Inside the Hive by Vanity Fair

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Each week, Vanity Fair special correspondent Brian Stelter examines the powerful forces driving today’s news and politics. Through incisive conversations with newsmakers, journalists, politicians, and Vanity Fair’s own experts, Stelter reveals the story behind the story.
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Monica Lewinsky On Her Plan...

11.30.2023

Host Brian Stelter talks with Vanity Fair contributing editor Monica Lewinsky about her proposal to add six amendments to the Constitution to help safeguard democracy, such abolishing the electoral college, establishing term limits in Washington, and blocking presidents from pardoning ...

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11.30.2023 Monica Lewinsky On Her Plan to Fix the Constitution Host Brian Stelter talks with Vanity Fair contributing editor Monica Lewinsky about her proposal to add six amendments to the Constitution to help safeguard democracy, such abolishing the electoral college, establishing term limits in Washington, and blocking presidents from pardoning ...
11.16.2023 Why UFOs Freak Out the Government Host Brian Stelter joins author Garrett Graff for a deep dive into the world of unidentified anomalous phenomena and intelligent life elsewhere, the subject of his new book, “UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life ...
11.09.2023 Dominion’s Fox News Case Was Just the Beginning Host Brian Stelter speaks with Stephen Shackelford and Davida Brook, two of the lead attorneys in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox. "We have so much work ahead of us," Shackelford says, because even though Fox paid $787.5 million earlier ...
11.02.2023 Naomi Klein on 'Selective Information' About Israel and Gaza Host Brian Stelter joins Naomi Klein for a trip into the mirror world, the subject of her unsettling new book, “Doppelganger.” They discuss Klein’s own mirror self—the conspiratorial writer Naomi Wolf—how Steve Bannon shapes political narratives, and the challenges of ...
10.26.2023 Exclusive: Mitt Romney Says Trump Is "Such a Whack Job" The GOP's least favorite party pooper had some choice words after Donald Trump complained about McKay Coppins' new book. Host Brian Stelter explores Mitt Romney's path from Republican standard-bearer to party pariah with Coppins, who interviewed Romney dozens of times ...
10.19.2023 Speaker Flop Sweat: Right Wing Media Inflames GOP Host Brian Stelter breaks down the GOP dysfunction in Congress with Vanity Fair national political reporter Abigail Tracy, who has been covering the speaker fracas from the Capitol, and Brian Rosenwald, the author of “Talk Radio’s America.” They discuss Jim ...
10.12.2023 Journalists In Israel and Gaza Discuss a Reporter’s Role In War Host Brian Stelter gets firsthand perspective on the Israel-Hamas war, first from Avi Mayer, the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, followed by Mohammed Mhawish, a Palestinian journalist reporting from Gaza City. Both journalists discuss the physical dangers and psychological toll ...
10.05.2023 How RFK Jr's Media Paranoia Shapes His Worldview With RFK Jr. expected to launch a third-party bid for president, Vanity Fair special correspondent Joe Hagan tells host Brian Stelter about visiting the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port and why he thinks the candidate isn't great for the ...
09.28.2023 Bob Menendez Shames Democrats Into Dumping Him Host Brian Stelter talks with WNYC’s Nancy Solomon and The Messenger’s Dan Merica about the corruption scandal dogging Bob Menendez and how the seemingly teflon senator from New Jersey may finally lose his grip on power. Allegations of gold bars ...
09.21.2023 With Rupert Murdoch Out, Is a Fox Sale Possible? On a special episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman about Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chairman of News Corp and Fox, the 92-year-old media mogul’s legacy, and the future of his sprawling empire. Theories are flying ...
09.21.2023 The Exquisite Agony of Being Kevin McCarthy Host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair’s Abigail Tracy and veteran political journalist John Harwood about Kevin McCarthy’s failure to control his House GOP caucus as a government shutdown looms. Bombthrowers like Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert ...
09.14.2023 Republicans Are Putting Democracy on Life Support Host Brian Stelter discusses the Republican Party’s anti-democracy trajectory with Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard professors and co-authors of the new book “Tyranny of the Minority.” The pair, who sounded the alarms with their acclaimed 2018 book, “How Democracies ...
09.07.2023 Mitch McConnell's Health Scare and the Future of the GOP Host Brian Stelter talked to Politico columnist Jonathan Martin about Mitch McConnell refusing to step down despite a couple on-camera, freeze-ups–and how Republican senators (for now, at least) are standing by him. They discuss the 81-year-old Minority Leader’s relationship with ...
08.31.2023 If Biden Falters, Dems Have Prepped the Bench Host Brian Stelter takes the pulse of the Democratic Party with Vanity Fair contributing editors Chris Smith and Jennifer Palmieri. They discuss the party's strong bench and possible scenarios if the president and presumptive 2024 nominee, Joe Biden, were to ...
