Brittany Luce

And as a public, we're witnesses to just a sliver of the lives of the rich and powerful and their business dealings.

And that we only get glimpses, you know, these really curated glimpses into how they want to be seen.

You know, for Bezos, this seems like maybe a strategic culture move.

To what end exactly?

You know, we only get the picture he's willing to share with the public.

Well, Bob and Allison, I learned so much here.

Thank you both so much for joining me today.

Thank you.

That was NPR senior arts critic Bob Mandello and New York Magazine film critic Allison Wilmore, co-host of the Critical Darlings podcast.

And one note, Amazon is among NPR's recent financial supporters and pays to distribute some NPR content, but our funding is separate from our editorial programming.

This episode of It's Been a Minute was produced by Barton Girdwood.

This episode was edited by Nina Potok.

Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sanguini.

All right.

That's all for this episode of It's Been a Minute from NPR.

I'm Brittany Luce.

Talk soon.

Hello, hello.

I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

Today, I have a very special guest here with me, Margaret Cerino.