Interviews

Interviews with experts on politics and policy, technology and business, pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters.

How disappointed Taylor Swift fans explain Ticketmaster’s monopoly

By Alex Abad-Santos November 21

“I think he’s battling with his own self”: Inside Elon Musk’s brain

By Peter Kafka November 15

Hollywood’s Black film problem, explained by Elvis Mitchell

By Alissa Wilkinson November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The Supreme Court lost Republicans the midterms

By Zack Beauchamp November 10

An atmosphere of violence: Stochastic terror in American politics

By Ellen Ioanes November 5

Who would make Bolsonaro president again?

By Jen Kirby October 30

How tech is helping us talk to animals

By Neel Dhanesha October 30

The existence of the last slave transport ship was denied. A new documentary reveals the truth.

By Alissa Wilkinson October 24

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

What we know about Herschel Walker’s time in Trump’s failed football league

By Ben Jacobs October 22

What Xi Jinping’s third term means for China and the world

By Muizz Akhtar October 16

Why OPEC’s cuts shouldn’t have been a surprise — and may not hurt as much as you might think

By Michael Bluhm October 14

Pete Buttigieg knows EV range anxiety is a thing

By Rebecca Heilweil October 13

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

October surprises may not matter in the 2022 midterms

By Jonquilyn Hill October 12

Triangle of Sadness might be the meanest film of the year. Its director is an optimist.

By Alissa Wilkinson October 6

Looking for a sense of belonging? Start with being a good guest.

By Alissa Wilkinson September 28

Chips are the new oil. There are no reserves.

By Rebecca Heilweil September 28

Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization

By Alissa Wilkinson September 27

Do we ask too much of parents?

By Sean Illing September 25

How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River

By Benji Jones September 23

How power companies have caused and worsened wildfires

By Rebecca Leber September 13

The questions over the queen’s role in Britain’s violent empire, explained by a historian

By Caroline Houck September 13

Delia Owens wrote the thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. Was she also involved in a murder?

By Victoria Dominguez September 3

It’s the end of the car as we know it

By Rebecca Heilweil September 2

Why Iraq could be approaching another civil war, explained by an expert

By Jonathan Guyer September 1

Are rap lyrics artistic expressions or confessions? Young Thug and Gunna will soon find out.

By Hady Mawajdeh August 25

What if your financial future wasn’t stressful?

By Julia Furlan August 25

Setting boundaries is more than just saying “no”

By Julia Furlan August 18

The ovarian “biological clock” and other reproductive health metaphors that have led science astray

By Byrd Pinkerton August 17

Recreating The Simpsons in the post-apocalypse

By Constance Grady August 16

The US monkeypox response is failing queer men

By Alex Abad-Santos August 11

How to define success on your own terms

By Julia Furlan August 11

Trading Brittney Griner for the “Merchant of Death”

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram August 9

What we mean when we say Beyoncé is “saving” house music

By Alex Abad-Santos July 29

What keeping secrets does to you

By Sean Illing July 24

Sri Lanka’s protests are just the beginning of global instability

By Jen Kirby July 16

This Michigan Democrat wants her party to “call bullshit, bullshit”

By Li Zhou July 15

Fire of Love, about married volcanologists, is this summer’s must-see doc

By Alissa Wilkinson July 15

Why adoption won’t fill the gaps of a Roe-less America

By Emily St. James July 14

The world is getting better. That doesn’t mean it’s good enough.

By Kelsey Piper July 14

Reproductive rights have never been secure. Ask Black women.

By Fabiola Cineas July 13