Podcast appearances and mentions of Jill Abramson

The world's richest man and the world's most powerful man have had a very public fall out—but what does it mean for American government?In a short, bonus episode, Ellen and Alona speak with Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, about the long predicted clash.Jill explains the implications for US space policy, and reviews how the US media has covered Musk since he first campaigned alongside Trump last October. For more on US politics from Prospect, visit our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan and Ellen talk with Neil Brown, a longtime journalist who is the president of the Poynter Institute. For listeners who might not know, the Poynter Institute is a nonprofit based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that is devoted to teaching best practices in journalism. It is named for Nelson Poynter, the bow-tie-wearing legend who led the St. Petersburg Times to national recognition. The paper is now known as the Tampa Bay Times. Poynter is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Dan has a Quick Take on President Trump's bouncing tariffs. They're on, they're off, they're on, they're off. But his gyrations are having real consequences. In central New York State, Trump's threats have killed a daily newspaper — and not just any paper. The Cortland Standard, one of the oldest family-owned papers in the country, folded in mid-March, as Trump's proposed 25% tariff on Canadian newsprint proved to be the last straw. Ellen's Quick Take comes from a tip from Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times who is a distinguished professor of the practice here at Northeastern. Jeff Morrison, a journalist who is a member of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative, has compiled an incredible timeline of the decline of newspapers in Iowa. A highlight: The Storm Lake Times Pilot, a twice-weekly print paper featured in our book, "What Works in Community News," is dropping a print edition and going weekly.

The episode you've been waiting for is here: our Top Takeaways of 2024. Listen to some of the world's smartest, most influential thinkers, business leaders, innovators, technologists, and other newsmakers — including Eric Schmidt, Mellody Hobson, Atul Gawande, Fareed Zakaria, Jill Abramson, Stephen Breyer, and others. You don't want to miss this episode.

Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube. In this special New Year's episode, James and Al welcome a panel of the country's best and brightest composed of Jane Mayer, Pam Karlan, Roger Altman, George Stevens Jr., and Jill Abramson.  They discuss what to expect from Trump and the Republicans in 2025, the war for the soul of journalism, the best of pop culture, the state of the economy, the future of the rule of law, and much more.  Then, they take listener questions on the most pressing issues facing us in the year ahead and search for sources of hope going into 2025. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.  Make sure to include your city– we love to hear where you're from! More from James and Al: Get text updates from Politics War Room and Politicon. Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube @PoliticsWarRoomOfficial CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID is streaming on Max!  You can also get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content by following James on Twitter @jamescarville and his new TikTok @realjamescarville James Carville & Al Hunt have launched the Politics War Room Substack Get More From This Week's Guests:  Jill Abramson: Twitter | NYT | Harvard | Author   Jane Mayer: Twitter | The New Yorker | Author of “Dark Money” & Other Books Professor Pam Karlan: Stanford Law | DOJ.gov | Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Roger Altman: Evercore | The Hamilton Project  George Stevens: Oscars.org | IMDB | George Stevens Academy 

For the first time, Ellen and Alona host a special Q&A episode, recorded with a live audience. They're joined by Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, who has been has been covering the presidential election for Prospect.Jill describes how this American election compares to what she's seen in the past, and answers listeners' questions. What's the mood in the US? Can we trust the polls? And what might happen between now and election day to move the dial?To watch this episode, head to the Prospect magazine YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this premium episode, writer, editor, and friend of the pod Leigh Stein returns to talk about the state of book publishing, including the importance of promotion via digital platforms like YouTube and TikTok. Leigh may be the Jane Goodall of BookTok. She has spent countless hours in the wild, studying the platform's users and creators for insights into its addictive magic. As a book coach who helps authors sell their manuscripts to publishers and then (hopefully) sell lots of copies, she understands the changing landscape of publishing and sees endless potential and opportunity. Where many authors and editors feel only fear and dread, Leigh feels joy. Recently, she helped literary agent turned novelist Betsy Lerner become an unlikely TikTok star. Want in on more of Leigh's secrets? On November 14, The Unspeakeasy is offering a one-time webinar with Leigh called How To Get A Book Deal The Easy Way. It's open to everyone (not just ladies) and may change your life. And it's only $150! Visit the course page in The Unspeakeasy for more details and to sign up. GUEST BIO Leigh Stein is a writer exploring the impact of the internet on our identities, relationships, and politics. She has written five books, including the satirical novel Self Care (Penguin, 2020) and the poetry collection What to Miss When (Soft Skull Press, 2021). Her non-fiction work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Allure, ELLE, Poets & Writers, BuzzFeed, The Cut, Salon, and Slate. Leigh founded Out of the Binders/BinderCon, a feminist literary nonprofit organization that supported women and gender variant writers. BinderCon events in NYC and LA welcomed nearly 2,000 writers to hear speakers such as Lisa Kudrow, Anna Quindlen, Claudia Rankine, Jill Abramson, Elif Batuman, Effie Brown, Leslie Jamison, Suki Kim, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. Leigh also moderated a Facebook community of 40,000 writers. She is no longer on Facebook. Leigh's website. Leigh's newsletter. Want to hear the whole conversation? Upgrade your subscription here. HOUSEKEEPING

The news media's coverage of Joe Biden's mental fitness is itself a major news story. Here, Jill Abramson, a former Executive Editor of the NY Times, provides fresh insight on the failures of the media, the White House's aggressive cover-up, what it all means for journalism in general, and more. Don't miss one of our most important conversations ever. 

