You?ve probably heard the name Sophie Trudeau, best known as the glamorous wife of Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada. But Sophie is a whole lot more than that. In her new book, Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other, she candidly shares a lot about her life and struggles. But Sophie has also incorporated the best science and interviewed the leading researchers about how our brain handles life?s biggest challenges?her book tackles everything from mindfulness to the function of the vagus nerve. Her endless hope and practical approach to knowing ourselves is an invitation to curiosity, progress, and inner peace.

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Social Psychologist and NYU Professor Jonathan Haidt?s new book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness lays it out emphatically: kids are being very negatively affected by ubiquitous phone use. The research on what phones and their attendant apps are doing to our kids is devastating, and these spikes in depression, anxiety, and even self-harm correlate pretty exactly with the rise of internet-connected smartphone use.

The good news is that the answer to possibly reversing this trend is simple, if not easy. In this urgent conversation, Haidt lays out exactly what parents need to know to help protect and prepare their kids as they navigate this complex technological era.

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Like many influencers these days, Jay Shetty is much discussed, but not necessarily much understood. He seems like he?s everywhere?officiating JLo and Ben Affleck?s wedding, dispensing wise sound bites on TV, and connecting daily to nearly 50 million people across a variety of social media and other platforms. Shetty rejects the title ?guru,? which some have used to describe him, but it?s easy to see that he?s a guiding light for many. Shetty strives to create spaces where true vulnerability and openness is possible, and he brought a sense of peace and calm to this wide-ranging interview which traces his path from ?failed? monk to household name. Together, Katie and Jay explore the power of unconditional love, and how to take self-care from buzzy jargon to practical tactics for bringing more peace into our lives. 

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Kris Jenner has vision. From an early age, she knew she wanted a family?she even predicted she?d have six kids! From her origins working in retail stores owned by her mother and grandmother, Kris has built something with true staying power along with her accomplished kids?and now their own kids, her grandchildren! One of the joys of matriarchy is being able to sit back a bit and survey what you?ve built. In this personal and heartfelt interview, Jenner dishes about her love of celebration (she?s already started Christmas shopping!), grandkid dates, and realizing that what you promise one grandkid? you promise to them all. More tips for grandparents?including a new one by the name of Katie Couric!--in this delightful conversation with Kris Jenner.

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Next Question is back for season nine, and the times, they are a changin?! Katie has big personal news to share in the season kick off with Kris Jenner?plus advice, memories, and humor from the Momager in Chief herself. Then it?s full steam ahead with Jay Shetty on balancing being and doing, valuable insights from Liz Cheney and Hillary Clinton for this major election year, and internationally renowned soprano Renee Fleming takes us inside music and the mind with her new book. All that and more from Next Question Season 9!

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One of Next Question?s more personal episodes, this conversation features a very special plus one: Katie?s daughter, Carrie Monahan! Katie and Carrie, along with their guest, author Emmeline Clein, have all grappled with disordered eating at certain points in their lives. The research bears out that this is a nearly universal experience for American women, and that was a central inspiration for Clein?s new book, Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm. 

So many of us know on a deep level how easy it is to be beguiled by the pressure to be thinner, that thin means ?perfect?--and how hard it is to get out of that mindset because, as Clein explains, "society as a whole is 'colluding with anorectic reasoning.'" But something powerful happens when lived experience is borne out in research, data, and other types of ?proof?: it becomes impossible to continue to blame the victims for what is a much more complex and insidious societal sin. That is a driving message of Clein?s book, and this episode.

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This episode of Next Question was produced in partnership with Capital One, and recorded live at the Capital One Cafe in Herald Square in New York City. In it, Katie and a panel of caregivers explore the vast spectrum of challenges facing caregivers ? those of us who find ourselves taking care of a loved one when they can no longer take care of themselves.

As our panelists Chris Punsalan, Adrienne Glusman, and Capital One?s own Celia Edwards Karam share from personal experience, it can be a terrifying, overwhelming task ? from the sudden windfall of money decisions and the struggle to sort out a workable financial plan at a time of immense uncertainty, to the psychological burden of simultaneously caring for a loved one while mentally preparing to lose them. But there are also moments of grace, connection, and priceless time together that will stay with our panelists for a lifetime.

