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The Interview

ByThe New York Times
61 episodes

Podcast Summary

Conversations with the world’s most fascinating people. Each week, hosts David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro talk to compelling, influential figures in culture, politics, business, sports and beyond — illuminating who they are, why they do what they do and how they impact the rest of us. New episodes every Saturday.

#1

A Message from Lulu

"The Interview" is doing its first ever live show! If you're in the New York area, join us at the Tribeca Festival, where Lulu will interview actor Sandra Oh on June 12.

2025-06-040mins
#2

Miley Cyrus Told Us to Ask Her Anything

The Grammy-winning singer on overcoming child stardom, accepting her parents and being in control. Also, we have exciting news: You can check us out on YouTube. To watch our videos, go to: youtube.com/@theinterviewpodcast

2025-05-3155mins
#3

From Hard Fork: Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions

We’re off for Memorial Day weekend, but we're excited to bring you a great episode of the Hard Fork podcast, hosted by journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. In this episode, Kevin and Casey tap actor, comedian and author Ed Helms to answer listeners' questions about their moral quandaries, ethical dilemmas and etiquette questions about technology and discuss his new book on historical blunders.

2025-05-2456mins
#4

Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives

The historian and writer is on a mission to get the best and brightest out of their lucrative jobs and into morally ambitious work.

2025-05-1742mins
#5

Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?

The Bumble CEO has returned to run the struggling company she founded, and says she has a plan for getting Gen Z back.

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#6

Ocean Vuong Was Ready to Kill. Then a Moment of Grace Changed His Life.

The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.

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#7

Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a Society

The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since.

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#8

Nate Bargatze Doesn’t Mind if You Think He’s an Idiot

The self-deprecating stand-up comic discusses having a magician for a father, the challenge of mainstream comedy and his aspirations to build the next Disneyland.

2025-04-1934mins

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#9

Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

The creator and comedian discusses his penchant for self-reflection, how politics fits into his work and why he’s not interested in representing anyone but himself.

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#10

Bill Murray Says He's Not the Man He Used to Be

The actor talks about his new film “The Friend,” his jerky past and what he doesn’t get about himself.

2025-04-0551mins
#11

Megyn Kelly Is Embracing Her Bias and Rejecting the 'Old Rules'

The former Fox News and current YouTube host on her professional evolution, conservative media and why she endorsed Trump.

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#12

Dr. Lindsay Gibson on What We Owe Our 'Emotionally Immature' Parents

The clinical psychologist explains the foundations of egocentric parental behavior, the impact it has on their children and the freedom of saying “no.”

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#13

Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat

The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.

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#14

Lady Gaga's Latest Experiment? Happiness.

The pop superstar reflects on her struggles with mental health, the pressures of the music industry and why she’s returned to the sound that made her famous.

2025-03-0848mins
#15

Governor Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight

The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles and rebuild its brand.

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#16

Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

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#17

Senator Ruben Gallego on the Democrats’ Problem: ‘We’re Always Afraid’

The Arizona lawmaker diagnoses what he thinks needs to change in the way his party communicates with men, Latinos and Trump voters.

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#18

Denzel Washington Has Finally Found His Purpose

The legendary actor discusses the prophecy that changed his life, his Oscar snub and his upcoming role starring alongside a “complicated” Jake Gyllenhaal in “Othello” on Broadway.

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#19

Digital Drugs Have Us Hooked. Dr. Anna Lembke Sees a Way Out.

The psychiatrist and author of “Dopamine Nation” wants us to find balance in a world of temptation and abundance.

2025-02-0141mins
#20

Demi Moore Is Done With the Male Gaze [Re-Run]

In light of Demi Moore's recent "Best Actress" Oscar nomination, we are re-sharing an episode that we originally published on Sept. 14. The actress discusses how her relationship to her body and fame has changed after decades in the public eye.

2025-01-2538mins
#21

Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.

The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.

2025-01-1852mins
#22

Ben Stiller on 'Severance,' Selling Out and Being Jewish Today

The actor-director discusses the long-awaited return of the hit series, the comedies that made him a star and growing up with his famous parents.

2025-01-1148mins
#23

Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls

At the end of a tenure marked by war and division, the outgoing secretary of state defends his legacy on Gaza and Ukraine and says he’s made America stronger.

2025-01-0452mins

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#24

'Dealbook Summit': Jeff Bezos Talks Innovation, Progress and What’s Next

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#25

Jonathan Roumie Plays Jesus to Millions. It Can Get Intense.

The star of “The Chosen” discusses his early struggles in Hollywood, fans who conflate him with his character and how his own faith informs his work.

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#26

Rick Steves Refuses To Get Cynical About the World

The guidebook writer and television personality reflects on his cancer diagnosis, social media’s corrosive effect on tourism and the transformative power of travel.

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#27

Tilda Swinton Would Like a Word With Trump About His Mother

The Academy Award-winning actress discusses her lifelong quest for connection, humanity’s innate goodness and the point of being alive.