Can Biden stay in presidential race or will concern about the state of his health force him out of the running? There are plenty of reporters who say his time is up, but how did the president get to this stage in the campaign without anyone running a health-check on him? Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times, joins Alan and Lionel on this episode. She explains that when she was in charge, she had a physician on the staff who'd be in touch with the candidates' doctors to ensure the paper knew the health status of a potential president. But any journalist speaking out about the president's health risks being attacked by Democrats, who don't want Biden to be hounded out of the race by the press. But what's the alternative? A candidate who seems intent on destroying democracy? Alan and Lionel are also joined by Steven Brill, author of The Death of Truth. His latest book is a deep dive into the sludge of fake news and how social media channels have assisted the spread of conspiracy theories. Now the struggle to revive the truth begins in earnest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[00:30] Another Media-Driven Hoax Exposed (24 minutes) The mainstream media pretended to be dumbfounded by Joe Biden's performance at the debate last week. Biden's mental decline has been obvious to the world since he announced his candidacy in 2020. Now the media want you to believe they had no idea this was happening. Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson wrote this week that the "Biden White House clearly succeeded in a massive cover-up of the degree of the president's feebleness and his serious physical decline.” The biggest scandal wasn't the White House covering it up (which they tried and failed to do), but that the media called people who questioned Biden's health over the last four years “conspiracy theorists.” This is the same media that perpetuated the Trump-Russia hoax, told you Hunter Biden's laptop was fake, that lockdowns were great, and that the 2020 election was perfect. [24:00] President Trump's Mount Rushmore Speech (30 minutes)

In the aftermath of his halting debate performance, the editorial boards of some major US newspapers have called on Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. We ask why this issue is only being discussed widely now, and talk to Annie Linskey, White House reporter, The Wall Street Journal, who raised a comprehensive set of concerns about Biden's health but faced a backlash from others in the media. We also speak to Nayeema Raza, co-host, Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast and Jill Abramson, former executive editor, The New York TimesAlso on the show, we hear from El Hunt, commissioning editor for The Evening Standard, about what it is like reporting from the Glastonbury Festival and hear Ros Atkin's remix of the BBC News' theme tune in his debut DJ set at Glastonbury and how Louis Tomlinson of One Direction bought football home to Worthy Farm. Presenters: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins Producer: Simon Richardson

In the aftermath of his halting debate performance, the editorial boards of some of the major US newspapers have called on Joe Biden to withdraw from the race for re-election. We ask why this issue is only being discussed so widely now, talking to a journalist who raised a comprehensive set of concerns but faced a backlash from others in the media and a former Executive Editor of The New York Times. Also in the programme, we explore how the disappearance of teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife has drawn the attention of online sleuths and the problems this creates for conventional reporters. Plus we hear what it's like reporting from Glastonbury, as well as what Ros and Katie got up to while they were there.Craig Oliver, former Downing Street Director of Communications; Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor, The New York Times; Annie Linskey, White House reporter, Wall Street Journal; Nayeema Raza, Co-Host, Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast; Nick Garnett, Senior Journalist, BBC; Robyn Vinter, north of England correspondent, The Guardian; Craig Jackson, Professor of Psychology, Birmingham City University; El Hunt, Commissioning Editor, The Evening Standard. Presenters: Katie Razzall & Ros Atkins Producer: Simon Richardson

James and Al dive into the upcoming primaries, the budget battle being waged by Speaker Johnson, and the intensifying debate around border policy.  Then, they welcome former executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson, to consider the implications of Claudine Gay's firing and discuss how the media is dealing with Trump ahead of the Iowa caucus.  Between the free coverage Trump can harness with his outrageous actions and the media bubbles locking in voters, will President Biden be able to break through with the messaging he previewed at Valley Forge? Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.  Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you're from! Check James Carville's new videos: James Carville Explains… Moms For Liberty #TrumpStinks James Carville Explains… Why Mike Johnson is a P.O.S. James Carville Explains… everything about Mike Johnson James Carville on the trail of Lauren Boebert Get More From This Week's Guest: Jill Abramson: Twitter | NYT | Harvard | Author   Please Support Our Sponsors: Stellar Sleep: For a 7 day free trial then JUST $99 a year, head to StellarSleep.com/warroom ExpressVPN: Control your data, defend your privacy, and protect yourself online with 3 free months on a VPN plan when you go to expressvpn.com/warroom Songfinch: Add Spotify Streaming for your customized original song for FREE when you go to songfinch.com/warroom! (A $50 value)

Mea Culpa welcomes back one of the most dialed-in journalists of the last several decades, Jane Mayer. Mayer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. As the magazine's chief Washington correspondent, she covers politics, culture, and national security. Previously, she worked at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the Gulf War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 1984, she became the paper's first female White House correspondent. She is the author of the 2016 Times best-seller “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,” She also wrote the 2008 Times best-seller “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals,” which was named a National Book Award finalist. She is the co-author, with Jill Abramson, of “Strange Justice,” also a National Book Award finalist, and, with Doyle McManus, of “Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988.” She has won numerous prizes and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. Michael and Jane dig into Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court, GOP's scary policies, and Trump's legal woes. 

