Minnesota Sen. Al Franken on his life in comedy and politics. Director and producer Barry Sonnenfeld joins us to discuss the second season of his critically acclaimed Netflix series, "A Seri…
Ben Platt joins us to discuss his starring role in the new Tony-nominated musical, "Dear Evan Hansen," along with Steven Levenson, who wrote the book. It tells the story of Evan Hansen, an a…
New York Times Magazine contributing writer Marcela Valdes and immigrant rights activist Erika Andiola on how Arizona activist groups hope to take their resistance strategies nation…
Tony winner Cynthia Nixon discusses her starring role in The Manhattan Theatre Club production of "The Little Foxes." It tells the story of the Regina Giddens and her sister-in-law …
Actor Bryan Cranston, and director and writer Robin Swicord join us to discuss their new film "Wakefield."Â Reuters editor-at-large, Harold Evans discusses his latest book, "Do I Make Myse…
Filmmaker Steve James joins us to discuss his new documentary "Abacus: Too Small to Jail," which chronicles the prosecution of a family-owned bank in New York's Chinatown. He's also be jo…
Actor Bryan Cranston, and director and writer Robin Swicord join us to discuss their new film "Wakefield." An adaptation of an E.L. Doctorow short story, the movie follows a success…
Tony Award-winning actor Andy Karl joins us to discuss his starring role in "Groundhog Day." Based on the 1993 film, the musical tells the story of a weatherman who finds himself trapp…
Actors Kristine Nielsen, Cobie Smulders and Kate Burton join us to discuss their roles in Noël Coward's "Present Laughter." The play follows a narcissistic actor, Garry Essendine, w…
Pamela Paul, author and editor of The New York Times Book Review, joins us to discuss her new book My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues. She writes about a journ…
Bestselling author Scott Turow joins us to discuss his new book, Testimony. The book follows a bottomed out prosecutor who is selected by the International Criminal Court to investigat…
Paula Hawkins, author of the bestselling novel The Girl on the Train, joins us to discuss her new novel, Into the Water: A Novel, which tells the story of a town in England where women…
Journalist Bianca Bosker joins us to discuss her latest book, Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to …
Min Kym joins us to discuss her memoir, Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung. Kym was a violin prodigy who won her first international prize at age 11. After she purchased a 1696 Strad…
Barbra Streisand joins us to discuss her upcoming live performances at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 4th, and at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on May 6th. This is Streisand'…
Christine Ebersole, Doug Wright, and  Scott Frankel on the new Broadway musical, "War Paint." David Bellos joins us to discuss why Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables�…
Christine Ebersole joins us to discuss her starring role in the new Broadway musical, "War Paint." She is joined by Doug Wright, who wrote the book. The musical focuses on the rivalry …
Over the past few weeks, we were saddened to learn that three former guests of the show had passed away. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was a rock star of a poet " who used his work and acclaim as a me…
Playwright Rachel Bonds discusses her show, "Sundown, Yellow Moon." The play explores the relationships between twin sisters Ray and Joey and their father. The sisters return to their small-…
John Freeman Gill, architecture and real estate editor of Avenue Magazine, discusses his debut novel, The Gargoyle Hunters. Gill's novel tells the story of a father and son team who steal 19…
James Crawford discusses his book Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings From the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers, which reveals the history, archaeology …
Joan Juliet Buck, novelist and former editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue from 1994 to 2001, joins us to discuss her memoir The Price of Illusion. Buck details her privileged childhood growing up…
Comedians Judy Gold and Alan Zweibel, along with filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein join us to discuss her new documentary "The Last Laugh." Pearlstein looks at taboo topics in comedy -- the Holocau…