08.24.2023 How Donald Trump Got the Upper Hand on Fox News Host Brian Stelter explores Donald Trump’s tangled relationship with Fox News with Sarah Ellison, national enterprise reporter at The Washington Post, and Oliver Darcy, senior media reporter at CNN. Trump’s decision this week to skip the first Republican debate on ...
08.17.2023 The RICO Case That Even Trump’s Closest Cronies Might Flip Over Host Brian Stelter breaks down the Georgia racketeering charges against Donald Trump with Anthony Michael Kreis, a professor at Georgia State College of Law, and Anna Bower, a Georgia native covering legal affairs in Fulton County for Lawfare. They discuss ...
08.10.2023 How Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump’s Toxic, Twisted Bromance Nearly Drove the Country Off a Cliff Host Brian Stelter talks to Rudy Giuliani biographer Andrew Kirtzman and Vanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the epic fall of “America’s Mayor” and his decades-long, symbiotic relationship with Donald Trump. “There's something about Rudy that makes Donald Trump ...
08.03.2023 “Unusually Strong”: A Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump's Indictment #3 Packs a Wallop Host Brian Stelter breaks down the latest indictment against Donald Trump with Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor, NYU professor, and co-host of MSNBC’s “Prosecuting Donald Trump” podcast. The “variety of sources of evidence” in the DOJ’s election case against ...
07.27.2023 Can the DeSantis Campaign Pull Out of a Death Spiral? Host Brian Stelter talks with Marc Caputo, national political reporter at The Messenger, about Ron DeSantis’s early stumbles on the campaign trail, as he trims staff and shifts strategy. The Florida-based reporter breaks down why his state’s twice-elected governor (and ...
07.20.2023 'Barbenheimer’ Is What Hollywood — And the World – Needs Right Now Host Brian Stelter discusses the cultural impact of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” with Vanity Fair Executive Hollywood Editor Jeff Giles and Senior Vanities Correspondent Delia Cai, along with the state of an industry in disarray as actors join writers on the ...
07.13.2023 The Dangerous Evolution of Marjorie Taylor Greene The Trump-loving Congresswoman just got booted from the far-right Freedom Caucus, yet is wielding more power than ever on Capitol Hill. Host Brian Stelter talks with author and New York Times staff writer Robert Draper about Greene’s political path, from ...
07.06.2023 How a "Whitelash" Took America From Barack Obama to Donald Trump Host Brian Stelter talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery about the historic challenges of building a multiracial democracy, the focus of his new book, American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and The Cost of Progress. The pair also address how ...
06.29.2023 Can Anyone Fix California? Host Brian Stelter goes deep on the state of California with Vanity Fair special correspondent Joe Hagan, whose feature on California’s crises is stirring debate this week, and Marisa Lagos, a government and politics correspondent for KQED in San Francisco. ...
06.22.2023 The Jan. 6 Case Against Trump Is "A Shark Beneath the Water" CBS News's Robert Costa joins Brian Stelter to dig into the existing indictments against the former President — and take a close look at the swirling waters ahead. "What has happened here with January 6," Costa says, "remains a systemic ...
06.17.2023 It’s the Clarence Thomas Court Now Michael Waldman, CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice and author of the new book, THE SUPERMAJORITY, joins VF’s Bess Levin and Claire Howorth to discuss new SCOTUS rulings from a polarizing, polarized court; the ongoing ripple effects of the ...
06.09.2023 CNN's Shakeup and the Media's Identity Crisis The ousting of the CNN CEO Chris Licht on the heels of a damning magazine profile is just the latest symptom of an old order’s waning adroitness across legacy media, digital media, and social media. This week on Inside the ...
06.01.2023 Elon Musk’s Twitter Threat to Fox News On this week’s episode, Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik about how Rupert Murdoch’s empire is covering the early stages of the 2024 Republican race—and whether Donald Trump or Ron ...
05.25.2023 HBO’s Succession Is Ending. The Murdoch Family Drama Plays On. As the Succession finale nears, host Brian Stelter catches up withVanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the stunning plot twists in the fictional drama—and within the real-life media dynasty. And when it comes to politics, do powerful TV networks ...
05.18.2023 Fox News Is Losing Its Grip on the Base On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair staff writer Caleb Ecarma and Bulwark political columnist Amanda Carpenter about the expanding right-wing media ecosystem, from Newsmax to The Daily Wire, “The War Room” to “InfoWars.” (Not to ...
05.11.2023 Tucker and Twitter and Trump, Oh My! On this episode, host Brian Stelter checks in with Vanity Fair senior media correspondent Joe Pompeo and Washington Post national enterprise reporter Sarah Ellison about Tucker Carlson’s Twitter gamble before diving into Donald Trump and Fox News’s dysfunctional relationship, and ...
05.04.2023 The Tucker Carlson Implosion Continues On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair’s Charlotte Klein and New York Times Magazine contributor Jason Zengerle, who is writing a book about Tucker Carlson, about the latest revelations surrounding the now-former Fox News star, and ...