With 2023 almost here, James and Al ring in the new year with friends George Stevens, Jill Abramson, Fred Wertheimer, and Jane Mayer.  Together, they discuss the current state of the media and entertainment, before forecasting the political future of the speakership, the presidency, dark money, and the Ukraine-Russia war– with a solid takedown of lying George Santos.   Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.  Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you're from! Get More From This Week's Guests: George Stevens: Oscars.org | IMDB | website Jane Mayer: Twitter | The New Yorker | Author of “Dark Money” & Other Books Jill Abramson: Twitter | NYT | Harvard | Author   Fred Wertheimer: Twitter | Just Security | Wertheimer Lipton | Democracy 21 Please Support This Week's Sponsor: Blinkist: For a 7 day free trial and 25% off a premium membership– plus Blinkist Connect which gives you two premium memberships for the price of one– go to blinkist.com/warroom

Welcome to the second half of our opening panel during the 2022 Ideas We Should Steal Festival. MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi moderated a fascinating discussion about democracy and local journalists. He was joined by Erinn Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th*; Jill Abramson, former executive editor (and first woman executive editor) of The New York Times; Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; and Chris Baxter, editor-in-chief of Spotlight PA.   

Welcome to the first night of this year's Ideas We Should Steal Festival. MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi moderated a fascinating discussion about democracy and local journalists. He was joined by Erinn Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th*; Jill Abramson, former executive editor (and first woman executive editor) of The New York Times; Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; and Chris Baxter, editor-in-chief of Spotlight PA. 

At the opening night of our 5th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival, renowned journalists from Ali Velshi to Jill Abramson offered solutions to what plagues distrust of the media

Jill is a journalist, academic, and the author of five books. She’s best known as the first woman to become executive editor at the New York Times, from 2011 to 2014. She’s currently a professor in the English department at Harvard. We’ve been friends forever.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above (or click the dropdown menu to add the Dishcast to your podcast feed). For two clips of our convo — on whether women are better observational reporters, and looking back at the Supreme Court saga of “Long Dong Silver” — head over to our YouTube page.We have a new transcript posted for posterity: Jamie Kirchick on his new history of gay Washington, recorded in front of a live audience at Twenty Summers in Ptown. If you missed it, here’s a teaser:With Pride still marching along this month, a reader writes:You frequently cover the takeover of the gay rights movement by transgender ideology, and how that can be at odds with the sex-based rights our generation fought for. I want to share a glimpse that I got at another under-discussed appropriation of the movement that’s significantly less threatening, but still leaves me feeling a bit out in the cold as a gay man: Pride going mainstream.I live in a small Midwestern exurb that recently began hosting its own Pride parade. This is not a small event — the banners go up well before June and stick around much of the summer, and it draws a crowd on par with our largest town festivals. I’ve generally avoided it, assuming it would be chock full of pink-and-blue flags and wanting to spare myself the political frustration. I also figured that a Pride parade in a town like mine indicated how unnecessary Pride parades have become.But this year I found out my (straight) brother was bringing his family, including my very young nieces and nephews. I wanted to see the kids, and I hoped my presence might provide some contrast to whatever left-wing antics they saw there. I was also curious how a Pride parade could possibly be family friendly enough for elementary school kids.Long story short, the whole thing was incredibly anodyne. I saw a couple drag queens and exactly one trans flag, but otherwise you would think it was a parade to celebrate rainbows. There were a few other older gay men wandering around, looking as awkward as I was. I had been worried about how to explain things to the kids, but I don’t think they even realized there was any connection to myself or my husband — they were in it mainly to catch candy. I don’t even recall seeing the words “rights” or “equality” mentioned. The messages were along the lines of “Be Yourself” and “Love Wins!”Afterwards, I learned that this event had been founded not by a homosexual, nor by a trans person, but rather by someone’s mother. Her daughter came out to her (I’m not even sure as what) and the mother decided she needed to show her daughter she was loved no matter what. And it all suddenly made sense. This was what a well-meaning mom wants to see when she sees gay pride. Be yourself! Love wins!I don’t want to say this kind of thing should stop. It was a nice enough time, and I don’t disagree with the message. But, I do wish more people understood exactly how unrooted “Pride” has become from the gay culture that started it and the reasons it was necessary. As I explained to my own mother afterwards, I don’t know of any man who had ever been imprisoned or assaulted just for loving another man. It was always about sex, and it’s still about sex. We just can’t mention that at Pride anymore, I guess.I suspect a great deal of this is a function of getting what we asked for — and the consequences of that taking root. Pride now is for straights as much as for gays — just as all the old super-gay events — like the High Heel Drag Race for Halloween in DC - went from being broken up by the cops (in my adult lifetime) to being packed with countless young straight women trying to be cool — and parents and all the letters of the alphabet. I’m made uncomfortable by some of this mass cultural appropriation — but that’s just my nostalgia for an era which I’m glad is now gone. We need to take yes for an answer, and as I wrote nearly 20 years ago, a very distinctive gay culture will end because of it.If you missed last week’s pod with David Goodhart, here’s a primer:This listener enjoyed the episode:On the conversation with David Goodhart, I want to chime in about your argument that one of the great contributions of Christianity, historically, has been reminding smart people that they aren’t any better than anyone else — and might indeed be worse, because of the arrogance and ambition that often accompanies that trait. It reminded me of a seminal moment in my childhood. I was 10, and I had just lost the regional spelling bee in a hard-fought match in which the last kid and I went several rounds before I made an error that he capitalized on. I turned to shake his hand. My dad told me later that night, “When you shook that boy’s hand, I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of you. You showed graciousness in a bitter moment, and it’s one of the hardest things to learn to do. I’m never going to be proud that you’re smart. That was a genetic luck of the draw and you had no more to do with it than you did with having brown hair or being a little scrawny. But how you responded is your character, and I DO care about that, and I am immensely proud of you.”I think the fact that that was a consistent message at home when I was getting a lot of accolades at school probably made me marginally less unbearable than I would have been otherwise. I should say that my family is Southern Baptist; our faith was part of the warp and woof of daily life and the lens through which my parents interpreted life and what was worthy and valuable. Being smart was nice, but not nearly as important as being kind and generous and forgiving. I’m very grateful to have been raised like that.Me too. Another listener also took the convo personally:I’m so grateful for your episode with David Goodhart, which covered a topic that is both intensely personal and professionally important to me. My father is one of seven children of an Italian immigrant who was a short-haul truck driver. He almost flunked out of high school and only finished because his father threatened to kick his ass if he didn’t. Talking to my dad, any highly educated person would instantly dismiss his opinions and observations. But he wouldn’t care. After high school he started his own business — a car repair and towing company. After 40 years he retired with one million dollars, having bought our family home outright and having sent both my sister and myself to college, and me to law school.  Yes, he did this through hard work and persistence, but he also did it through extremely competent business management and strategic savvy. He survived the shutdown of a local mine (70% of his business at the time), the recessions and gas shortages of the 1970's, cyclical recessions and more.  You don’t do that unless you know how to identify risks and opportunities and exploit them to your own advantage. If that isn’t intelligence, I don’t know what is.  I myself work at a talent firm. My job entails creating a business model to help move junior enlisted veterans without college degrees into good-paying jobs with our skilled-manufacturing clients. It’s been fascinating to talk to companies who are still resistant to paying living wages at entry-level positions in the face of literally one million-plus competing job openings. I agree with Goodhart that reality is going to force a lot of rethinking about the value of labor of all kinds. It may take a while, but we are already seeing a few companies that are all-in on paying enough to attract this talent. They are far less nervous about the future.Thank you for this episode, and please find more guests who want to discuss this topic: How to recognize and reward everyone’s strengths, and how to measure success in new ways.  Another listener recommends a guest:I’d love to see you interview Greg Clark, economic historian at UC Davis. His work on the heritability of social status is fascinating. Using surname data from England, he’s found that social status is strongly heritable but that it drifts back to the mean over many generations. So everyone’s ancestors will be elite or downtrodden eventually, but it might take 400 years. The key factor is assortative marriage and mating. Even before women had careers and got educations, you could predict the type of person a woman would marry by looking at the social status of her brother. Clark has shown how the same phenomenon exists in Scandinavia, China, etc. Most interestingly the data show that although income inequality is less in Scandinavian countries because of redistribution, educational and other achievements like admission to scientific societies, it’s just as unequal as other countries. They also show that even communist revolutions in China and Hungary didn’t prevent people with high social status names from reasserting dominance within a generation or two.Twin studies and data where unexpected parental deaths happen show that the differences can’t be environmental. It’s just amazing and totally under reported for obvious reasons, but I do think this data will blow the lid off our current debate. It’s also great that Clark’s data is about white English people and doesn’t involve race at its core. (Here’s a link to one of his key research papers.)I’ve been impressed with Clark since his book, A Farewell To Alms. It’s a great reader suggestion. Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe

