Person of The Week

By TIME

TIME Senior Correspondent Charlotte Alter hosts candid conversations with the people who shape the world, about the forces that shape them. Tune in each Thursday to meet TIME's Person of the Week.<

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Person of The Week episodes:

September 18, 2021 Instagram Makes Teen Girls Hate Themselves. Is That a Bug or a Feature?... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Instagram Makes Teen Girls Hate Themselves. Is That a Bug or a Feature?
2. A Decade After Jamey Rodemeyer’s Death, His Parents Are Still Trying to Protect Kids From Homophobia and Bullying
3. Column: The U.S. Turned Away Jewish Refugees in 1939. We Must Not Repeat History With Afghans Fleeing the Taliban
4. Column: Access to Birth Control Is No Substitute for Abortion Rights
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33min
September 17, 2021 The Moderna Vaccine's Protection Wanes by 36% After 12 Months, According to a New Study... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. The Moderna Vaccine's Protection Wanes by 36% After 12 Months, According to a New Study
2. Joe Biden Is Keeping Mark Milley. But His Actions Show the Country Is Still Grappling with the Trump Era
3. FX’s Epic Y: The Last Man Adaptation Gets Off to a Shaky But Intriguing Start
4. I Tried Lab-Grown Fish Maw. Here’s Why It Could Help Save Our Oceans
5. American Rust Sounds a Lot Like Mare of Easttown. Sadly, It Isn’t .
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35min
September 16, 2021 Inspiration4 Makes Space History With First-Ever All-Civilian Orbital Launch... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Inspiration4 Makes Space History With First-Ever All-Civilian Orbital Launch
2. The U.S. Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID-19 Testing
3. How This Fall Could Shape the Future of Moviegoing
4. Companies Are Struggling to Regroup After the Delta Variant Scuttles Back-to-the-Office Plans .
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32min
September 15, 2021 Democrats Won the California Recall by Invoking Trump. There’s More of That Coming... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Democrats Won the California Recall by Invoking Trump. There’s More of That Coming
2. ‘A Queer Tax.’ New Lawsuit Alleges Aetna Discriminates Against LGBTQ People Seeking Fertility Treatment
3. Norm Macdonald’s Comedic Genius Explained in One Brilliant Joke
4. I Didn’t Want to Push My Aunt to Get the Vaccine. Now I Live With Regrets .
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28min
September 14, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Are Not Necessary Yet, Say Top Health Officials... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Are Not Necessary Yet, Say Top Health Officials
2. Column: An Open Letter to Tim Cook From a Silicon Valley Investor of 35 Years
3. Watch Live as the Inspiration4 Crew Launches to Space for the First All-Civilian Orbital Mission .
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20min
September 13, 2021 North Korea Says It Test-Fired New Cruise Missiles With Range to Hit Japan... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. North Korea Says It Test-Fired New Cruise Missiles With Range to Hit Japan
2. As College Athletes Finally Start Cashing In, Entrepreneurs Big and Small Also Look to Score
3. Brazil’s Restrictive New Social Media Rules Could Be an Omen For the Future of the Internet
4. Review: Edgar Wright's 1960s Fever Dream Last Night in Soho Is a Half-Brilliant Thriller
5. Column: There's No Such Thing as an Overnight Breakthrough. We Need to Learn the Practice of Patience
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36min
September 12, 2021 I Lost My Father on 9/11. I Am Still Ashamed of the Injustice Done in the Name of Families Like Mine... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Column: I Lost My Father on 9/11. I Am Still Ashamed of the Injustice Done in the Name of Families Like Mine
2. Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon: Here’s How the Inspiration4 Crew Will Fly to Space
3. Cities Have Firefighters and Trash Collectors. As the Climate Breaks Down, Do They Also Need Resilience Corps?
4. Column: Why Silicon Valley's Optimization Mindset Sets Us Up for Failure .
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36min
September 11, 2021 Twenty Years of Data Shows How America Changed—And Didn’t— After 9/11... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Twenty Years of Data Shows How America Changed—And Didn’t— After 9/11
2. Steve Buscemi: Everyone Said ‘Never Forget’ 9/11. Some Have No Choice
3. The Fourth U.S. Wave of COVID-19 Could Be Ebbing. The Fifth Might Be Worse
4. Column: What the U.S. Owes to Afghanistan's People Has No Expiration Date
5. Silicon Valley Investors Haven’t Let the Theranos Scandal Change the Way They Do Business .
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30min
September 10, 2021 Why ‘Common Prosperity’ Has China’s Billionaires Running for Cover... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. Why ‘Common Prosperity’ Has China’s Billionaires Running for Cover
2. Here's what to know about Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Taliban's new prime minister
3. Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín Do Princess Diana Wrong in Spencer
4. A Climate Change-Induced Landslide Is Wreaking Havoc on Denali National Park .
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31min
September 09, 2021 ‘You Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle.’ Silicon Valley Struggles to Transition Out of Remote Work... and More Stories
Included in this episode:
1. ‘You Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle.’ Silicon Valley Struggles to Transition Out of Remote Work
2. Why the Human Rights Campaign Had to Fire Its President
3. Recovery From Severe COVID-19 May Provide Better Future Protection Against Some Variants
4. Review: Olivia Colman Is Extraordinary in The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bold Directorial Debut .
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26min

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