Don’t Play It for Laughs: A Q&A With Armando Iannucci Don’t Play It for Laughs: A Q&A With Armando Iannucci
The filmmaker on his latest film The Death of Stalin, his own politics, and how satirists ought to respond to President Trump.
Mar 29, 2018 / Q&A / Joseph Hogan
Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Kenyan author discusses colonialism and abandoning English to write in his native Kikuyu.
Mar 9, 2018 / Q&A / Rohit Inani
Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer
Margrethe Vestager, the EU commissioner for competition, discusses leveling the economic playing field.
Feb 15, 2018 / Q&A / Mike Konczal
Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California? Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California?
He’s challenging incumbent Dianne Feinstein on foreign policy, immigration, and the national-surveillance state.
Feb 7, 2018 / Q&A / Sasha Abramsky
The Future of the American Empire The Future of the American Empire
Historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, the deep state, and Donald Trump’s threats to the US’s position as a global power.
Nov 24, 2017 / Q&A / Nick Turse
Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz
The author of In the Distance discusses foreignness, his theory of genre, and what it means to do research for a novel.
Nov 20, 2017 / Q&A / Aaron Bady
Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities
An interview with the woman who launched the Me Too campaign over a decade ago.
Nov 17, 2017 / Q&A / Elizabeth Adetiba
King, Gandhi, and Thurman: A Conversation With Sarah Azaransky King, Gandhi, and Thurman: A Conversation With Sarah Azaransky
The author of This Worldwide Struggle discusses the interreligious and international roots of the civil-rights movement.
Nov 13, 2017 / Q&A / Anakwa Dwamena
We Are All Refugees: A Conversation With Mohsin Hamid We Are All Refugees: A Conversation With Mohsin Hamid
The novel Exit West is about the many migrations that humans undergo. Its author finds universality and hope in that.
Oct 30, 2017 / Q&A / Caitlin L. Chandler
Danny Meyer Has a Few ‘Tips’ of His Own Danny Meyer Has a Few ‘Tips’ of His Own
An interview with the restaurateur behind Shake Shack on ending tips and educating diners.
Oct 13, 2017 / Q&A / Anna Lappé