The former executive editor of "The New York Times" tells the story of the news industry in her new book "Merchants of Truth." Jill Abramson traces the past ten years of four major news outlets and their prospective futures in the face of rapidly changing technologies, shifting business models, and a president who almost daily assails the mainstream media as fake news. She spoke with long-time friend and colleague, investigative reporter Jane Mayer.
Tim Wu on How the Internet Is Not Really Free
Margaret Atwood on Shakespeare in the 21st Century and on YouTube
Mona Eltahawy and Yasmine El Rashidi on White Feminism and the Privilege to Protest
Sally Mann on Cy Twombly and the Babushkas Who Saved Russian Art
Yanis Varoufakis and Noam Chomsky on Money and The Sickest Joke in the History of Humankind
Alan Cumming on Memory, Gore Vidal, and Monica Lewinsky
Edwidge Danticat on Silence, Bridging Audiences, and Participating in Stories
Werner Herzog on Death, Executioners, and Advice for Filmmakers
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walter Mosley on Empire, English, and Beethoven
Maggie Nelson & Wayne Koestenbaum on Clarity & Cruelty
Colson Whitehead on "The Underground Railroad" & Poker
Kevin Young & Gabrielle Hamilton on Food & Poetry
Siddhartha Mukherjee on Genetics & Storytelling
Laurie Anderson on Melville, Opera, and Mystery
Derek Walcott on Hemingway, the Caribbean, & First Love
John Lithgow & James Shapiro on Guy Fawkes & Falling for Shakespeare
The World in Words Presents: From Ainu to Zaza
Geoff Dyer on Class in America
Bruce Davidson & Matt Dillon on Lasting Impressions
Padma Lakshmi on NYC & the Greatest Gift
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