Why this Hollywood Actor Stays Off Social Media (Mostly)
As Facebook morphs into Meta and makes a push for immersive 3-D connection (without solving all of its existing problems), Kara Swisher takes a look back at the company’s early days — and the fictiona...
14 Mars 202236min
How Far Would Biden Go in a Cyber War Against Putin?
Ever since Russian forces invaded Ukraine late last month, President Biden has been toeing a fine line between providing support to the Ukrainians and averting kinetic, nuclear and cyber conflict betw...
10 Mars 202242min
Will Putin's Information Iron Curtain Backfire?
On Friday, the Kremlin blocked access to Facebook inside Russia and passed a law making it illegal to spread what the government determines to be “false information” about the country’s armed forces. ...
7 Mars 202233min
Jon Stewart on Why the Right Would ‘Rather Do a Deal With Putin Than Pelosi’
As he wages a war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is finding strange allies on U.S. soil — from former President Donald Trump to the Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Jon Stewart wasn’t surprised. The Dai...
3 Mars 202249min
Maggie Gyllenhaal Wants to Tell the Transgressive Stories of Motherhood
Rewarding as it is, motherhood can be an uphill battle. In the pandemic, we heard this in the stories of mothers struggling to juggle child care and schooling with work and other responsibilities at h...
28 Feb 202227min
Anita Hill Takes On Those ‘Trying to Put Black Women in a Box’
President Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer and has committed to nominating a Black woman to fill it. As the country awaits h...
24 Feb 202237min
Best Of: What the Heck are NFTs? Let’s Ask Beeple.
From Snoop Dogg to Melania Trump, it seems like everyone has gotten into the NFT craze in the last year, with billions of dollars worth of sales made in 2021. NFTs may be colloquial now, but the craze...
21 Feb 202247min
Tech’s Love Affair With Miami
Keith Rabois minted his wealth with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and other members of the so-called “PayPal Mafia.” Now, though, he’s moved to Miami and become one of the city’s biggest hype men. He believe...
17 Feb 202241min
