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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ece Temelkuran on How to Save Democracy
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just a decade ago, Ece Temelkuran was recognized as the most-read political columnist in Turkey, then a thriving secular democracy. Today, s...
Bruna Papandrea with More Big Little Lies
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ian Schrager: From the King of Clubs to the Ace of Hotels
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Adam Gopnik Wants to Make Liberalism Great Again!
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Gopnik, the celebrated New Yorker writer whom Tina worked with for many years when she was editor in chief, talks with her about his ne...
Andrew Gillum: Rising Democratic Star
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Gillum says he has gone through all the stages of grief after coming within less than half a percentage point--a round error margin as he point...
Phoebe Robinson: Comedy's New Queen
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Robinson’s career is dope. She has a new comedy tour called Sorry, Harriet Tubman. She’s developing a new series for Amazon and she’s giv...
Dr. Jennifer Ashton on Life after Suicide
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, the chief medical correspondent for ABC News and a prominent physician with a private practice, has made a career of explaining d...
Chris Christie Loud and Clear
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Christie is a boisterous, larger-than-life politician who served two terms as governor of New Jersey and briefly ran for president in 2016 befor...
David Brooks' Moral Journey
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Brown talks with David Brooks, the New York Times op-ed columnist and author of the new book The Second Mountain. Brooks posits th...
Abby Wambach’s New Goals
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After scoring more international goals than any other player in the history of soccer, Abby Wambach has a new goal: helping girls and women be their m...
Bill Browder: Putin’s Public Enemy No. 1
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Browder is a whistleblower against the most powerful and richest thug on the planet: Russian President Vladimir Putin. In response, the Kremlin h...
Amber Tamblyn’s Time Is Now
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Author, actress and activist Amber Tamblyn talks with Tina about creepy men in Hollywood, how motherhood put her activism into overdrive, and what it ...
Preet Bharara: Nothing but the Truth
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York talks with Tina about why he doesn’t feel sorry for Paul Manafort, why the superrich ...
Hanging Out with Rosamund Pike
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actress talks with Tina about portraying two legendary Maries—war correspondent Marie Colvin and Nobel Prize-wi...
Alyssa Mastromonaco West Wings It
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa Mastromonaco, President Obama’s one-time deputy chief of staff, tells Tina who would win a dance-off between Michelle Obama and Susan Rice, a...
Topeka Sam Unshackled
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why are more and more women in the United States being incarcerated? Justice warrior Topeka Sam, who served three years in a federal prison, has vowed...
Hillary Clinton's 2020 Vision
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a reflective interview, Hillary Clinton tells Tina Brown: “Even in the last month, we've seen the kind of attacks on the four women running (for ...
David Remnick: Media Prince
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker has had just five editors in its 94-year history. Editor #5 David Remnick and editor #4 Tina Brown discuss New Yorker stories, journali...
Bernard-Henri Lévy on the New World Disorder
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bernard-Henri Lévy, a passionate defender of liberty and democracy, joins Tina to talk about his new book “The Empire and the Five Kings” an...
Vanita Gupta: The Firebrand Who Duels with Trump Over Civil Rights
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vanita Gupta, the daughter of Indian immigrants, is a legal rockstar who ran the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department under President Obama...
Ted Bundy’s Secret World
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charming law student Ted Bundy became a mythic figure in American crime history, killing more than 30 women in six states in the 1970’s with a grues...
Laura Wasser, Hollywood’s top divorce lawyer
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When is the best moment to ask for a pre-nup? Why do brides obsess about the dress, flowers and cake instead of checking their state's child...
Gretchen Carlson’s Fierce Stand
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The former Fox News anchor fired the opening shot in MeToo when she brought down Fox titan Roger Ailes, and received a $20-million settlement with an ...
Felicity Jones and Nina Totenberg on RBG's Fight
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tina talks with British-born actress Felicity Jones about playing the fearless Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and with NPR’s Nina Totenbe...
Stephen Greenblatt on Why Tyrants Rise
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mad, bad rulers don't rise by accident. Tina talks with Harvard's Stephen Greenblatt, author of the provocative bestseller Tyrant: Shakespeare on Poli...
Allison Janney's Tall Tales
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Even if Allison Janney weren’t five-foot-twelve, there are a lot of reasons to look up to her as an actress. In an intimate interview with Tina, Jan...
Margot Robbie, director Josie Rourke and biographer John Guy on the real Mary Queen of Scots
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The superb new film Mary Queen of Scots rehabilitates the image of one of history’s most maligned monarchs. In a multi-part conversation, Tina ...
Aaron Sorkin's Big Bet
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The verdict is in: Aaron Sorkin’s reimagined To Kill A Mockingbird on Broadway is a hit. He talks with Tina about making Atticus Finch woke, what fi...
Michael Douglas' Basic Instincts
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What would Gordon Gekko make of his fellow New York mogul Donald Trump being president? What’s it like to act your age in Hollywood? The two-time Os...
Decoding Kara Swisher
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder who the smartest person in Silicon Valley is? Can Mark Zuckerberg ever restore faith in Facebook? And why are so many internet billionaire...
Documaestros Alex Gibney and Blair Foster on Bill, Monica and the #MeToo Era
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The great thing about Emmy-winning filmmakers Alex Gibney and Blair Foster’s new six part docuseries The Clinton Affair is that it al...
Jill Soloway Wants It
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that a synonym for women’s genitalia has its root in the Latin word for “shame”? This is one of many intriguing observati...