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Jonathan Alter
Longtime Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter joins us to discuss the latest in politics, the midterm elections and The Pro
P.J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'Rourke was a political satirist when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were still in short pants - and he was angr
Amanda Hesser
Star food writer Amanda Hesser is a prolific food writer for The NY Times, former food editor of The NY Times Magazine,
Jim Leach
Jim Leach became head of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2009, after 30 years in Congress. A Republican, Le
Howard Dean
The midterms are behind us and a new political landscape is taking shape. Howard Dean, former Vermont governor, 2004 con
Sam Tanenhaus
Sam Tanenhaus is editor of The New York Times Book Review, and his biography of Whittaker Chambers was a finalist for bo
Ian Frazier
Frazier's varied mix of humorous essays, meticulously reported books of non-fiction, and wide-ranging magazine articles,
Bill Bradley
Billy Bradley has been a three-term US Senator, a candidate for the 2000 Democratic nomination, an NBA hall of famer, a
Michael Pollan
Author and activist Michael Pollan's work mixes journalism, environmentalism, animal rights, anthropology, and foodiness
Ed Rendell
PA Governor Ed Rendell leaves public life this month after 8 years as Governor, a stint as the DNC's head and many years
Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley's books explore U.S. history from old times to new, from one end of the country to the other, through p
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright's most recent book, The Looming Tower, won a Pulitzer and set the highest possible bar for reporting on
Chely Wright
Singer-songwriter Chely Wright has been named Best New Female Vocalist and one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People. She
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd has worked at the heart of American politics for more than 25 years, shaping strategies and campaigns for b
John Mackey
John Mackey is co-founder & CEO of Whole Foods Market, the largest U.S. natural foods grocer and a growing global presen
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig is a celebrated academic, an acclaimed author, and an energetic activist whose great cause is rights and
Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton is a gifted actor whose credits include One False Move, Weird Science and Apollo 13, but legions of wannabe
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor is an author, humorist, storyteller and icon of public broadcasting whose weekly radio show, A Prairie
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac's reports for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart have introduced his work to a wide audience. But his work reac
Diane Wood
Diane Wood is a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge respected across the political spectrum as an intellectual heavyw
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963, and over those many years he's written enough piece
Gail Collins
Gail Collins is a funny and fearless twice-weekly columnist for The New York Times, the first woman ever to serve as the
Holland Taylor
Holland Taylor is an award-winning actress, acclaimed for her work on stage, in film and on television, whose one-woman
Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp is founder and CEO of Teach for America, which has recruited the best and brightest college students to becom
Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer is an Emmy and Grammy-nominated actor and writer whose credits include Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a celebrated advocate and activist on behalf of the environment, conservation and responsible
Julian Bond
Julian Bond is an activist, academic, author and true icon of the civil rights movement. He helped found the SNCC and ha
Joe Klein
Joe Klein talks about the primaries and the latest from Washington. Longtime wonks might know him best as the mysterious
John Heilemann
You know John Heilemann from his New York magazine work, his TV news analysis and his mega-best-selling book Game Change
Margaret Hoover
Margaret Hoover is a FOX News commentator with a magnificent Republican pedigree - but she'not your typical FOX News Rep
Andrew Card
Andrew Card served at the highest levels of government in the last three Republican administrations, most recently as Ge
Juan Williams
Veteran political journalist Juan Williams spent 23 years at the Washington Post and eleven years as a senior news analy
Bill Keller
Bill Keller stepped down as executive editor of The New York Times after more than 8 years in that highest-of-all-high-i
Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz is a comedian, satirist and New Yorker magazine contributor whose fake news web site, The Borowitz Report,
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer is a veteran journalist and prolific author whose measured, congenial presence on public TV has been a welcom
Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean is a veteran and much-loved New Yorker writer whose credits include The Orchid Thief, Saturday Night and th
Len Downie
Len Downie spent 44 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, retiring in 2008 as executive editor. During
John Hodgman
John Hodgman is an actor, author and humorist best known for his regular contributions to The Daily Show and his star tu
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an icon of public media and progressive politics whose first job in journalism - as a cub reporter in Mar
Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose critically acclaimed, creatively adventurous band Wilco has just
Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon is an Emmy-nominated actress and comedian whose credits include Never Been Kissed, Kath and Kim and Saturd
Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe is the self-described "headmaster of British rock" - a much-admired songwriter, musician and producer with fou
Russell Banks
Russell Banks is an admired and accomplished American novelist whose credits include Affliction and The Sweet Hereafter
Dylan Ratigan
Dylan Ratigan is the feisty host of a daily MSNBC talk show whose first book, Greedy Bastards, rails against what he cal
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is the world's most celebrated practitioner of mind-body medicine - a champion of physical, mental, emotio
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf is an iconic rock and roll singer whose 1977 Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time, wi
Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson is the top editor of The New York Times - the first woman ever to serve in that capacity in the paper's 16
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh is a venerated investigative reporter for The New Yorker who published his first piece in the magazine 41
Howard Fineman
Howard Fineman is the editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group and an NBC and MSNBC political analyst w
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel is a tireless activist, celebrated humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner. His lectures and writings on h
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater is a director/screenwriter. He founded the Austin Film Society in 1985 together with his frequent coll
Mark Updegrove
Mark Updegrove is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum and the author of several books on the Amer
Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak is a stylishly retro rock musician and sometime actor who covers Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and oth
Robert Caro
Robert Caro is a two-time Pulitzer winner whose multiple volumes about Lyndon Johnson have reinvigorated and reset the b
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Leonard Pitts, Jr. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald whose latest book, Freeman, a novel set in
Michael Morton
Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit: the murder of his wife. In late 2011, he became th
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson is a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico who's running for President of the United States as
Joyce Banda
Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female president. She served as Minister of Foreign of Affairs and Vice President. Banda i
Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley is the longest-serving mayor in the history of Chicago, following his father. Daley served in the Illin
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann lead the 80s new-wave group Til Tuesday before embarking on a solo career. She was nominated for an Academy A
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson is a columnist for The Washington Post. He won the Pulitzer in 2009 for Commentary for his writing about
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter is an author and commentator, who was at Newsweek for close to three decades. He has written three New Yo
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is an award-winning, best-selling novelist, essayist and short story writer. Lethem's most recent novel,
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly is a retired astronaut and decorated U.S. Naval officer who has become one of the most famous advocates for g
Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett is a singer, composer and actor that has released 14 albums that fuse elements of country, swing, jazz, folk
Al Franken
Al Franken is the U.S. Senator of Minnesota. Before running for the Senate, Sen. Franken spent 37 years as a comedy writ
Katy Tur
Evan talks with Katy Tur, NBC News correspondent and an anchor for MSNBC Live. Tur received a 2017 Walter Cronkite Award
Ben Domenech
Evan talks with Benjamin Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist, host of The Federalist Radio Hour, and writer of The
Jason Kander
Evan talks to Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote, an organization that fights against voter suppression law
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