A few days ago someone sent me a link to an article at the Guardian called "A radical fix to the world's wage gap: why not just pay women more – and pay men less?" by the writer Jessica Valenti. And here's a paragraph from her article: "what if the boldest solution for the wage gap isn't about raising women's salaries at all? What if we paid men less? Over the weekend, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson – fired in part, she says, over conversations about pay disparity – told a reporter that the best way for newsroom leaders with a limited budget to fix salary inequalities is to “bring the guys down to give a little more to the girls”. “I did that at The Times. No one's happy to get a cut, but too bad.” Too bad indeed! The Washington Post's masthead is about to become all-male. The US wage gap has barely moved in a decade. Politicians here are deriding new equal pay laws in midterm campaign ads, and the UK and elsewhere aren't faring much better even when they do have such laws. Given the sad status of women and work lately, it may be that a little “I don't fucking care if you like it” is exactly what gender equality needs right now. Some men's antipathy toward feminism comes from a fear that leveling the playing field will mean taking away from men's existing power. And for a long time, feminists have been sensitive to that concern, insisting that equality is not a zero-sum game – that there's enough money, jobs and justice to go around for everyone." That chunk of Jessica Valenti's article should strike terror and fear into the hearts and minds of men working in corporations and government jobs across all western nations. And with Hilary Clinton most likely to be elected as the President of the United States I fear the country may start implementing such insane measures to buy votes and fight a wage gap that was dis-proven a long time ago. How is the government supposed to enforce this law outside of corporate environments and government jobs? If I do a job as a contractor does my client have the right to lower the rate he or she pays me based on the original price I quoted them because I'm a man. And if so then I'll just quote a higher price and to get paid my usual rate.A radical fix to the world's wage gap: why not just pay women more – and pay men less?http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...Google CEO: Computers Are Going To Take Our Jobs, And 'There's No Way Around That'http://www.businessinsider.com/google...Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mgtow/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A few days ago someone sent me a link to an article at the Guardian called "A radical fix to the world's wage gap: why not just pay women more – and pay men less?" by the writer Jessica Valenti. And here's a paragraph from her article: "what if the boldest solution for the wage gap isn't about raising women's salaries at all? What if we paid men less? Over the weekend, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson – fired in part, she says, over conversations about pay disparity – told a reporter that the best way for newsroom leaders with a limited budget to fix salary inequalities is to “bring the guys down to give a little more to the girls”. “I did that at The Times. No one's happy to get a cut, but too bad.” Too bad indeed! The Washington Post's masthead is about to become all-male. The US wage gap has barely moved in a decade. Politicians here are deriding new equal pay laws in midterm campaign ads, and the UK and elsewhere aren't faring much better even when they do have such laws. Given the sad status of women and work lately, it may be that a little “I don't fucking care if you like it” is exactly what gender equality needs right now. Some men's antipathy toward feminism comes from a fear that leveling the playing field will mean taking away from men's existing power. And for a long time, feminists have been sensitive to that concern, insisting that equality is not a zero-sum game – that there's enough money, jobs and justice to go around for everyone." That chunk of Jessica Valenti's article should strike terror and fear into the hearts and minds of men working in corporations and government jobs across all western nations. And with Hilary Clinton most likely to be elected as the President of the United States I fear the country may start implementing such insane measures to buy votes and fight a wage gap that was dis-proven a long time ago. How is the government supposed to enforce this law outside of corporate environments and government jobs? If I do a job as a contractor does my client have the right to lower the rate he or she pays me based on the original price I quoted them because I'm a man. And if so then I'll just quote a higher price and to get paid my usual rate.A radical fix to the world's wage gap: why not just pay women more – and pay men less?http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...Google CEO: Computers Are Going To Take Our Jobs, And 'There's No Way Around That'http://www.businessinsider.com/google...Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mgtow/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vox's Fabiola Cineas talks with Anita Hill, whose testimony during the 1991 confirmation hearings for now-Justice Clarence Thomas highlighted the prominence of sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances in the workplace. Hill discusses how those hearings changed her, whether or not she has respect for the Supreme Court as an institution, and how her fight to stop gender violence continues today. Host: Fabiola Cineas (@FabiolaCineas), Reporter, Vox Guest: Anita Hill (@AnitaHill), professor, Brandeis University References:  Getting Even with Anita Hill (Pushkin) Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill (Viking; 2021) Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas by Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson (1994) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

