The Washington Post media critic grades a turbulent year of media coverage.

The New York Times film critic on watching movies in the post-Weinstein age.

The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.

The conservative writer and editor examines his own past, and where the Republican Party went awry.

The Stalin biographer on the secret to understanding the mind of an autocrat.

The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.

The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.

The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.

The journalist on sexual misconduct stories, and the coming backlash to them.

The author tries to make sense of Trump’s America, and his place in it.

The author of ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and ‘Grant’ on what biographies teach us about powerful men.

The author of ‘Manhattan Beach’ on what technology is doing to our brains and why she hates memoirs.

The biographer of Roger Ailes on how Fox News has changed, and why Rupert Murdoch “loathes” Trump

The New York Times reporter goes behind-the- scenes of her Harvey Weinstein stories.

The Russia expert on how Putin’s regime operates, and what people don’t understand about autocrats.

The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on what ails the NFL and whether the New Yorker could go web-only.

The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on Hillary hatred and the problem with Obama cashing in on Wall Street.

The author of 'Stay With Me' on using fiction to fight gender norms.

The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.

The author of 'The Burning Girl' on how Elena Ferrante opened up more space for writing novels about women.

The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.

The author of ‘The Red-Haired Woman’ on writing and living through Turkish history.