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Ta-Nehisi Coates Has a Message to Deliver. Can We Hear It?
Few writers have examined the tension between history and morality more urgently than Ta-Nehisi Coates. Last fall, on the heels of his new book The Message (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653438/the-message-by-ta-nehisi-coates/),
And In Our Hour of Darkness, Writer Arundhati Roy
“Sometimes I feel that I’m not going to write again,” says Arundhati Roy, “but then it becomes harder to keep quiet than to write it.” Few writers have bridged the personal and political as powerfully as Arundhati Roy. With her first memoir
Director Francis Ford Coppola Keeps His Dream Alive
Director Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just want to make movies. He wants to change them. This was true in 1969 when he co-founded Zoetrope Studios with George Lucas, and it remains true today. Watch the video of our conversation on YouTube
Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Takes the Emmys
At this year’s Primetime Emmys, Seth Rogen took home four major awards for The Studio (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-studio/umc.cmc.7518algxc4lsoobtsx30dqb52), including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Se
The Terry Gross Interview
This month marks 50 years of Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air (https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/). What began in 1975 as a local experiment at WHYY in Philadelphia has since grown into a national institution—one that not only tran
Cook Samin Nosrat (‘Salt Fat Acid Heat’) Returns with ‘Good Things’
Eight years ago, cook and writer Samin Nosrat created a kitchen staple with Salt Fat Acid Heat (https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/): a New York Times bestseller that later became a hit Netflix series. Nosrat returns with Good Things (https://
The Homecoming of Dev Hynes (Blood Orange)
Over the long holiday weekend, Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) released his latest album, Essex Honey. To celebrate, we return to our 2022 conversation with the visionary musician. At the top, we dive into his EP Four Songs (3:15), performing at M
Laura Dern on Living Well (The Dan Buettner Podcast)
We’re excited to share a new show from Lemonada Media: The Dan Buettner Podcast. Today’s episode features the incomparable Laura Dern. In his groundbreaking Blue Zones research, National Geographic explorer and bestselling author Dan Buettn
A Candid Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
It’s been a year in Los Angeles. Between the historic wildfires, rapid recovery efforts, and the ICE raids over the summer, Mayor Karen Bass has been tasked with moving at a breakneck speed to meet the demands of a city in peril. Watch this
The Stories of Actor Josh Brolin (‘Weapons’)
With the arrival of Weapons (https://www.fandango.com/weapons-2025-240417/movie-overview?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22748551661&gbraid=0AAAAA_ONcSoMoAxFa6dHBxqlOq-IxYyUE&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-4XFBhCBARIsAAdNOkv5FQalc56faOkT1yiaxjv92c4nXdDXXnT2YZd
Actor Julia Garner is Hollywood’s Secret ‘Weapon’
Actor Julia Garner (Ozark) has built a career out of shapeshifting. This summer, the Emmy-winning performer lands on the silver (surfer) screen with two major projects—The Fantastic Four: First Steps (https://www.fandango.com/the-fantastic-
David Mamet Exits Stage Left
David Mamet is one of the most celebrated American playwrights of the last century: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, and Glengarry Glen Ross— which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983 and remains timely t
Director Celine Song on ‘Materialists’ (Death, Sex & Money)
Long before Celine Song was nominated for an Academy Award for her feature directorial debut, Past Lives, she was a struggling playwright in New York City with an unusual side hustle: matchmaking. In this special episode presented by Death,
Actor Patricia Clarkson (‘Sharp Objects’) Goes Her Own Way
After nearly four decades of working in Hollywood, actor Patricia Clarkson (The Station Agent, Pieces of April) says her portrayal of women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter is “the greatest privilege” in her storied career. We sat with the
Play It Again: Joaquin Phoenix
“I wanted to be good, but I completely burned up the morning,” said Joaquin Phoenix on day 1 of Eddington (https://www.fandango.com/eddington-2025-240285/movie-overview). “Ari and I stayed on set when everyone left for lunch—and, slowly, so
Director Ari Aster (‘Eddington’) Has Made an American Western for 2025
“Eddington is a film about a bunch of people who know that something is wrong,” says writer-director Ari Aster. “It’s just that nobody can agree on what that thing is.” Aster joins us this week to unpack his controversial, COVID-era western
Lena Dunham is Never ‘Too Much’
Writer/director Lena Dunham is the voice of my generation. Or at the very least, a voice of a generation. Her new show, Too Much (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30406366/), is now available to stream on Netflix. We start by discussing her 202
How ‘Big and Beautiful’ is Trump’s Bill? (with Jamelle Bouie of NYT)
From the opinion pages (https://www.nytimes.com/column/jamelle-bouie) of The New York Times to his popular TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@jamellebouie?lang=en) feed, Jamelle Bouie is a leading voice in American politics. This week, Bouie h
Actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach Returns to ‘The Bear’
To celebrate the fourth season of The Bear (https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f?&cmp=7958&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BM+Search+TV+Shows&utm_term=the%20bear%20season%203&gad_source=1&g
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael is Creating His Own Truman Show
In just under a decade, Jerrod Carmichael has had a remarkably varied career. On the heels of his latest HBO special (https://www.max.com/movies/jerrod-carmichael-dont-be-gay/797f6457-02b4-4309-8996-998dcf203d0d), we return to our conversat
Live From New York with Sam Rockwell (‘The White Lotus’)
Oscar winner Sam Rockwell has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. In our recent sit-down, recorded at theTribeca Audio Festival (https://tribecafilm.com/festival/audio-storytelling), we trace the arc o
Father’s Day with Seth Meyers
For the past twenty-four years, Seth Meyers has built a comedy career inside the walls of 30 Rock. We join him there today for our Father’s Day special, reflecting on the past decade of Late Night (https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-m
Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) is Creating a Language of Her Own
Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) has long turned to music to make sense of the past. Today, she joins us to unpack all of the emotional terrain covered in her latest album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (https://open.spotify.co
Writer Ocean Vuong’s Vision of the Future
Since his bestselling novelOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600633/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong/9780525562047/) debuted in 2019, Ocean Vuong has become one of the most beloved writer
Graduation Week with Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb
Even before Jelani Cobb became Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, he was an educator. His reportage at The New Yorker (where he’s been writing about race and politics since 2012), steeped in history. And yet not even Cobb could’ve been
Play It Again: Sarah Silverman (‘PostMortem’)
To commemorate the release of her new, deeply personal Netflix special ‘PostMortem (https://www.netflix.com/title/81759444),’ we revisit our conversation with Sarah Silverman. At the top, we reflect on loss (7:16), her HBO special Sarah Sil
Pulitzer Prize Winner Percival Everett (‘James’)
Earlier this month, writer Percival Everett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for James, his subversive and singular reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the top, we discuss the philosophical problem that led to Jam
Ira Glass on Three Decades of ‘This American Life’ Magic
Thirty years. Over 850 episodes (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/archive). Nine Peabodys (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/announcements/peabody-gaza). One Pulitzer (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/704/transcript). And yet somehow,
Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’
Television, perhaps more than movies, has a way of etching its stars in stone. And few actors seem to be able to break the mold more than once. Which is what makes Penn Badgley’s career—first on Gossip Girl then You—special. We sit this wee
The Many Lives of Viola Davis
Before Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) became an EGOT-winning actor, she was an observer. Her work takes the human experience and transmutes it, offering a mirror and a window into ourselves. Today, we sit to unpack her recent, li
