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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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Spies and Models!

In this week’s podcast, Pico Iyer discusses John le Carré, and Michael Gross reports on Kate Moss

Larger than Life

A Feast for the Ears

This week’s podcast has grifters, N.B.A. stars, fancy restaurants, angry mobsters, Russian dissidents, and more!

The Nine Lives of Corner Bistro

From a gay bar to a butcher shop with a speakeasy in back, the raucous history behind the much-loved West Village burger hangout

Take a Walk and Talk on the Wild Side

This week’s podcast celebrates what makes downtown New York great

Hollywood’s Lost Stories Come to Light

Sam Wasson discusses a new oral history of movies, told by the people who made them

Liz Truss: Even Stranger Than We Thought

On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reports on the very revealing new book about the former P.M.

Lost Objects

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Will Prince Harry Spare King Charles?

On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reveals why the royals dread Harry’s forthcoming book; and more

Hugh Bonneville Spills the Beans

Who knew Paddington Bear had a substance-abuse problem?

How TikTok Turned a Disease Into a Hot Brand

Inside the AIR MAIL story on Gen Z’s latest ailment. Plus, more on the new Trump tell-all books

House Proud

Patina Modern, a new book by Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán, demystifies interior design

It’s a Natural Fit: Trump and Victoria’s Secret

Just two of the subjects discussed on this week’s podcast. Plus, will Liz Truss survive?

How a Rollicking New Play Came to Be

John Lithgow and Douglas McGrath take us inside the making of their new Off Broadway show

The Dark Side of Social-Media Influencers

Plus: Is New York still the city that never sleeps?

A Conversation with Ken Burns

His documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust reveals old attitudes about immigration that are with us still

Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

Whether one spent time with her in person or knew her only through her portraits, her warmth was always present

Tales of Two Grifters

From Jared Kushner to an impostor M.I.5 agent, this week’s podcast has plenty of bad behavior—and more than a few laughs, thanks to Christopher Buckley

Is The Rehearsal the Strangest Show Ever?

Errol Morris stops by this week’s podcast to share his view

Naked Dating and the Millionaire Misogynist

Plus: why Buzz Bissinger is preparing to leave America

A Big Show for a Big Week

Welcome to our 100th episode

It’s the Summer of Frump

Sun’s out—but buns are not out. You can blame the boom in “granny style”