Episodes
Published 06/11/19
Turkish firebrand Ece Temelkuran, author of the new book How to Lose a Country, talks with Tina about what the rest of the world can learn from the fall of democracy in her homeland, why she refuses to be a victim, and why the future is female.
Published 06/11/19
Bruna Papandrea, the powerhouse producer behind Big Little Lies, talks with Tina about the can’t-stream-it-soon-enough premiere of season two, including how the new episodes depict the corrosiveness of lies, the spiral of bad parenting inside those drool-worthy Monterrey beach houses, and the cool creepiness of a new character played by the almighty Meryl Streep.
Published 06/04/19
The co-founder of the iconic Studio 54 talks with Tina about the magic he conjured at that legendary nightclub, how he built a global hotel empire—and why he always returns to Times Square.
Published 05/28/19
The acclaimed New Yorker writer talks with Tina about his new book A Thousand Small Sanities, what both the right and the left get wrong about liberalism and why people who spit on the plate of civility might not deserve a seat at the table.
Published 05/21/19
Andrew Gillum, who missed making history as Florida’s first black governor in 2018 by less than half a percentage point, spoke with Tina about why, instead of running for office in 2020, he is focused on registering a million voters to help turn Florida blue and put a Democrat in the White House.
Published 05/14/19
Comedian, beloved podcaster, and New York Times best-selling author Phoebe Robinson joins Tina to talk about her new tour, Sorry, Harriet Tubman; her latest book, Everything’s Trash but that’s Okay; and why Louis CK still has a lot of work to do before he should return to the stage.
Published 05/07/19
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News chief medical correspondent, talks candidly with Tina about why the death of Kate Spade galvanized her to write about her own experience with her ex-husband’s suicide in her new book Life After Suicide, and why feeling is the big step toward healing.
Published 04/30/19
Former New Jersey governor, GOP presidential candidate and Trump ally Chris Christie talks with Tina Brown about how Trump always needs an enemy, why there is so much chaos in the White House and how being out of the governorship has changed him.
Published 04/23/19
The acclaimed New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks talks with Tina Brown about his new book on leading a moral life titled The Second Mountain, what the right and left both got wrong about freedom, and how he learned to appreciate the humanity in all of us one day in New York’s Penn Station.
Published 04/16/19
Abby Wambach, the greatest women’s soccer player of all time, talks to Tina about her legendary career, why girls need to be less grateful and more aggressive, and what advice she has for Soccer Moms and Dads watching from the sidelines.
Published 04/09/19
Bill Browder, the hedge-fund manager behind the Magnitsky Act, talks to Tina about his decade-long crusade against the Russian leader and why he will never stop going after the bad guys.
Published 04/02/19
Amber Tamblyn, a co-founder of Time’s Up, talks with Tina about her provocative new feminist manifesto, Era of Ignition, and why the best rage is proactive.
Published 03/26/19
Preet Bharara talks with Tina about his new book, Doing Justice, the comportment of the judges in the Manafort case, and the real reason prosecutors arrest suspects in the early morning.
Published 03/19/19
Rosamund Pike talks with Tina about her deep dive into the role of Marie Colvin, the relentlessly brave foreign correspondent she portrays in A Private War—plus, cameos by Pike's two sons.
Published 03/12/19
President Obama’s former right-hand woman Alyssa Mastromonaco talks to Tina about her new book So Here’s the Thing, what it was like having a rank equal to a three-star general at age 35, and the time her White House duties included buying a refrigerator from the Salvation Army.
Published 03/08/19
This is One Plus One, an ongoing series about what happens when two geniuses come together to do something they could never accomplish on their own. In each six-episode series, hosts Rico Gagliano (Safe for Work) and Faith Salie (CBS' This Morning) will bring you the ups and downs of the world's great and most dramatic collaborations. Subscribe today at wondery.fm/oneplusone
Published 03/07/19
Topeka Sam was in the Oval Office when the new criminal justice reform law was signed by President Trump and was one of the voices that made it happen.
Published 03/05/19
Hillary Clinton discusses how women candidates must be prepared to fight, what it feels like to be targeted by Putin, and the risks of President Trump’s overtures to North Korea.
Published 02/26/19
The New Yorker editor David Remnick in conversation with his predecessor Tina Brown about covers, cartoons, and bringing a legendary magazine into the digital age.
Published 02/19/19
Swashbuckling French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on the decline of American leadership, the rise of authoritarianism, and what’s left of the left.
Published 02/12/19
Legal warrior Vanita Gupta—the first woman, first person of South Asian descent and youngest person to lead the Civil Rights division in the Justice Department—talks with Tina about holding the line on civil rights in the Trump era.
Published 02/05/19
On the 30th anniversary of the execution of America’s most infamous serial killer, Tina Brown talks with Bundy chronicler Stephen Michaud and filmmaker Joe Berlinger, director/producer of a new Bundy double-header.
Published 01/28/19
As the world obsesses about Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos's divorce, celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser talks with Tina about mediating a split when the stakes are so high.
Published 01/22/19
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson talks with Tina about firing the opening shot in the MeToo movement, and about her continuing fight for better protections for women in the workplace.
Published 01/14/19