This conversation is both a practical guide and, we hope, a source of real inspiration and comfort for navigating an enormously challenging phase ? one that most of us will face at some point in our lives.

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Kara Swisher, Official Next Question plus one and dogged chronicler of the good, bad, and the ugly of the tech world (and the ?adult toddlers? that so often populate it), has really seen it all. She made tech her beat at the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal before most journalists took any notice of the fledgling ?nerdy? industry. From there, Kara fearlessly reported on a new generation of tech entrepreneurs who would change the world as we know it. Her journalism breaks news and starts conversations, and her bubble-bursting, down-to-earth approach to those who often get handled with kid gloves is perhaps one of her most enduring traits.

Some call her approach ?mean,? and the title of her much-anticipated memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, plays on this reputation as a reporter who minces no words and is not afraid to ask the hard questions. Kara chronicles the history of how tech came to dominate our lives, and with more potentially life changing tech on the horizon with things like AI, she certainly has some dire warnings. But Kara also has plenty of optimism to share, along with hot takes on everything from Gavin Newsom?s suits to where she derives her confidence (and the bone she has to pick with the question ?How are you so confident??). Nothing is off limits in this funny, insightful, profound conversation. 

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Allie Phillips, a young Tennessee woman who runs a daycare from home and has a young daughter, Adalie, was delighted to learn she was pregnant with a second daughter, Miley, in 2022. The same year, Tennessee enacted an abortion ban after the fall of Roe v Wade. Allie had no reason to believe this would affect her?but unfortunately it did.

Miley was deemed ?incompatible with life? at around 19 weeks, and Allie was faced with the decision many women must grapple with now that Roe has fallen: to leave the state to receive abortion care, or to continue her pregnancy as her daughter deteriorated, threatening Allie?s life and fertility. She chose the former, and documented the difficult, time-sensitive process to her nearly 300,000 TikTok followers. 

She shared her story to put a face to the consequences of the overturn of Roe, and a little while after she returned to Tennessee, she decided to get involved politically. Her state representative was no help? Allie learned he hadn?t considered cases like hers in banning abortion because he thought, shockingly, that only first pregnancies could have complications. She?s now running for that very seat in the statehouse, and joins Next Question today to make her inspiring case for change.

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In this special episode of Next Question, Katie sat down for a rare one-on-one interview in DC with Vice President Kamala Harris in her ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. And there was a lot to talk about.

2024 is here at last, and it?s a monumentally important election year?one that looks more likely every day to be another Biden-Trump re-match. The political news has been heavily skewed toward the Republican side of the race, given the drama of selecting their nominee. Less has been heard from the incumbent administration.

But the campaign is heating up for the Democrats too. From abortion rights to the crisis in Israel and Gaza, shifting voter coalitions and where Biden-Harris need to really make their message sing, such as with Gen Z, this wide ranging conversation gets to the heart of what?s at stake this election year, and what the Biden-Harris administration is doing to make their case to voters.

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Since long before Roe v Wade enshrined a federal right to choose in 1973, abortion has been one of the most contentious issues in American life. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe with their decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women?s Health Organization, marking  a new peak in the political energy and emotion surrounding abortion. Katie?s guest today, New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor (who won a Pulitzer for her Me Too reporting), has been behind some of the most exhaustively sourced and in-depth reporting on just how Dobbs unfolded. 

As Jodi tells us, in many ways, SCOTUS? Dobb?s decision was shocking. The case started as a long-shot ban on abortions after 15-weeks in Mississippi. But a series of events made it one of the most monumental in American history: an even more controversial case from Texas coming along at the same time, Justice Ginsberg?s death, and an unprecedented leak of the decision in Dobbs that some feel affected Justices? ability to deliberate fully. It?s easy to imagine this going differently if even one of those things changed.

Roe?s reversal could be interpreted as the triumphant fruition of 50 years of conservative efforts or as an issue that could swing voters to liberal candidates; there?s evidence for both. Entering an election year, the transparency Jodi brings to one of our most hallowed institutions?one that may face serious tests this year?is unmissable.

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On a recent episode of Brooke Shields? podcast Now What?, Katie and Brooke took a walk down memory lane and came back with some thoughtful insights to kick off 2024.