West Ford was a freed slave, a property owner, and possibly the child of the nation's first president. New Yorker contributor Jill Abramson joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the parentage of West Ford, his possible connection to George Washington, and the fight to save Gum Springs – one of the oldest surviving freedmen's villages in the U.S. Her article is “Did George Washington have an enslaved son?”

In this episode, Nicole shares some new books she's purchased for the library's nonfiction sections, and they welcome Melissa, Circulation Assistant, to the show. The resources discussed in this episode are discussed below: The Mean Girls: A Bunch of Bullies by Atiyah C. Henley; Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky; What Is Black Lives Matter? by Lakita Wilson; What Were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson; What Is Congress? by Jill Abramson; What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? by Jess Brallier; What Was the Holocaust? by Gail Herman; What is Rock and Roll? by Jim O'Connor; What Are the Winter Olympics by Gail Herman; Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Thomas Insel; Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women who Dared to Rule the High Seas by Leigh Lewis; The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton; Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe; The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow; The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow; Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead; The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead; Zone One by Colson Whitehead; Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi; The Princess Bride Cookbook by Jen Fujikawa; The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra by Shin Takahashi and Iroha Inoue; Bridgerton Netflix show; Strike HBO show

Al and James are joined by top experts from the fields of journalism, economics, entertainment, medicine, and law, featuring Jill Abramson, Roger Altman, George Stevens, Dr. Cornelia Griggs, and Walter Dellinger to ring in 2022 and discuss how Biden and the country are faring.  Then they share their outrages of the past year and let us know what we can expect going into the next one. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.   Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you're from! Get More From This Week's Guests: Jill Abramson: Twitter | NYT | Harvard | Author   Walter Dellinger: Twitter | Federalist Society | Duke Law | O'Melveny Roger Altman: Evercore | The Hamilton Project  George Stevens: Oscars.org | IMDB | George Stevens Academy  Dr. Cornelia Griggs: Twitter | MA General Hospital  Please Support Our Sponsors: Express VPN To protect your online activity and get 3 free months on a year package go to expressvpn.com

Our tenth full episode of Cabana Chats is a special LIVE event episode, featuring a conversation we had with writer Leigh Stein as part of the 2021 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends program. Leigh chats with us about how she conceived of, wrote, and published her newest poetry collection, What to Miss When, entirely during the pandemic, in 2020. We talk about how much community came into play in putting this book out into the world, and in the second half of the episode we hear from some wonderful members of the Resort Cabana Club! This live event was called Building an Online Community and Writing Through a Pandemic and took place on September 28, 2021. You can check out the video of the event in our free online Resort community! Leigh Stein is a writer interested in what the internet is doing to our identities, relationships, and politics. Her critically acclaimed satirical novel Self Care was released in June 2020, and her poetry collection What to Miss When was released in August 2021. Leigh is also the author of the memoir Land of Enchantment, the poetry collection Dispatch from the Future, and the novel The Fallback Plan. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker online, Allure, ELLE, Poets & Writers, BuzzFeed, The Cut, Salon, and Slate. Leigh was cofounder and executive director of Out of the Binders/BinderCon, a feminist literary nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the careers of women and gender variant writers. Nearly 2,000 writers attended BinderCon events in NYC and LA, to hear speakers including Lisa Kudrow, Anna Quindlen, Claudia Rankine, Jill Abramson, Elif Batuman, Effie Brown, Leslie Jamison, Suki Kim, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. Leigh also moderated the private Facebook community of 40,000 writers, and she is no longer on Facebook. Cabana Club members featured in this episode: Sarita Gonzalez: https://twitter.com/SarahXman22 Rascher Alcasid: https://www.tamespace.com/ Stephanie Jimenez: https://www.stephaniejimenezwriter.com/ More about Leigh Stein: https://www.leighstein.com/ More about What to Miss When: https://softskull.com/dd-product/what-to-miss-when Join our free Resort community, full of resources and support for writers, here: https://community.theresortlic.com/ There is more information about our Cabana Club membership program inside the Resort community, too! More information about The Resort can be found here: https://www.theresortlic.com/ Cabana Chats is hosted by Resort founder Catherine LaSota. Our podcast editor is Craig Eley, and our music is by Pat Irwin. Special thanks to Resort assistant Nadine Santoro. FULL TRANSCRIPTS for Cabana Chats podcast episodes are available in the free Resort network: https://community.theresortlic.com/ Follow us on social media! @TheResortLIC

