What Women Want (on TV)
Lifetime Networks CEO Andrea Wong on acquiring Project Runway, surviving her years at MIT, and making "TV women can escape with."
"Fun With Technology"
Tim O'Reilly talks to Bob Cohn about Twitter, transparency, and his delight in seeing "geeks playing with sensors, with robotics, with building things."
Not Your Father's Marijuana
Anti-drug activist Joseph A. Califano Jr. explains to Scott Stossel why America's substance-abuse problem is more potent--and pervasive--than ever before.
"We Have to Get Better"
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks to Bob Cohn about national standards, the good parts of No Child Left Behind, and his roadtrip with Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton.
The View from Stanford
University President John Hennessy talks to Bob Cohn about green technology, Condi Rice's return to campus, and what it takes to get admitted to Stanford these days.
American Writer
Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife and Prep, talks to Scott Stossel about chick lit, George and Laura Bush, and those "disgusting sex scenes."
Darwin's Favorite Judge
The federal judge who ruled that so-called intelligent design cannot be taught in public schools talks to Bob Cohn about why the debate over evolution will not end.
The Gamemaker
Will Wright, creator of Sim City and Spore, talks to Ta-Nehisi Coates about "flow state" and how to keep players coming back.
Steve Brill Wants to Save the Media
By charging for online content, for starters. "The Atlantic is idiotic to give its stuff away for free."
Economic Reality Check
Former Clinton adviser Laura Tyson tells James Fallows: "If you knew the next big mistake, you wouldn't make it."
The O'Connor Factor
Sandra Day O'Connor talks to Bob Cohn about her 25 years on the Supreme Court and her "absolutely miserable" confirmation hearings.
Beyond Reagan
Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin speaks to Megan McArdle about moving the Republican Party past the politics of personality and into the realm of new ideas.
"Answer the Question"
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer talks to Bob Cohn about David Souter, the polarization of the Court, and his advice to nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
"If Bush Had Done That ... "
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino talks to Bob Cohn about Obama's likability, the media's complacency, and whether she was wrong to turn the other cheek
The Man from Google
CEO Eric Schmidt talks to James Fallows about China, U.S. immigration policy, and how the search engine can be misused by "bad people."
The Pawlenty Plan
The Minnesota governor talks about Al Franken, the Republican Party's "rebuilding year," and his own plans for 2012