Brooke and Katie share a long history with the limelight, and they reflect in this intimate conversation on the trials and tribulations of going through life?s ups and downs in the public eye. That?s come with its challenges, but also the privilege of a long relationship with their audiences. Both blazed trails and opened doors in their respective industries. But some of the most enduring work has been with causes close to their hearts.

We all have so much to give to the world; allow this conversation to inspire you this January to find your passion, and share it.

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Ava DuVernay?s newest film, Origin, breaks a lot of molds. The book on which it?s based, Caste, grapples with some of the deepest inequalities in our world today, and was famously deemed unadaptable into a film. Not to mention DuVernay came to the adaptation as the industry entered one of its biggest slumps in recent memory. 

Not one to be dissuaded, DuVernay found a way to adapt this seminal book and to fund it outside of the typical studio-or-streamer model for making a movie. The result is a sweeping mosaic of personal stories, including Isabelle Wilkerson?s own, that chronicle how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. The adaptation speaks for itself: there were many tears in the audience of this Q&A, taped live at Art Basel in Miami, one of the partners in a revolutionary new funding model that made the project possible.

This incredible movie and the innovation that underpins its production have a lot to teach about new ways to approach some of the most intractable problems of our time.

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Melissa Etheridge has written two memoirs now?her new one is Talking to My Angels. For many people, writing more than one memoir might seem excessive, but Etheridge has lived a lot. She?s reflective on just how much she?s learned between 40, when she wrote her first memoir, and about 60 where she?s writing from now, especially how a definitive spiritual experience (thanks to what she calls a hero dose of cannabis) really separated her life into ?before? and ?after.? 

On the other side, Melissa finds herself happier and more centered than ever. She?s articulate and sure about how she found that peace, and seems to have an amazing capacity to learn from and process the not-so-peaceful events in her life. 

And of course music is the thrumming throughline underpinning everything from her career to her memories of childhood, to what drives her now after so many challenges that could have broken many. But Melissa seems to ground herself even deeper in times of trial, and has a lot to teach anyone about resilience, grit, and grace.

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The new film May December stars Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton, was directed by Todd Haynes, and written for the screen by Samy Burch?s?her first screenplay! Julianne Moore?s Gracie began her relationship with the much-younger Joe (Charles Melton) when he was a young teen, and paid the price for this hard-to-understand liaison. Elizabeth, played by Portman, is an actress who arrives at their home to do research for her role portraying Gracie in an upcoming biopic. Critics are calling it a ?booby trap? of a movie, because it?s so hard to decide just who to root for.

In this wide-ranging interview, Katie Couric sits down with the cast to delve into how the actors approached these complicated characters, where Haynes drew inspiration from as he directed (there?s a very interesting story to the music in this film), and what excited them about the fresh take Burch brought to her screenplay. This isn?t a movie that invites easy answers, but it?s clear the team had great fun bringing us this story, and we hope you enjoy the peek behind the curtain!

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A recent bombshell report in the New York Times reveals that Israel knew about Hamas?s attack plan for October 7th, 2023, codenamed ?Jericho Wall,? more than a year before it happened. On this episode of Next Question, the journalists who broke the story, Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman, detail how this intelligence failure came about, including the dismissal of a female Israeli intelligence analyst?s urgent warnings that Hamas had devised a ?plan to start a war? as ?imaginary.? 

We now know that Hamas?s intentions as laid out in the Jericho Wall document were deadly serious, and Bergman and Goldman note that the attack followed the plan with ?shocking precision.? They give insightful analysis of how a threat like Jericho Wall could be dismissed and what this grave misstep means for not only this conflict, but also for Israel's broader idea of itself in the world and for the trust in its powerful intelligence service at home and abroad.

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Today is the anniversary of Open AI?s launch of Chat GPT, a tool which brought AI out of the realm of sci-fi and right to our fingertips. AI seems to have crept into every facet of our lives in that one year, and it?s hard to know if that?s a good or bad thing?especially in light of the chaos wrought by Open AI?s recent firing and rehiring of their co-founder Sam Altman.

