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Michael Hainey

Michael Hainey


Michael Hainey is a Writer at Large for AIR MAIL and co-hosts AIR MAIL’s weekly podcast, Morning Meeting, alongside Deputy Editor Ashley Baker. His first job was for Spy magazine, and most recently he was the Deputy Editor of GQ. Hainey, who lives in New York, is the author of After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story.

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It Ends with Mess: Inside the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni Lawsuit-a-palooza

On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage looks at the latest toxic mess to consume Hollywood

Where to Escape from 2025

On this week’s podcast, Pico Iyer discusses his favorite retreat in the world and the power of reflection

How Two Cops in 80s Miami Set the Mold for The Sopranos

On this week’s podcast, Josh Karp looks at Miami Vice on its 40th anniversary, and how it changed TV

Analyze This, Bella Freud

On this week’s podcast, the designer reflects on her hit podcast, Fashion Neurosis

Inside AIR MAIL’s 2024 Over-Under List

On this week’s podcast, Jeanne Malle tells us about the people and things that were over- (and under-) hyped this year

Ruthie Rogers Reveals Her Perfect Comfort Food

This week, the owner of London’s River Cafe discusses the wonders of marinara sauce, holiday entertaining, and more

The Highs and Heartbreaks of Living in New York City

On this week’s podcast, we look at Bobby Short at 100 and the end of En Japanese Brasserie

How Marlon Brando Almost Torpedoed One of His Greatest Roles

On this week’s podcast, Stephen Rebello goes inside On the Waterfront

Inside the Mysterious Murder of Sean Combs’s Father

On this week’s podcast, Legs McNeil details how the death of the rapper’s father may have influenced him

Bombs Away? Can You Bring a Stanley Kubrick Film to the Stage?

This week, John Lahr discusses a theatrical adaptation of Dr. Strangelove

AIR MAIL’s Co-Editors Discuss Donald Trump

On this week’s podcast, Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley look at the election

Inside the Secret Life of Joan Didion

On this week’s podcast, Lili Anolik reveals what she learned about the revered writer and her private life

Inside the Summer’s Most Mysterious Tragedy

This week, Sam Kashner discusses what he learned about the sinking of the doomed, multi-million-dollar yacht Bayesian

Inside the Strange World of Melania

On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz takes us inside the new memoir by Mrs. Trump

James Carville on What Kamala Needs to Do to Win

On this week’s podcast, the brains behind Bill Clinton’s upset victory looks at the current race

The Sin City of the 21st Century

On this week’s podcast, Darius J. Rubin visits a crime-ridden Asian Las Vegas shrouded in mystery

We’ll Always Have Le Meurice

After a thoughtful renovation, the grande dame on the Rue de Rivoli is looking better than ever

A New Look at the Life and Death of Dorothy Stratten

On this week’s podcast, Louise Stratten reveals why she’s finally speaking out about her sister’s tragic murder, Hollywood, Hefner, and more

The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25

On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

Inside the Vogue Wedding Curse

On this week’s podcast, Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas reveal how weddings featured in Vogue seem destined for failure

New Twists in the Idaho Student-Murders Case

On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals how the F.B.I. may have compromised evidence

Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon?

On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all

How a Police Officer Landed an East Hampton Mansion

On this week’s podcast, Carrie Monahan takes us inside her story of a recluse and the man who befriended him

J. D. Vance Is the New Dwight Schrute

On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz explains why the would-be veep is so pathetic