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Episode 158: How Tom Wolfe Became the Master of the Universe of Literary Feuds

This week, Alexandra Wolfe, daughter of the writer Tom Wolfe, reveals why her father excelled at the literary feud, skewering everyone from Norman Mailer to Anthony Haden-Guest. Then Alessandra Stanley explains why the people who just might save humanity are also the most loathed people on earth ...

Episode 173: #MeToo Comes for Gérard Depardieu

This week, Alessandra Stanley looks at how Vladimir Putin punishes women in order to crush dissent. Then, speaking of bad behavior by prominent men, Alexandra Marshall joins us from France to tell us why #MeToo allegations have finally caught up with the country’s most decorated miscreant, Gérar ...

This Week in Television History: May 2024 PART II

 May 17, 1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead In Los Angeles, California, police surround a home in Compton where the leaders of the terrorist group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) are hiding out. The SLA had kidnapped Patricia Hearst, of the fabulously wealthy Hearst fami ...

Episode 197: Trump and His Wall Street and Silicon Valley Enablers

This week, Alessandra Stanley explains why prominent tech and finance tycoons are giving piles of money to Donald Trump—and why their behavior might be similar to that of certain German bankers and industrialists in the 1930s. Then Rachel Hodin joins us with her report on Rebecca Minkoff. For th ...

Episode 216: Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley on Donald Trump and the Election

This week, Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley explain why this election is the final legacy of the baby-boomers—and why Trump is the most lasting and unpleasant legacy of this generation. Then Clara Molot joins us with her shocking report revealing how an employee at an elite boarding school ...

Game Change (Gimme Moore Election Day Bonus!)

ELECTION DAY BONUS!!! We're dropping in on our Julianne Moore-athon with a special look at her Emmy-winning portrayal of Sarah Palin in the 2012 HBO film Game Change! Join in as we discuss our favorite election movies, Palin's post-2008 career, other HBO ripped-from-the-headlines movies, and ...

Episode 233: How "Annie Hall" Went from Disaster to Masterpiece

This week, Air Mail Co-Editor Alessandra Stanley explains how Trump has replaced D.E.I. with his own brand of affirmative action. Something you might call L.O.O.—loyalty, obsequiousness, and obedience. Then, everyone knows Annie Hall as one of the great movies of the past 50 years. But Alex Belt ...

Episode 236: Putin, Trump, and the Evil Finance Bro

Would you be surprised to learn that the man Putin has tapped to negotiate a Ukraine peace agreement with Trump is a rich, Ivy League smoothie who spent time on Wall Street? Andrew Ryvkin tells us about the man who has Trump’s ear. Then Alessandra Stanley explains why the Anti-Defamation League ...

EP65: Iconic Comedy Friendships: Amy Poehler & Tina Fey + Eugene Levy & Catherine O’Hara

In this special episode, Robin and Deborah each spotlight an iconic, enduring friendship that’s stood the test of time, laughter, and life’s messiest chapters. Robin dives deep into Amy Poehler and Tina Fey From their “work wives” dynamic and mutual hype to navigating motherhood, divorce, and H ...

Breed Presents: Graydon Carter

We're excited to be joined by Graydon Carter for the latest episode of Breed Presents. A legendary figure in the world of magazine publishing and beyond, Graydon was editor of Vanity Fair for 25 years until 2017. Before that, he was co-founder and editor of the highly influential Spy magazine, a ...