In this special episode, John interviews Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of The New York Times, about reporting on 9/11; covering the historic elections of Presidents Obama and Trump; and how social media and Trump changed the business of journalism. This is a longer, unedited version of the interview that ran on Wednesday, March 31. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here are the news items:The head of the World Health Organization calls for further investigation into the possibility that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in China.China is considering establishing a whole new stock exchange, in part to attract foreign companies like Apple and Tesla.With Europe's vaccine rollout in shambles, some leaders are talking about importing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.One of the world's biggest smartphone companies is investing $10 billion in a new electric car business.Scientists have found the coldest natural temperature ever measured on planet Earth.PLUS: An interview with Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, about the Times' business model and the future of the paper. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Were we too hard on Biden?On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with a guest expert who attended the infamous hearings. Jill Abramson is a journalist, author and creative writing professor at Harvard, and she has some opinions on who is to blame that could very well shift Rebecca's verdict. Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund stop by to discuss.We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James and Al break down election law and court challenges with Cass Sunstein (https://twitter.com/CassSunstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) before being joined by an all star panel with Jill Abramson (https://twitter.com/jillabramson?lang=en) , Paul Begala (https://twitter.com/PaulBegala?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) , and Tara Setmayer (https://twitter.com/TaraSetmayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) to help us digest what we experienced on election day.  With no official call made, is it in the bag for Biden and McConnell?  It’s a whole new era.  Will we be stuck in the same battles of the last four years, or can we expect to build back bigger, bolder, and better in 2021?  Books & Podcasts From This Week’s Panelists: Jill Abramson Merchants of Truth (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Merchants-of-Truth/Jill-Abramson/9781501123214) Paul Begala You’re Fired: The Perfect Guide To Beating Donald Trump (https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Fired-Perfect-Beating-Donald/dp/1982160047) Tara Setmayer Honestly Speaking With Tara Setmayer (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-speaking-with-tara-setmayer/id1435680502) Cass Sunstein How Change Happens (https://www.amazon.com/How-Change-Happens-MIT-Press/dp/0262039575) Email your questions to James and Al at  POLITICSWARROOM@GMAIL.COM (mailto:POLITICSWARROOM@GMAIL.COM)   or tweet them to @POLITICON (http://www.twitter.com/@politicon) .  Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you’re from! THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR: MAGIC SPOON Go to http://www.magicspoon.com/warroom to grab a variety pack and try it today! and be sure to use our promo code warroom (that’s one word) at checkout to get free shipping.

Jill Abramson, Richard Wolffe with William Nicholson | Is the media system completely broken? That was the question posed to media icon Jill Abramson and journalist Richard Wolffe, and it sparked a lively debate. From print newspapers to the 24/7 news overload we face today, the discussion was wide-ranging and fascinating.

Jill Abramson is the former Executive Editor of The New York Times and the author of Merchants of Truth and she dissects the media, bubbles and the truth with impeachment front and center. Christy Harvey shares a list of who's been naughty or nice and the 'Back Page' focus is on college football.

Lorenzo Mendoza, John Cotter, Jack Welch y Jill Abramson son una de las tantas figuras sobresalientes que vienen recalcando desde hace una década que el primer foco del éxito empresarial parte de la correcta gestión de los recursos humanos, para llevarlos al máximo hito de su carrera profesional, cognitiva y humana. - Visítanos en: https://vencedores.eu Conecta por https://instagram.com/isaiaseblanco Conecta por https://instagram.com/vencedores.eu

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson’s Merchants of Truth is an in-the-room account of the battle between the titans of traditional media (The New York Times and The Washington Post) and upstart digital players (Buzzfeed and VICE). Following the book’s publication, Jill was accused of factual errors and plagiarism – charges she refutes. In conversation with Guardian Australia’s Editor Lenore Taylor, Jill reflects on how cherished journalistic principles are challenged in the age of clickbait, the criticism of Merchants of Truth, and how quality reporting can withstand a business model beholden to advertising and social media.