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#28

From Modern Love: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

We’re off for Thanksgiving weekend, but we are excited to bring you a great episode of the Modern Love podcast.Stories of romantic love are everywhere, but the actor, singer and comedian Bridget Everett says great friendships deserve our time and attention, too. Not just onscreen, but in reality.On the HBO Original series “Somebody Somewhere” (now in its third and final season), Everett stars as Sam, a character inspired by the actor’s own life. She tells the Modern Love host Anna Martin about how heartbreaking, hilarious and central platonic friendship is in the fictional world of the show, and in Everett’s own relationships.Everett also reads a Modern Love essay called “When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship,” by the novelist Victor Lodato. Lodato was in his 40s when he accidentally found his “person” and became the platonic life partner of an artist in her 80s who lived across the street.“Somebody Somewhere” is now streaming on Max. To listen to more episodes, please search Modern Love wherever you get your podcasts.

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#29

K-Pop Trained Rosé to Be ‘a Perfect Girl.’ Now She’s Trying to Be Herself.

The Blackpink star strikes out on her own, away from the system that turned her into a global phenomenon.

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#30

The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die

Dr. Ellen Wiebe has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures and is one of Canada’s most prominent advocates for the practice. David Marchese had questions — medical, legal and philosophical — about when it makes sense for doctors to help people to die, and also about how MAID might shape our thinking on what, exactly, constitutes a good death.

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#31

Nancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats

The former House Speaker reflects on Donald Trump’s victory, Kamala Harris’s candidacy and the future of the Democratic Party.

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#32

Peter Singer Wants to Shatter Your Moral Complacency

The controversial philosopher discusses societal taboos, Thanksgiving turkeys and whether anyone is doing enough to make the world a better place.

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#33

John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than Ever

The senator discusses the “astonishing” support for the former president in Pennsylvania, his rift with progressives over Israel and his own position in the Democratic Party.

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#34

Mia Khalifa’s Messy World of Money, Sex and Activism

For the OnlyFans star and influencer, navigating the internet is a full-time job.

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#35

A Conversation With JD Vance

The Republican vice-presidential candidate rejects the idea that he’s changed, defends his rhetoric and still won’t say if Trump lost in 2020.

2024-10-1256mins
#36

Al Pacino Is Still Going Big

A conversation with the legendary actor about, well, everything.

2024-10-0547mins
#37

John Oliver Is Still Working Through the Rage

The host of "Last Week Tonight" talks about what he’s learned in the ten years of making the show, why he doesn't consider himself a journalist and not giving in to nihilism.

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#38

Sally Rooney Thinks Career Growth Is Overrated

The star novelist discusses her public persona, the discourse around her work and why reinvention isn’t her goal.

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#39

Demi Moore Is Done With the Male Gaze

The actress discusses how her relationship to her body and fame has changed after decades in the public eye.

2024-09-1438mins
#40

Change Can Be Beautiful. Just Ask Will Ferrell and Harper Steele.

The superstar comedian and his best friend and collaborator discuss the journey that deepened their friendship.

2024-09-0746mins
#41

From The Book Review: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad'

We’re off for Labor Day weekend, but are excited to bring you a great episode of The Book Review podcast. As part of The New York Times Book Review’s recent 100 Best Books of the 21st Century project, podcast host and Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz has been interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. In this episode, he talks to Jennifer Egan about her Pulitzer-winning novel, “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” They discuss the early challenges the book faced in finding an audience, the meaning of its title and Egan’s initial reluctance to decide whether the book was a novel or a story collection.

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#42

Jenna Ortega Is Still Recovering From Childhood Stardom

The actress talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about learning to protect herself and the hard lessons of early fame.

2024-08-2442mins
#43

Jelly Roll Cannot Believe How His Life Turned Out

From jail and addiction to music stardom — the singer tells David Marchese he’s living a “modern American fairy tale.”

2024-08-1737mins
#44

James Lankford, The Man Who Tried to Solve Immigration for the GOP

The senator discusses how political calculations killed his border bill, the evangelical Christian vote and preparing for life after Trump.

2024-08-1043mins
#45

Vince Vaughn Turned This Interview Into Self-Help

I went in expecting a swaggering, overconfident guy. I found something much more interesting.

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#46

Melinda French Gates Is Ready to Take Sides

The billionaire philanthropist is turning 60, striking out on her own and getting political.

2024-07-2837mins
#47

Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break

The Democrat talks about the election vibe shift and what a Kamala Harris win would mean for both parties.

2024-07-2733mins
#48

Joel Embiid Believes He Could Have Been the GOAT

The N.B.A. star talks Philly cheesesteaks, Twitter trolling and playing for Team U.S.A. over France in the Olympics.

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#49

Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation and its effect on democracy a quarter century ago. Things have only gotten worse.

2024-07-1341mins
#50

Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back

David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood forever.

2024-06-2958mins

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