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Learning From Failure, Avoiding Regret, and Managing Risk with Restaurateur Henry Rich

Maria talks to her friend Henry Rich about how he’s managed to find success in one of the world’s riskiest industries: restaurants. Themes include learning from failure, accounting for ruin,…

How To Embrace Imperfection

In our first “How To…” guide of 2025, Dr Laurie is asking how can we stop striving for perfection and make peace with the idea that it’s ok to lead…

Alejandro Escovedo

Alejandro Escovedo is a Texas-born singer/songwriter who comes from a rich family of musicians including his niece, Sheila E. Alejandro started out in the pioneering San Francisco punk band the…

St. Vincent

2024 has been a career-defining year for St. Vincent. In April she released her self-produced seventh album, All Born Screaming. Then in November she released the Spanish language version of the…

Bush v. Gore: Bonus – Legacy.

The late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his memories of Bush v. Gore, and why the ruling’s legacy, years after the fact, looks even worse than he…

Vegas Sports Bookies on Old-School Betting

On a visit to Las Vegas, Michael Lewis meets three old-school sports bookies. Chris Andrews, Jimmy Vaccaro, and Vinny Magliulo book bets and set odds at the South Point Hotel…

Luigi Mangione, the Rise of Bluesky, and High-Stakes Chokes

Nate and Maria talk about what Luigi Mangione can show us about the danger of black and white thinking, and how platforms like Bluesky and X create bubbles that make…

A Very Terminator Christmas

What happens when the biggest movie star in the world directs the smallest Christmas film on basic cable? A holiday miracle.  Today on the show: The never-before-published, extremely bizarre story…

Bush v. Gore: Bonus – Lawfare

Attorneys David Boies and Ted Olsen, who represented the Gore and Bush sides, respectively, talk about the unique challenges that came with representing their clients before the Supreme Court.

The Secret to a Good Conversation

Charles Duhigg is a journalist who is interested in what makes for a good conversation. He talks to Maya about some science-backed techniques we can try to improve our conversational…

All About Psychics

Do law enforcement officials really use psychics to solve cases? To find out, Lucy speaks with a psychic who worked on Dia’s case. She also talks to a police psychologist…

The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)

Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting. This week, he joins us to discuss the process of transforming into Donald J. Trump in The Apprentice (8:27), his personal…