Episode Eighty One Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group!We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –The Dutch House – Ann Patchett (EF) release date 9/24/19Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) – Just Read –The Butterfly Girl – Rene Denfeld (EF) release date 10/1/19A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport – Kate Stewart (CW)Chris wrote a review of this book on her blog.Never Have I Ever – Joshilyn Jackson (EF) release date 7/30/19The Hotel Neversink – Adam O’Fallon Price (CW) 8/6/19City of Girls – Elizabeth Gilbert (EF)Evie Drake Starts Over – Linda Holmes (EF)If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca Marais (CW)(EF)Chris wrote a review of this book on her blog.– Biblio Adventures –Chris presented a paper, and generally immersed herself in all things CATHER, at the 17th International Willa Cather Seminar. She went on several field trips including the, Willow Shade (the home where Willa lived with her family for her first nine years, Capon Springs, National Museum of American History and Culture, Winchester Book Gallery, and The Handley Library. She wrote about the Handley Library on her blog.Emily did a lot of traveling including: Ireland: Dubray Books & Trinity LibraryPortugal: Bertrand LivreirosMichigan: McClean & Eakin BooksellersEmily attended a joint event with RJ Julia Booksellers and Meigs Nature Center featuring Bren Smith and his book Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer– Upcoming Jaunts –July 24, 2019 – Wesleyan RJ Julia, Bianca Marais author of If You Want to Make God Laugh in conversation with Jennifer Blankfein.July 25, 2019 – RJ Julia Booksellers, Jill Abramson author of Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for FactsJuly 25, 2019- The Willa Cather Book Club at Bookclub Bookstore & MoreJuly 31, 2019 – Savoy Bookshop & Café, Lisa Taddeo author of Three Women– Upcoming Reads –Fleishman Is in Trouble – Taffy Brodesser-Akner– Author Spotlight – 48 PEAKS: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains – Cheryl SuchorsAuthor Website: www.cherylsuchors.comFacebook: Cheryl-Suchors-authorTwitter: @cherylsuchorsInstagram: @cherylsuchorsTilda’s Promise – Jean P. MooreAuthor Website: www.jeanpmoore.com (Be sure to check out the Book Group tab!) Facebook: /JeanPMooreAuthorTwitter: @jean_pmooreInstagram: @jeanpmoore– Also Mentioned –Also by Rene Denfeld: The Child Finder and The EnchantedMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd RiouxThe Shining – Stephen KingEat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth GilbertPop Culture Happy Hour podcastThe Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael PollanGreenWaveShe Writes Press

Yahoo Finance Editor-in-chief Andy Serwer sits down with Jill Abramson, former New York Times executive editor and author of "Merchants of Truth." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Convulsive changes in journalism following the advent of the Internet have exposed the editorial/business divide, and spawned ethical dilemmas. Navigating these choppy seas is the first female executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson, who was fired in 2014 after less than three years in the job. In her new book Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts she investigates reporting at four news organisations. Two have towering reputations (The New York Times and The Washington Post); two are relatively new entrants (BuzzFeed and Vice) of whom Abramson said they, along with other digital media, “were giving the old guard serious competition – and heartburn”. Following publication of Merchants of Truth Abramson herself now stands accused of factual errors and unethical behaviour, namely plagiarism – a charge which she refutes. She joins Toby Manhire to discuss the controversy, the Fourth Estate, and whether cat videos are all we can expect. Supported by Platinum Bold Patron Theresa Gattung.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Papercuts: An Auckland Writers Festival Report. A VERY SPECIAL podcast, where we say the words VERY SPECIAL many times. Papercuts report from the ground at the Auckland Writers Festival 2019, where a record breaking 82,000 seats were filled over seven days of literary goodness.Jenna, Louisa & Kiran interview Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize winner Dame Fiona Kidman, Pulitzer Prize winning Andrew Sean Greer and the incredible and probably soon-to-be prize winning Elaine Castillo.We also break down the Ockham Book Awards, the Festival Gala, Douglas Coupland, Literally Lorne, Kamila Shamsie, Chessie Henry, Jill Abramson, Alexander Chee, Shayne Carter, Carla Guelfenbein, we attend two book launches and drink a lot of wine. Thank you to Anne & the Auckland Writers Festival team for having us, 2019 Voyager Media Awards Website of the Year - The Spinoff and of course, The Mātātuhi Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sally Warhaft and Jill Abramson on stage at the Athenaeum Theatre — Photo: Scott Limbrick How should the media survive the current age? It's a question that haunts the bones of many in the industry, and a through-line of Merchants of Truth, a bracing new account of American journalism's moral crisis written by Jill Abramson. A former executive editor of the New York Times, and a widely-respected media veteran, Abramson looks at fake news, click-bait and the commercial objectives of Facebook and Google. Her unflinching – sometimes bleak – investigations take readers to the front-line of the essential and existential decisions being made at the heart of four key outlets: Buzzfeed, VICE, the Times and the Washington Post. Against Facebook virality and Google's algorithm, can hallowed principles of objectivity and impartiality survive? The first woman to hold many of the senior roles she's occupied, Abramson shares what she's learned through her celebrated career. She also addresses the criticism and controversy surrounding the book: she has been accused of being dismissive towards young, digitally savvy journalists and their readerships' interests, and of factual errors and plagiarism – charges which she refutes. With host Sally Warhaft, join us for a fascinating and frank discussion with one of modern journalism's most experienced figures, and an exploration into the future of media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ambitious women get held to tricky double standards; there's the expectation that they should have the drive and vision of ambitious men but are also expected to ‘be nice', to care take others and to not threaten men. And women are often harshly judged for many of the more negative downsides to ambition – such as being less considerate of others and demanding your worth – which are either seen as positives or neutral when done by men.We're living in an era when there is probably more acceptance of female ambition and championing of women's potential than ever before. But still, why do we have these impossible double stands for ambitious women?Note: this is the final episode of Season 2. We will be back with Season 3 on 19th June 2018, and we will also be releasing a few mini-episodes before then.Host and producer: Nas aka Nastaran Tavakoli-FarCo-host: Jonathan FreemanCo-producers: Sam Baker and Jonathan BlackwellGuests: Sam Baker, co-producerAlice, teacherRelated links:‘Jill Abramson and the wholly sexist narrative of the woman in power' by Emily Bell, The Guardian https://bit.ly/2Tb64dw‘Jill Abramson loses the newsroom' by Dylan Byers, Politico https://politi.co/2Ts8Iec‘Good Jill, Bad Jill' by Lloyd Grove, Newsweek https://bit.ly/RSz1XtThe Gender Knot podcast and Facebook Grouphttps://www.thegenderknot.com/https://www.facebook.com/groups/182851532302085/Recommended podcast: A Therapist Walks Into a Bar https://www.atherapistwalksintoabar.com/Music: Government Funded Weed by Black Ant (used under Creative Commons) 5 Pieces by Black Ant (used under Creative Commons)

