Adam Gopnik Wants to Make Liberalism Gre...

Just a decade ago, Ece Temelkuran was recognized as the most-read political columnist in Turkey, then a thriving secular democracy. Today, she no longer lives in Turkey and her homeland is on the knife’s edge of dictatorship under the rule of President Erdogan. Temelkuran, author ... Show More

Bruna Papandrea is known for getting things done in Hollywood. With almost two dozen films and TV series in the works with her production company Made Up Stories, Papandrea is currently riding the Monterey waves of her latest release: season two of the smash hit HBO series Big Li ... Show More

Tina talks with her friend Ian Schrager, who will forever be known for co-founding Studio 54, the nightclub that set the standard for all time for New York nightlife and celebrity and left thousands of people cursing its velvet rope. Unless, of course, you got in. In the decades ... Show More

<p>Writer and essayist Adam Gopnik has been called &ldquo;one of the greatest thinkers and wordsmiths of our age.&rdquo; He is best known as a staff writer for <em>The New Yorker</em>, to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism since 1986. The internat ... Show More

Host Anne Applebaum speaks with Srdja Popovic about how strategic nonviolent action can bring about lasting and meaningful social change.Srdja Popovic is the executive director of the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). He's a social change educator who ... Show More

<p>Happy Independence Day! We’ll be back next week with a new episode, but today we’re sharing the episode that started us on the path to “Interesting Times.” Ross Douthat talks to Reihan Salam, the president of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Together they wrote the ... Show More

David Gornoski talks about the vibe shift that is happening right now in culture, sounding the alarm on seed oils, why you don't need a million dollars to change history, America as the battlefield between good and evil, why certain facets of liberalism are worth protecting, and ... Show More

In this episode Ellen sits down with Democratic Representative Adam Schiff. They discuss staying optimistic in our polarized political climate, navigating power grabs, and his new book Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could. 

<p>Raised by liberals, after becoming a mom as a teenager, this caller's politics shifted. Some would now call her a "Republican in name only" or a "compromising conservative," but she disagrees. Her compelling life story is a jumping off point to search for a little common groun ... Show More

Konstantin Kisin (Triggernometry) sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, An Immigrant's Love Letter To The West . They have a fascinating conversation about their jobs as culture war commentators, how it affects them, how to push back thoughtfully and not wind up in a cr ... Show More

Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offers hope for quiet, sustained culture shift through the “endless shared conversation” of friendship. The writer of the New York Times “Ethicist” column studies how deep social change happens across time and cultures. “If you have that backgroun ... Show More