Next Question with Katie Couric
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A Balance of Being and Doing: Jay Shetty on Purpose in Work, Life, and Love
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Like many influencers these days, Jay Shetty is much discussed, but not necessarily much understood. He seems like he’s everywhere–officiating JLo...
Katie Is a Grandmother! With Special Guest and Grandmother of 13, Kris Jenner, on Family, Purpose, and Legacy.
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kris Jenner has vision. From an early age, she knew she wanted a family–she even predicted she’d have six kids! From her origins working in retail...
Katie's Back for Season 9 of Next Question!
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Next Question is back for season nine, and the times, they are a changin’! Katie has big personal news to share in the season kick off with Kris Jen...
Katie Plus One: Our Society’s Disordered Eating with Emmeline Clein, author of Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm and co-host, Carrie Monahan
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of Next Question’s more personal episodes, this conversation features a very special plus one: Katie’s daughter, Carrie Monahan! Katie and Car...
The Cost of Caregiving with Capital One’s Celia Edwards Karam, Chris Punsalan, and Adrienne Glusman
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Next Question was produced in partnership with Capital One, and recorded live at the Capital One Cafe in Herald Square in New York Cit...
Kara Swisher, the “Internet age's cranky Cassandra,” on her memoir, Burn Book” A Tech Love Story
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Swisher, Official Next Question plus one and dogged chronicler of the good, bad, and the ugly of the tech world (and the “adult toddlers” tha...
Allie Phillips Fled TN to Have An Abortion; Now She’s Running for Office
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Allie Phillips, a young Tennessee woman who runs a daycare from home and has a young daughter, Adalie, was delighted to learn she was pregnant with a ...
Katie Couric One-On-One With Vice President Kamala Harris
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Next Question, Katie sat down for a rare one-on-one interview in DC with Vice President Kamala Harris in her ceremonial off...
How Roe v Wade Fell and What Comes Next with Jodi Kantor
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since long before Roe v Wade enshrined a federal right to choose in 1973, abortion has been one of the most contentious issues in American life. On Ju...
A Conversation With Brooke Shields About Living a Public Life
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a recent episode of Brooke Shields’ podcast Now What?, Katie and Brooke took a walk down memory lane and came back with some thoughtful insights ...
Ava Duvernay’s New Film Origin Reaches Beyond the Theater
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ava DuVernay’s newest film, Origin, breaks a lot of molds. The book on which it’s based, Caste, grapples with some of the deepest inequalities in ...
Melissa Etheridge Has Been on a Hero’s Journey All Her Own
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Etheridge has written two memoirs now–her new one is Talking to My Angels. For many people, writing more than one memoir might seem excessiv...
The Cast of May December on Making This Riveting Physiological Thriller
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The new film May December stars Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton, was directed by Todd Haynes, and written for the screen by Samy B...
Could Israel Have Prevented Hamas's October 7th Attack?
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A recent bombshell report in the New York Times reveals that Israel knew about Hamas’s attack plan for October 7th, 2023, codenamed “Jericho Wall,...
Katie Plus One Presents AI For Dummies with Vivian Schiller, Vilas Dhar, and Chris Wiggins
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the anniversary of Open AI’s launch of Chat GPT, a tool which brought AI out of the realm of sci-fi and right to our fingertips. AI seems t...
David Leonhardt’s Surprisingly Optimistic Analysis of Our Political Moment
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you achieved the American Dream? Actually–how do you even define the American Dream? Sometimes it can feel like that phrase is meaningless and ...
The Future of Attention with Kara Swisher and Kevin Systrom
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of their careers, Katie Couric and Kara Swisher have weathered (and thrived amongst) massive sea changes in the news industry–from n...
Katie Plus One Goes Renegade: Mary Trump and Adam Kinzinger On The Way Back from Our Divided Political Moment
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Kinzinger and Mary Trump don’t have a lot in common on the surface:but in a moment where politics are dividing more people than ever before, Ki...
Kelly Corrigan and David Brooks on the Art of Conversation
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Smart people know things; wise people know people. For Next Question guest today, David Brooks, knowing people has been a lifelong endeavor. Katie Cou...
Katie Plus One Has a Full House: Kelly Rizzo with John Stamos
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our first Katie Plus One, Katie is bringing in backup: Kelly Rizzo, the host of the Comfort Food podcast and the widow of Bob Saget. Their guest to...
Katie's Back with a Brand New Season of Next Question!
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Couric is back with a new season of Next Question, this time with a new format: Katie + 1! While the good ol’ classic Katie Couric interview i...