This week on the Upgrade, we spoke in front of a live audience at On Air Fest with journalist Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times, and the co-author of Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas. We covered a wide range of topics, including: how journalists are affected by social media, how to keep up to date with the news while maintaining your sanity, and where the “Me Too” movement is (or should be) taking us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Opening Monologue. A Week of Winning, with President Trump knocking the socks off the bewildered Mainstream Media: Stellar new jobs numbers, North Korea suddenly talking "denuclearization," and another packed, high-energy Trump Rally held in Pennsylvania. A despairing Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor for the New York Times, admits she carries a "little plastic Obama Doll" in her purse for consolation in "Donald Trump's America." How to explain such freakish MSM behavior? We sense Leftists losing confidence in their worldview, questioning the "reality" they've created for themselves. Are they still "On the Right Side of History"? We review this week's job numbers in the growing economy and observe a sharp rise in the stock market after the departure of Gary Cohn, chief economic advisor to Trump. Meanwhile, standing with a smiling crowd of real American workers -- whom he describes as the "Backbone of America" -- Trump proclaims new tariffs on Steel and Aluminum. A good deal for America, in our view, and also "electoral gold" for Republicans in 2018. But is the Republican Party Establishment missing the boat? Will they attempt to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? With Listener Calls & Music via Kim Kwang Seok, Social Distortion, Dwight Yoakam and U2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kumbaya Moment in American Politics. Or Maybe Not. While shooting victim Rep. Steve Scalise remains hospitalized in critical condition, Joy Reid of MSNBC attacks his political resume. The New York Times blood libels Sarah Palin, and former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson piles on. We scrutinize the propagandistic efforts of NBC's Chuck Todd, CBS's Scott Pelley and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. Also, we consider a series of unfortunate remarks from the GOP's Jeff Flake and Mark Sanford. How has the Republican Establishment devolved into such a state of uselessness? Aiding and abetting the Hostile Media? With Listener Calls & Music via Roger Miller, Louane, Alan Jackson and Peter, Paul & Mary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More on teenagers and work; We're looking for an Al Qaeda-trained Norwegian bomb maker; Jill Abramson criticized Obama's staff on Greta

Last year, USU professors Alison Cook and Christy Glass tested the glass cliff phenomenon—the idea that women are more likely to get promoted to leadership positions when a firm is struggling, placing them in a precarious position from the start. The glass cliff is back in the news with the recent firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor of the New York Times. Cook and Glass found that merit alone doesn't give women and minorities the key to the executive suite and that the composition of the board of directors can affect whether or not they succeed. Their analysis confirmed that the glass cliff theory also applies to minorities, a phenomenon they dubbed “the savior effect.”

Nicole discusses Ed Schultz announcement about ending his radio show tomorrow. Frank Schaeffer discusses his new book, "Why I Am An Atheist Who Believes in God". Amy Simon of She's History on the firing of the NY TImes' Jill Abramson, and lots more!

Bob Garfield, host of WNYC's On The Media, kicks off this edition of The Scramble. Something tells us The New York Times' Jill Abramson saga isn't over...Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod and Karen discuss listening to Jazz, Bey and Jay's new movie trailer, Solange-gate, prombat, Kim Jon's girl still alive, Jill Abramson, rape joke to Miami PD, Nazi taxi driver, man take pic of politician's sick wife, FLOTUS and Holder, 31 year old HS sophomore, couple rob luggage, man jerks off at elementary school, soccer coach murderer and sword ratchetness. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Sponsor: www.adamandeve.com And they're on Twitter: @adamandeve Code: TBGWT www.shadowdogproductions.com And they're on Twitter: @ShadowDogProd

You'd think that the New York Times, after covering so many sackings, would know how to fire its own editor without having it become one of the biggest, ugliest stories of the week. On today's show, we'll explore the presumption that the Great Gray Lady is run by sexist pork faces.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Visionary Leadership Award was created in honor of Jean M. Handley's leadership as a Founding Director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. The Award is presented annually to a visionary leader whose trailblazing work is impacting the world. The Festival's 2011 Visionary Leadership Award recipient Jill Abramson. Jill Abramson is executive editor of The New York Times since September 2011.

Luke and Jen and Sean look over the hottest Halloween costumes and the TBTL debate club convenes again. Plus Granny Time looks at Jill Abramson, Chris Martin, the Woz and Mel Gibson.