Sometimes it feels like the battle lines are drawn?you can be for or against AI?and the stakes are high. So in this episode of Next Question, Katie is joined by her plus one, Vivian Schiller, in conversation with data scientists and AI ambassadors Chris Wiggins and Vilas Dhar, to sort through some of the noise. 

The panel covers a lot of ground, but remains grounded in real-world examples (and there are several acronyms defined!), to rationally consider what AI can and should do for us now, what risks we should keep an eye on, and who needs to be involved in the conversation shaping AI?s next chapter.

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Have you achieved the American Dream? Actually?how do you even define the American Dream? Sometimes it can feel like that phrase is meaningless and politicized but that idea is such a cornerstone of what makes us the United States. It?s foundational, but it can sometimes feel like it?s falling apart.

Enter David Leonhardt?s new book?he?s a columnist at the New York Times and heads their The Morning newsletter. In the book, Ours Was the Shining Future, he sets out to quantify the American Dream and tell a story of how it?s changed over the last few decades. And for those who might feel intimidated by economics, Leonhardt?s book might just be the perfect entry point: the personal narratives of the people who shaped our history bring this book from the theoretical to the concrete. 

This insightful, comprehensive, human book provides a perfect jumping off point to examine the long, imperfect story of our ongoing project as Americans, striving to realize the promises of democracy and capitalism?and all the successes and failures along the way so far. We can learn from the past, and David, armed with data but also with compassion and optimism, is an excellent guide.

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Over the course of their careers, Katie Couric and Kara Swisher have weathered (and thrived amongst) massive sea changes in the news industry?from network TV to streaming; the rise of mobile viewing; Twitter as the global newsroom water cooler; and now AI, polarization, and a serious crisis of truth. This makes Kara the perfect plus one for a discussion with Instagram founder Kevin Systrom. Kevin was the architect of some of those sea changes Kara and Katie documented, and with his new venture Artifact, a ?fully machine learning driven, personalized newsreader,? he?s aiming to remedy some of the problems facing news and information today.

Katie, Kara, and Kevin go back to Kevin?s roots at Instagram and draw out what made that app great?its ability to evoke delight; its sense of discovery and community-building. They also discuss how those features, combined with a leadership ethos of responsibility and proactivity makes Artifact something beyond the headline aggregators you might think of when you hear ?newsreader.? Can conscientious design create an app that genuinely informs you? Could it even solve the problem of social media echo chambers? Kevin Systrom thinks so! 

So come along on a little trip to how we got here, where we?re headed, and what we can do to make sure that the content we see online is vetted and true. Because facts we can rely on are crucial to our entire world.

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Adam Kinzinger and Mary Trump don?t have a lot in common on the surface:but in a moment where politics are dividing more people than ever before, Kinzinger and Trump find they have more and more in common. January 6th was a watershed moment for them both: Kinzinger?s departure from the current GOP was basically assured with his participation in the Congressional hearings on the matter, and a worst-fears-realized anguish after the discord crystalized a drive for activism in Mary Trump. 

As Katie?s plus one, Mary Trump digs deep with Kinzinger on their shared fight for the future of democracy and how the country may find a path forward. Plus, Kinzinger is full of insider, behind-the-scenes explainers from his time in Congress, from what exactly is meant by ?military aid? to the impact on history of  Kevin McCarthy?s visits to Mar a Lago.

You?ll find yourself walking away from this conversation convinced there?s a way forward from the current state of political division and dysfunction, and gratitude that Mary Trump and Adam Kinzinger are on the case.

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Smart people know things; wise people know people. For Next Question guest today, David Brooks, knowing people has been a lifelong endeavor. Katie Couric and her + 1 today, Kelly Corrigan, dig deep into David?s new book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, which is all about how we connect?empathy, curiosity, vulnerability?and how we can build these skills in ourselves. There?s even an empathy test you can take along with us in the episode! Incisive and wide-ranging, this conversation is one of the funniest episodes Next Question has ever presented. Join Katie, Kelly, and David in asking yourself about the role empathy and connection plays in your life, and discover with them new ways to build and use those skills to have a more ?lit up? existence.