Jada Pinkett Smith Goes There: On Entanglements, Self Worth, and Refusing to be Distracted
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The last eighteen months or so of Jada Pinkett Smith’s life have been… well, complicated. But complicated is nothing new for the multi-hyphenate w...
Michael Lewis Explains It All: The SBF Trial, Crypto, and his new book Going Infinite
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Lewis is like a literary Forrest Gump. He always seems to know where the biggest story of the year is going to be–and he’s usually halfway...
Jonathan Van Ness on Body Acceptance and Feeling Gorgeous
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Katie Couric Media and Equip—the leading evidence-based virtual eat...
Assessing the Racial Wealth Gap
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Ally and Katie Couric Media, we’re taking a look at the racial weal...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Optimistic
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to priorities, Julia-Louis Dreyfus has had hers in place for a long time. As a young mother when she played Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, Ju...
Frances Haugen: How One Whistle Makes a Difference
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just as Facebook was on the verge of becoming Meta Platforms, Inc. in late 2021, a scathing series of articles was published by the Wall Street Journa...
What’s Your Money Story?
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Ally and Katie Couric Media, Katie sits down with Ally’s Jack Howar...
Supermodel Geena Rocero on Living Your Truth
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Rocero is known as a storyteller, a supermodel, and an activist, who decided after nearly a decade in the public eye that she could no longer li...
Judy Blume Will Not be Silenced
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For author Judy Blume, writing is about making connections. Her genius has always involved finding a path into the intimate spaces of her readers’ h...
Senator Amy Klobuchar Finds Joy in Perseverance
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Senator Amy Klobuchar believes that a certain amount of optimism is essential in overcoming obstacles, “Whether it’s through an illness, or whethe...
Michael J. Fox: The Heroic Story of an Unlikely Hero
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Academy-Award winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim set out to make Still, a film about Michael J. Fox, he imagined he’d be making a hybrid docume...
Extremism: The Dangerous Origins of the Radical Right
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has covered Some of the most notorious figures in U.S. history. Now, in his book “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Ri...
Demystifying Menopause with Susan Dominus and Dr. Rebecca Brightman
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For so many women, menopause is a mystery. Its symptoms can be wide-ranging and last for years, and information about treatments can be confusing - wh...
Indivisible: New Approaches to Polarization
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If 87% of people are sick and tired of being divided we have more in common than we think. Daniel Lubetzky — philanthropist, social entrepreneur, an...
Teens: The Power of Vulnerability
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts of the hit podcast, Teenager Therapy – Gael Aitor, Kayla Suarez, and Thomas Phamm – have been making a difference in the lives of their ...
Bouncing Back with Laurie Santos
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happiness is not a destination. According to Dr. Laurie Santos – host of The Happiness Lab podcast, and professor of a popular class on happiness at...
Bonus Episode: How Lynda Resnick Became “The Pom Queen”
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with The Wonderful Company and Katie Couric Media, Katie sits down with ma...
Lisa LaFlamme’s Silver Lining
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Lisa LaFlamme has been called “Canada’s Katie Couric.” She was the familiar face coming into viewers’ homes and delivering the news...
Melanie Lynskey is Done Apologizing
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Lynskey is known as “the nicest person in Hollywood.” But today, she’s taking the gloves off. The star of the Showtime smash “Yellowja...
Katie's Back with a Brand New Season of Next Question!
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Season 7 of Next Question, Katie’s talking all about resilience. Together with some amazing guests, she brings you a survival guide to help you g...
BONUS EPISODE Unscripted Revealed: The True Story of an Out-of-Control Media Mogul
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Unscripted, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, tell the story behind their explosive new book, which hits shelv...
Bryan Cranston: a nice guy on what it means to be bad
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Cranston joins Katie Couric to talk about the surprise second season of his Showtime drama, “Your Honor,” premiering Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. ...
Quinta Brunson on ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ realness, her interview with Oprah, and why she can’t slow down
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quinta Brunson is having an incredible year. She and her ABC sitcom, Abbott Elementary, are racking up some serious awards and breaking ratings record...
Visiting ‘The White Lotus’ with creator Mike White
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike White is the creator of HBO’s pandemic hit, The White Lotus. In its second season, which is about to wrap, the anthology series follows a group...
The parenting deep dive, Part 2: ‘Millennial parenting whisperer’ Dr. Becky to the rescue!
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Part 2 of our parenting deep-dive, Katie shares her conversation with clinical psychologist and pa...
The parenting deep dive, Part 1: The ‘unsustainability of American motherhood’
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you are a parent, know one, or have been paying any attention at all, you’ll know that the pandemic was a breaking point for caregivers and ...
Happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks on why we’re all so desperately chasing down happiness
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie explores the subject of happiness. Because as a culture, we seem to be obsessed with achievi...
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on ‘She Said,’ the power of journalism, and the oddity of becoming the subject
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, on Oct. 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. The headline read: “Harvey Weinste...
Groundbreaking journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault on chronicling — and making — history
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charlayne Hunter-Gault has spent nearly sixty years chronicling history as a journalist, but when she was just 19 years old, she played a crucial role...
Kelly Ripa, reformed people-pleaser, is here to set the record straight
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For more than two decades, Kelly Ripa has been welcomed into millions of people’s homes, kitchens, and even bedrooms, as the co-host of ABC’s dayt...
Elizabeth Banks and Phyllis Nagy on ‘Call Jane’ and the sisterhood of abortion activism
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new movie “Call Jane” is a period piece about abortion and reproductive activism in the years before Roe vs Wade was enacted. But given our po...
The Midterms are coming! Three political strategists break it all down
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are just a few weeks out from the 2022 midterms and there is a lot to unpack — makeup of the House, will the Senate flip, the very future of our...
Jon Hamm on the art of rebooting an iconic character, breaking out of Don Draper, and finding himself in therapy
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Hamm has been busy. On a fall visit to New York City, while shooting the next season of The Morning Show, and amid actual morning show visits to p...
Geena Davis on childhood traumas, a life-changing friendship, and the anxiety of revealing it all
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Davis has been a face we have come to know on screen for 40 years. And despite being in the public eye for so long, Geena is one of those actors...
Behind the scenes of Katie’s cancer diagnosis and treatment
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie has always been vigilant about her health. Ever since her husband Jay died of stage four colon cancer in 1998, Katie has been a cancer screening...
Billy Eichner: The new rom-com king
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is no better — or funnier — way to launch a new season of Next Question with Katie Couric than an interview with comedian and actor, Billy E...
Next Question with Katie Couric returns!
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After deep-diving into the history and future of abortion access with her investigative series Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie Couric is eager to re...
Bonus: Michelle Pfeiffer on becoming Betty Ford and diving into entrepreneurship
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Next Question with Katie Couric is launching an all new season on September 29th. In the meantime, Katie shares a delightful conversation she had with...
Bonus: Ken Auletta on his new book and portraying the 'talented monster,' Harvey Weinstein
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2002, journalist Ken Auletta tried to expose Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse of women in a New Yorker profile he was writing about the powerful f...
Bonus: Dr. Fauci answers your questions about COVID, Monkeypox, and more
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this mid-season bonus of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie shares an urgent conversation she had with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the Natio...
Abortion: The Body Politic - The Storytellers [Bonus]
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie’s special series, Abortion: The Body Politic, has wrapped, but we wanted to give the very last word to a special group of people — people wh...
Next Question Bonus: Daisy Edgar-Jones
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, Daisy Edgar-Jones got everyone’s attention as Marianne in the hit BBC adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel, “Normal People.” The ...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 6
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion: The Body Politic started on the ground, visiting two abortion clinics 15 minutes away from each other in two very different states: Missouri...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 5
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 5 of Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie looks abroad for models of progress — and regress — when it comes to reproductive rights and aborti...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 4
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 4 of Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie examines how abortion is explored and reflected in popular culture and Hollywood. Because whether we re...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 3
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Part 3 of Abortion: The Body Politic focuses on Roe and its unraveling. The last living Roe prosecutor, Linda Coffee, shares her recollections of t...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 2
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of Abortion: The Body Politic, we step into the past, long before Roe, and trace the roots of today’s abortion’s debate to under...
Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 1
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 of Abortion: The Body Politic, we explore the current state of abortion access. Katie Couric visits two abortion clinics that straddle the M...
Coming soon … Abortion: The Body Politic
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Forty-nine years ago, the landmark Roe v Wade decision guaranteed women the right to a safe, legal abortion. This June, the Supreme Court is expected ...
Live … from the metaverse!
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Suddenly it feels like everyone is talking about the metaverse, doesn’t it? But what exactly is the metaverse? Wikipedia describes it as “...
Bonus: Melissa Gilbert goes 'Back to the Prairie'
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You probably know Melissa Gilbert best from her time playing Laura Ingalls for nine seasons on the classic NBC television show, “Little House On...
All Hail the Jeanaissance!
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been watching TV lately, you’ve probably noticed that Jean Smart is having something of a moment. While she’s been working...
Unpacking the Roe draft bombshell with Mary Ziegler
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Something major happened this week: A leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court indicated the court will strike down Roe versus Wade. The landmark 1...
