A Hopeful Climate Conversation with Richard Powers
This week, we revisit a soulful conversation around climate change and the restorative power of nature with author Richard Powers. We begin by defining the thematic through-line between The Overstory ...
12 Jan 202557min
A New Year with Writer Jia Tolentino (‘Trick Mirror’)
Writer Jia Tolentino (The New Yorker) became a literary sensation in 2019 upon the release of her best-selling essay collection, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion. She joins us this week to r...
5 Jan 20251h 20min
A ‘Babygirl’ Holiday with Harris Dickinson
To close out the holidays, our conversation with actor Harris Dickinson. We discuss his latest role in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl (6:50), Nicole Kidman’s “disarming and generous” quality on set (9:27), a...
29 Dec 202454min
Writer Hilton Als on Prince and ‘What Joan Didion Means’
For the holiday week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and critic Hilton Als. At the top, we unpack his approach to writing profiles (5:50), inspir...
22 Dec 202452min
The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)
Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting. This week, he joins us to discuss the process of transforming into Donald J. Trump in The Apprentice (8:27), his personal relationship to ...
15 Dec 20241h 16min
Remembering Poet Nikki Giovanni
For the past 50 years, Nikki Giovanni has been one of our preeminent poets. Rest in Power to the legendary writer and activist, who passed this week at the age of 81. Today we return to our conversati...
11 Dec 202444min
Talk Easy in 2024: A Mixtape
It’s been a year. And while we’re not quite done with it (3:15), we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of our favorite episodes and guests from 2024. On the front half, we revisit passages fro...
8 Dec 202458min
Host Padma Lakshmi (‘Taste the Nation’) is Just Getting Started
To close out the holiday weekend, we're revisiting our conversation with writer, food expert, and television host Padma Lakshmi. At the top, we discuss her Hulu docuseries Taste the Nation (4:40), a f...
1 Dec 202453min
