Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and democracy.

GUEST: 

• Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her latest book is Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. She also writes the Substack newsletter “Lucid.” 

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Saturday Night Live started its 50th season in September.

This hour, a look at the institution SNL has become over five decades on television.

Plus: Jason Reitman’s new movie, Saturday Night, which tells (a version of) the story of SNL’s inception in 1975.

GUESTS:

• Dave Itzkoff: A journalist and writer and the author of four books; his most recent is Robin
• Maureen Lee Lenker: A senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and the author of the novel It Happened One Fight
• Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, writer, and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcast

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From Saturday Night Live to the cover of The Atlantic, George Washington is having a bit of a moment. This hour is about our first president and his legacy. Plus, is he funny?

GUESTS: 

• Joanne Freeman: The Class of 1954 Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University. Her most recent book is The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
• Tom Nichols: Staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic daily newsletter. He is also a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, and a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion
• Sara Ruberg: A member of the 2024-25 class of Times Fellows at The New York Times 

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Is print dead? Or will it make a comeback? This hour, we talk about the benefits and drawbacks of getting your news in print form. We learn about the print age, or the “Gutenberg Parenthesis,” and we talk about the business of printing.

GUESTS: 

• Kelsey Russell: A media literacy influencer and co-host of “First Stop News”

• Jeff Jarvis: Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet. His new book is The Web We Weave. He co-hosts the “This Week in Google” and “AI Inside” podcasts

• John Garrett: Founder and CEO of “Community Impact,” a privately owned chain of 40 community newspapers in Texas, which also includes its own printing facilities

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired on May 16, 2024.

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Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Brad Onishi about Christian nationalism and its impact on U.S. politics.

GUEST: 

• Brad Onishi: Co-host of the “Straight White American Jesus” podcast and author of Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism -- And What Comes Next 

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This hour, the conversation winds around to Columbus Day, Colin’s favorite joke, textures, J.R.R. Tolkien, the movie The Apprentice, food allergies, our fundraising drives … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.

These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.

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Jeffrey Lieber was one of the Emmy-nominated creators of the TV series Lost.

He has been a showrunner on series like NCIS: New Orleans and Charmed and the new reboot of Matlock starring Kathy Bates.

And his play Fever Dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction) is currently running at TheaterWorks Hartford.

This hour, screenwriter, television producer, and playwright Jeffrey Lieber joins us in studio.

GUEST:

• Jeffrey Lieber: A screenwriter, showrunner, and playwright

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This hour is all about notebooks. We'll talk about the history and evolution of notebooks, favorite examples, and celebrate the joy of writing things down. Plus, a look at the Notes App.

GUESTS: 

• Roland Allen: Book publisher and author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
• Charley Locke: Journalist, and contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, who recently wrote “Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key” for The Atlantic

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