Molly Shannon has got some unbelievable stories to tell
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You probably know Molly Shannon best from her iconic Saturday Night Live characters - quirky Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, proud (and ...
‘Addiction is a spectrum’: Meet the women centering themselves and rewriting the recovery narrative
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There have been some scary headlines going around about the climbing rates of alcohol use, particularly among women, during the pandemic. One study fo...
Julia Haart’s unbelievable journey from communist Russia, to strict Orthodox community, to jet-setting fashion designer
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve binged much TV this pandemic, you might have happened upon a new reality TV show on Netflix called “My Unorthodox Life.” T...
Mackenzie Fierceton: ‘Abuse can happen across all income levels and races and professions’
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Katie shares an intimate conversation with Mackenzie Fierceton, the 24-year-old subject of a lengthy, riveting and much-shared profile in t...
Bonus: Digging deep on the war in Ukraine with The Daily co-host Sabrina Tavernise
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this bonus episode, I’m excited to share my conversation with New York Times journalist and The Daily co-host, Sabrina Tavernise. Sabrina re...
Adam Scott is as delightful as you think he is
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Scott is a familiar face, having starred in some truly bingeable TV, including “Parks and Rec,” the cult-fave “Party Down,&rdqu...
Amanda Seyfried on becoming the unknowable Elizabeth Holmes
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We may be in the golden age of true crime television. Our latest obsession? The Silicon scammer. The bad entrepreneur. The failing founder. From &ldqu...
Reshma Saujani on why there’s no better time to redesign the workplace for women
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Reshma Saujani started Girls Who Code in 2012, she was on a mission to close the gender gap in technology. Now, she’s on a new mission: to ...
Long COVID deep dive, Part 2: ‘I hope someone with the power to change something is listening’
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of Next Question’s deep dive into long COVID, Katie tries to get some answers. Why is the healthcare system so routinely dismissing th...
Long COVID deep dive, Part 1: ‘You need to grieve the life you thought you were going to live’
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two years after COVID came to this country and shut it — and the world — down, Americans are eager to move on from this historic and ...
Jessica Chastain is taking control of the story
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new season of Next Question with Katie Couric launches with a satisfying dive into the movie industry with the brilliant Jessica Chastain. Jessica...
Sneak peek at an all new season!
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After diving deep into Katie’s past last season, with the release of her memoir, “Going There,” Next Question with Katie Couric is taking its ne...
Bonus: Rep. Jamie Raskin on trauma, the insurrection, and the Trump of it all
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: This episode contains information about suicide, which may be upsetting for some people. If you or anyone you know needs it, the suicide life...
Bonus: Tip-toeing toward a new normal with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We can acknowledge that we’ve hit COVID fatigue. We’re sick of hearing about it, worrying about it, and living among it. But when nearly 2,300 peo...
Bonus: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Omicron surge, the vaccine for under-five, and peak-COVID
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ongoing pandemic is overwhelming hospitals, schools, and individuals across the country. The recent Omicron surge has brought the highest rate of ...
Bonus episode! A preview of ‘House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy’
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year, Next Question listeners! Since you're most likely forced indoors, recovering from or avoiding Omicron, we have a little treat for you:...
Book tour bonus with Leslie Jordan
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,”...
Book tour bonus with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,”...
Book tour bonus with Ina Garten
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,”...
Book tour bonus with Kara Swisher
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,”...
Katie’s book tour extravaganza episode!
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Next Question, the last of the season, Katie is sharing some moments from her whirlwind book tour. After “Going There” came out...
What's on the 2022 political horizon, with special guest host Brian Goldsmith
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie’s out for one more week and her former producer and co-host Brian Goldsmith is stepping in. Brian was a part of the team behind Katie’s icon...
Bonus: Huma Abedin finally gets to tell her own story
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re not familiar with Huma Abedin, that was her intention. For two decades, Huma has been mostly in the background, as the long-time trusted a...
‘Family by definition is complicated,’ with special guest host Alison Roman!
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays are upon us, which means we’re all probably thinking about, talking to, and meeting up with more family members than at any other time ...
‘The second Stonewall’: Matthew Shepard’s lasting legacy
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This Thanksgiving week, just a few days shy of what would have been Matthew Shepard’s 45th birthday, Katie considers his lasting legacy. In 1998, Ma...
Book tour bonus: Katie shares the one conversation she can’t stop thinking about
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie just wrapped up a whirlwind nine-city national book tour for her memoir, “Going There.” And when she was in Los Angeles she interviewed Tara...