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New York Needs Gustavo Dudamel
The New York Philharmonic has spent years chasing politics and prestige. The celebrated conductor will bring back the one thing that matters: music.
Liel Leibovitz
Great Americans: Louis Armstrong
His feats of creativity reshaped American jazz—and found a way to say what needed saying through his music.
Joe Nocera
Ancient Wisdom: I’m 83. Is My Writing Better Than When I Was 30?
There’s no reason an older creative artist can’t replace lost energy with expertise or, to put it more grandly, ambition with wisdom; we ought to be…
Nicholas Delbanco
A Showdown over Israel in Park Slope
And Scooter Braun tells all on ‘Second Thought.’
Suzy Weiss
EXCLUSIVE: Scooter Braun Tells His Side of the Taylor Swift Masters War
I spoke to the former mega-manager about working with Kanye West, how management is like parenting, and about being cast as the villain in Taylor…
Suzy Weiss
Scooter Braun on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Becoming the Internet’s Villain
Suzy Weiss spoke to the former mega-manager about how management is like parenting and being cast as the villain in Taylor Swift’s fairy tale: “I…
Suzy Weiss
1HR 23M
Legendary Screenwriter on Hollywood, the Future of Entertainment—and Compulsive Gambling
Allan Loeb joins ‘Second Thought’ to talk about everything from AI anxiety to gambling addiction, hantavirus, and the Kevin Hart roast.
Suzy Weiss
57M
Was Michael Jackson Bad?
Audiences are loving the controversial new biopic ‘Michael’—for the same reason audiences loved the man himself. We want a good show.
Kat Rosenfield
T-Swizzle, Capitalist Titan
Taylor Swift is a swimsuited Atlas supporting the entire music business.
Dominic Green
Claudia Oshry Gets Real: Internet Fame, Blake Lively, GLP-1s & More
A candid look at the new world of online fame and scrutiny, plus a rundown of the week’s most important pop culture conversations.
Suzy Weiss
54M
Recession Indicators with Suzy and Dan
On this episode of ‘Second Thought’: Must Justin Bieber heal on stage? If you secretly invented Bitcoin, what would the signs be? Is $40 too much to pay…
Suzy Weiss
25M
Epstein in Neverland. Plus . . .
A night out with an angry trucker. What if Kanye West isn’t antisemitic? Suzy Weiss watched ‘The Drama’ with a survivor of a school shooter. Bring back…
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