This...Is Interesting

This...Is Interesting

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Matt Miller – Washington Post columnist and Left, Right & Center host – talks to the world's most provocative thinkers. As timely as the week's headlines, yet tackling subjects destined to influence events for years. This...Is Interesting brings to listeners the people and ideas that are shaping our world.

All Episodes

My conversation with Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

My conversation with A. Scott Berg, author of "Wilson,” a new biography of our 28th president.

My conversation with James Barrat, author of “Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence And The End Of The Human Era”.

Special presentation on Friday, December 13 at 7:30pm: Political psychotherapy with Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Righteous Mind."

Behind the behind-the-scene stories of “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” with authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

My talk with Peter Buffett (Warren Buffett's son) about what's wrong with philanthropy.

My conversation with Alain de Botton, author of the new book, "Art as Therapy"

A conversation with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a leader of the Tea Party caucus.

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President Trump is not backing down from imposing tariffs on all countries doing business with the U.S., including 100% or more on China. China has threatened tariffs against U.S.

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The Latest

Dire predictions about the future of artificial intelligence are in a recent report by a Berkeley-based group called the AI Futures Project.

Superhuman AI could be real in a few years, Berkeley group predicts

Dire predictions about the future of artificial intelligence are in a recent report by a Berkeley-based group called the AI Futures Project.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

President Trump is not backing down from imposing tariffs on all countries doing business with the U.S., including 100% or more on China. China has threatened tariffs against U.S.

US is already in ‘trade war’ with China, says former US trade official

President Trump is not backing down from imposing tariffs on all countries doing business with the U.S., including 100% or more on China. China has threatened tariffs against U.S.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

California’s nearly $4 trillion economy is heavily dependent on international trade. A tariff war could impact that significantly.

Fighting to keep an Altadena pub alive, mapping LA’s lost record stores

California’s nearly $4 trillion economy is heavily dependent on international trade. A tariff war could impact that significantly.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

California’s nearly $4 trillion economy is heavily dependent on international trade. A tariff war could impact that significantly.

How tariffs could impact LA, CA economy

California’s nearly $4 trillion economy is heavily dependent on international trade. A tariff war could impact that significantly.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

President of the Entertainment Union Coalition Rebecca Rhine breaks down her tireless work to revamp TV and film production in California.

Union leader Rebecca Rhine outlines plans to ‘Keep California Rolling’

President of the Entertainment Union Coalition Rebecca Rhine breaks down her tireless work to revamp TV and film production in California.

from The Business

Were the April special elections a win for Democrats? How will Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs affect American consumers? Plus, KCRW discusses the feasibility of a third Trump term.

Sprawling tariffs and special elections could trip up Trump’s momentum

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from Left, Right & Center

The manager of Rafu Bussan in Little Tokyo says she’s been stockpiling goods imported from Japan in preparation for Trump’s tariffs, but she may have to eat costs or raise prices soon.

Tariffs hit Little Tokyo business owner

The manager of Rafu Bussan in Little Tokyo says she’s been stockpiling goods imported from Japan in preparation for Trump’s tariffs, but she may have to eat costs or raise prices soon.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Stocks are in a tailspin following President Trump’s tariffs. Now’s the time to prepare for a possible recession, says personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary.

‘Don’t look at it’: 401k advice to weather tariff chaos

Stocks are in a tailspin following President Trump’s tariffs. Now’s the time to prepare for a possible recession, says personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand