Every week, host Brian Stelter tackles the week’s news in politics, media, and entertainment with fresh takes on current affairs, exclusive insights from the staff of Vanity Fair’s The Hive, and a featured conversation with a marquee guest.
Recent Episodes
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Kara Swisher on Donald Trump’s Depravity, Elon Musk’s Ego, and Making Mark Zuckerberg Sweat
The tech writer imparts a few lessons on how to see through Big Tech’s BS and delivers a blunt message for the industry’s biggest buffoons: “I’m not your friend.”
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Can Joe Biden Win Over TikTok?
The 81-year-old president’s campaign is trying to engage Gen Z voters where they’re at.
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The Apple Vision Pro Might Look Funny, but It Could Change Everything
Vanity Fair special correspondent Nick Bilton discusses the mind-expanding capabilities of the headset and what it was like to interview CEO Tim Cook in the flesh.
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Wayne LaPierre Finally Takes the Fall. Will the NRA Survive Without Him?
Will Van Sant, a staff writer for The Trace who covers the gun lobby, explains the latest palace intrigue that has consumed the NRA corruption trial.
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What E. Jean Carroll’s Case Says About Donald Trump’s Other Legal Hurdles
NPR’s Andrea Bernstein and Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast discuss where Trump’s courtroom and campaign tactics collide.
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“It’s Just a Different Kind of Election”: CNN’s Kasie Hunt on 2024’s Lack of Suspense
The veteran political reporter reflects on covering Donald Trump’s march to the GOP nomination through Iowa and on to New Hampshire.
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“Where Is the Party Heading?”: Inside the Populist Awakening of Bernie, Warren, and AOC
Author Joshua Green chronicles the trajectory of the Democratic Party following the 2008 financial crisis, which spurred a reemergence of labor organizing and pulled Joe Biden closer to his left flank.
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To Panic, or Not to Panic: The 2024 Election Question
Vanity Fair’s Claire Howorth and Michael Calderone preview the animating issues of this presidential election year, including how to cover Donald Trump.
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How Elon Musk Made Himself the Internet’s Main Character in 2023
Journalist Zoë Schiffer reveals what she learned reporting a book about Musk’s tumultuous takeover of Twitter.
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The Democratic Strategist Who’s Bullish About Biden
Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why he’s so optimistic about President Biden’s chances in 2024 despite all the bed-wetting among pundits and the media.
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Fit the Perfect Evangelical Model. That Works to His Advantage
Author Tim Alberta explains why conservative churchgoers are so devoted to the former president—and how a steady diet of outrage is further radicalizing the flock.
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Monica Lewinsky on Her Plan to Fix the Constitution
Vanity Fair contributing editor Monica Lewinsky and Georgetown Law professor Neal Katyal discuss Lewinsky’s proposal to add six amendments to the Constitution to help safeguard democracy—and the steep legislative climb to making it a reality.
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Why UFOs Freak Out the Government
Garrett Graff, author of the new book UFO, discusses what he’s come to realize about the possibility of a government cover-up around extraterrestrial life.
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Dominion’s Fox News Case Was Just the Beginning
“The truth was in Fox’s inbox,” says one lawyer behind the blockbuster April settlement, as the company’s suits against Rudy Giuliani, Newsmax, and more keep moving through the courts.
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Naomi Klein on “Selective” Information About Israel and Gaza
The Doppelganger author discusses the unprecedented “information war” and how figures like Steve Bannon and her mirror self, Naomi Wolf, help create a “parallel reality.”
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Exclusive: Mitt Romney Says Trump Is “Such a Whack Job”
The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins discusses his new biography of the Utah senator, who is wrestling with the GOP’s Trumpian trajectory—and his complicity in it.
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Speaker Flop Sweat: Right-Wing Media Inflames the GOP
To make sense of the chaos in Congress, Inside the Hive explores the relationship between pugilistic pundits and House hard-liners.
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Journalists in Israel and Gaza Discuss a Reporter’s Role in War
“This entire country is one big war zone,” says a journalist in Jerusalem, as another, based in Gaza City, speaks of feeling like “a target at any moment.”
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How RFK Jr.’s Media Paranoia Shapes His Worldview
Joe Hagan recounts his recent visit with the conspiratorial Kennedy scion who could prove a spoiler in the 2024 election.
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Bob Menendez Corruption Scandal Is Testing the Limits of Shame in Politics
Prominent Democrats are calling on the New Jersey senator to step down following eye-popping allegations and an indictment involving gold bars and envelopes stuffed with cash. But what if he doesn’t?