May 27, 2025
Search results (19) for
“todd purdum”
Morning Meeting
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July 13, 2024
Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess?
On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next
Obituaries
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July 27, 2025
Tom Lehrer
A mordant Harvard math whiz who used musical satire to skewer the Establishment and pioneer a new kind of nonconformist comedy
Morning Meeting
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May 31, 2025
Forget Roy Cohn. William F. Buckley Jr. Is the True Dark Knight of the Right
On this week’s podcast, Sam Tanenhaus reveals how the writer set the agenda for Trump’s presidency
Books
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May 31, 2025
I Love Lucy’s Other Half
Raised as a prince in pre-Guevara Cuba, Desi Arnaz fled to America and revolutionized TV with Lucille Ball—but he couldn’t escape the trauma of his youth
The View from Here
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July 13, 2024
The View from Here
Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?
Film and Television
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August 26, 2023
Exit Laughing
The producer of the legendary comedy show Laugh-In has one regret: allowing Richard Nixon to do a cameo
The View from Here
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February 19, 2022
The View from Here
Will a billionaire yachtsman and former Republican become mayor of oh-so-woke Los Angeles?
Books
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January 8, 2022
Books
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October 30, 2021
Exposing Her Weiner
Huma Abedin claims she had never heard of sex addiction until her husband’s sexting scandal broke
Film and Television
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April 20, 2021
Hollywood Claws Back
It was a rocky year for the movie industry, but luckily for everyone stuck at home with little to do, some great films were still made. We recommend our Oscar-nominated favorites
Politics
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January 16, 2021
The View from Here
American presidents are swathed in way too much pomp and ancien régime regality
News
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January 9, 2021
Das Capitol
Trump’s lumpen insurrectionists tried to end democracy as I knew it
Film and Television
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November 14, 2020
Citizen Mank
David Fincher and Gary Oldman illuminate the tortured psyche of one of Hollywood’s greatest screenwriters
The View from Here
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September 26, 2020
The View from Here
Read ‘em and weep: all the president’s biographers find different ways to paint the same horrifying portrait
The View from Here
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August 29, 2020
The View from There
Trumpageddon live!
Air Stream
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August 29, 2020
I Hear You
Listen to this week’s selection of six AIR MAIL pieces read aloud
Books
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October 26, 2019
