movement. He's always had a strong sense of social ju...

10 Juni 202546min

Penn Jillette and his partner Teller have created one of the most successful and lucrative careers in show business by using mind bending effects and revealing the secrets behind their magic tricks. T...

27 Maj 202544min

Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and graphic novelist. She first started getting attention for her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and later wrote a graphic memoir called Fun Home which is about her ...

13 Maj 202536min

Writer Sophie Gilbert has a theory about the early 2000s. In her new book Girl on Girl, she's written about some disturbing trends in popular culture focusing on the way that girls were portrayed in m...

29 Apr 202548min