04.27.2023 Inside The Hive: Fox vs. Tucker Carlson On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Gabriel Sherman and Bess Levin about the bombshell Fox dropped before the Dominion dust had even settled: the ouster of prime-time star Tucker Carlson. The Vanity Fair writers discuss what it ...
04.20.2023 Fox on Trial: Fox News Won’t Apologize—Or Change Dominion won an eye-popping $787.5 million settlement this week, but Fox also notched a major victory in keeping the Murdochs, its top executives, and stars like Tucker Carlson off the witness stand. On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, ...
04.13.2023 Fox on Trial: Rupert Murdoch’s Date With Destiny Will the 92-year-old media mogul be able to steer his empire through an incoming legal maelstrom? On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, Brian Stelter and Gabriel Sherman, who have been following Murdochland for decades, spill the tea on ...
04.13.2023 Introducing Have A Nice Future Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to the Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, about how she plans to address the city’s problems, from homelessness to crime to abandoned downtowns, and how the changes she's proposing could shape not just ...
04.07.2023 The Winners and Losers in Trump’s Stormy-Weather Week New York may have seemed sedate during his arraignment, but elsewhere in Trump’s America, the MAGA faithful are as committed as ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.03.2023 Who Actually Still Wants to be An Influencer? As the creator economy reaches a saturation point—even Barbie’s an influencer now!—growing concerns about children’s rights and parasocial celebrity relationships paint an increasingly grim picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.29.2023 Can the news media ever learn to resist Trump’s psychodrama? On this, the last episode of Inside the Hive featuring cohosts Emily Jane Fox and Joe Hagan, the Vanity Fair Correspondents reflect on 3 years of covering and discussing Trump and ask whether indictments will finally chasten Trump—and whether the ...
03.22.2023 All You Need to Know About the "Absolute Utter Shitshow" on Wall Street Nick Bilton talks to author Zach Carter about SVB, Credit Suisse, and whether or not a total meltdown is on the horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.17.2023 Gen Z Takes the Dems Maxwell Frost represents a generational shift in the Democratic Party—one where activism is at the fore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.15.2023 (Rerun) Lis Smith Says the Path to Trounce Ron DeSantis Is Straight Through Right-Wing Media This week, Inside the Hive cohost Joe Hagan talks to Lis Smith, Democratic campaign veteran and author of the new memoir Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, which details her journey, the public one and the private one, through ...
03.10.2023 Let’s Just Say It: The GOP Is Obsessed With Penises From Trump’s “Tiny D” moniker to Tucker Carlson’s ball-tanning, Republicans can’t seem to stop talking about that body part. Is somebody feeling insecure? Hive politics correspondent Bess Levin and senior Vanities editor Maggie Coughlan take a look at the uniquely ...
03.08.2023 (Rerun) Inside Ozempic’s Rise as Hollywood’s Latest ‘Miracle’ Diet Drug On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, dietician Kim Shapira joins Emily Jane Fox to talk about the new weight loss drug taking Hollywood and TikTok by storm—how it works, why everyone seems to be talking about it, and ...
03.03.2023 Is the Party Over for Peak TV? Natalie Jarvey and Joe Pompeo explain the course correction in Hollywood, as the sun begins to set on streaming’s golden age and TV writers gird for a possible strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.01.2023 Who Is the ‘New Right’ Anyway? Poser fascists? Dilettante preppers? The new elite? James Pogue and Jeff Sharlet join Joe Hagan to discuss and debate the specific contours of America's rising fringe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.22.2023 (Rerun) An Interview with Hunter Biden On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, Emily Jane Fox sits down with the First Son to talk about his addiction, his dad, what makes a Biden love story, and why he thinks the GOP, and Don Jr. in ...
02.17.2023 The Right's Obsession with Culture Wars Molly Jong-Fast and Chris Murphy break down the conservative outrage machine, and the right's obsession with using national events like the Super Bowl and the Oscars to push their agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.15.2023 The Dark Scandals and Power Struggles of Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves, and the Companies They Controlled This week, “New York Times” reporters James Stewart and Rachel Abrams join “Inside the Hive” cohost Joe Hagan to discuss their explosive new book, “Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy,” which details the ...
02.10.2023 America’s Grifter Obsession Joe Pompeo and Maggie Coughlan jump down the rabbit hole of some of the all-time greatest grifter sagas, tracing our obsession back to the 19th century and bringing it forward to Anna Delvey and George Santos. Learn more about your ...
02.08.2023 Inside Biden's SOTU Victory Lap Our team of Hive all-stars came together post State of the Union Address to break down how President Biden commanded the room, owned the Republicans, and what this could reveal about what a Biden-Trump head-to-head could look like in 2024. ...

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