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In our first Katie Plus One, Katie is bringing in backup: Kelly Rizzo, the host of the Comfort Food podcast and the widow of Bob Saget. Their guest today is John Stamos, Saget?s Full House co-star and longtime friend of Bob and Kelly. Together, Katie, Kelly, and John cover a ton of ground ? from memories of Bob, to John?s deep love of Disney, to an incredible story about Sammy Davis Junior and General Hospital. This season is all about FUN and great conversations! Enjoy!

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Katie Couric is back with a new season of Next Question, this time with a new format: Katie + 1! While the good ol? classic Katie Couric interview isn?t going anywhere, Season 8 boasts a variety of co-hosts, who bring their own style and new perspective to the conversations.

In the season premiere, Katie is joined by Bob Saget?s widow, Kelly Rizzo, to interview John Stamos, Saget?s ?Full House? co-star and close friend, for a conversation that?s intimate and poignant while also irreverent and a lot of fun.

Future conversations include Katie and Kara Swisher?s interview with Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom for a deep dive on the past, present, and figure of social media. In another, Katie and author Kelly Corrigan are joined by David Brooks to discuss the growing social disconnect in our culture and the surprisingly simple (but not necessarily easy) ways we can bring people closer together.

This season is more relaxed, a little more conversational, a little more spontaneous, and quite frankly, a little more fun. So join us for season 8 of Next Question!

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The last eighteen months or so of Jada Pinkett Smith?s life have been? well, complicated. But complicated is nothing new for the multi-hyphenate who now hosts Red Table Talk and has a new book, Worthy, her gripping memoir tracing her origins in Baltimore to her throne as reigning queen of refusing to fit into anyone?s idea of who she should be. Pinkett Smith shares her perspective as a young girl from her grandmother?s garden, as a young woman at Baltimore School of the Arts, where one of her closest friends was Tupac Shakur, and as a starlet in the heady 1990s heyday of opportunity for Black actresses. Her exhilarating highs came with devastating lows; Pinkett Smith has shared openly about her depression and even suicidal ideation?in this wide-ranging interview, Pinkett Smith opens up about coming through those dark times, falling in, out, and in another kind of love with her life partner Will Smith, and, yes, her take on ?The Holy Slap.?

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Michael Lewis is like a literary Forrest Gump. He always seems to know where the biggest story of the year is going to be?and he?s usually halfway through a book about it when it breaks. This time he couldn?t have gotten the timing better: his book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon came out the same day as Sam Bankman-Fried, the book?s subject, went on trial in the aftermath of the collapse of his crypto exchange, FTX, and Alameda Research.

So thank goodness Michael is here, because there are enough acronyms in this fascinating story to make your head spin?not to mention getting your head around the blockchain. In this conversation Michael takes us from his first impressions to his hard-won insights into SBF and his motivations, mistakes, and the mayhem he?s been at the center of. He also takes the time to talk us through the Effective Altruism movement that underpinned SBF?s ideology and explains the ins and outs of FTX?s rise?and the details of how it collapsed, taking billions in net worths along with it. He also hints at how that money might not be so gone after all. 

If you can?t get enough of this story check out Michael?s podcast Judging Sam, available wherever you get your podcasts.

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Katie Couric Media and Equip?the leading evidence-based virtual eating disorder treatment program?Katie sits down with one of the stars from Netflix?s Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness, and Dr. Jessie Menzel, a clinical psychologist. In honor of Pride month, they discuss the importance of access to care for disordered eating for the LGBTQIA+ community; they also cover Jonathan?s tumultuous childhood, coming to understand his gender identity, his experience with body dysmorphia and disordered eating, and the way these issues uniquely impact those who identify as LGBTQIA+. Jonathan and Jessie offer effusive support, as well as practical advice, on developing a healthy relationship with body image. (A note for readers: this episode contains sensitive material, including eating disorders and sexual assault.) 

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Ally and Katie Couric Media, we?re taking a look at the racial wealth gap; the systemic and historical factors that have contributed to persuasive economic inequality, as well as how we can work together to navigate a new path forward. First, Katie is joined by financial columnist Michelle Singletary from the Washington Post. Her series, ?Sincerely, Michelle,? was not only a reaction to the murder of George Floyd, but also an invitation to millions of Americans to see the reasons for the stark financial disparity that falls along racial lines. Next, Katie speaks to Chloe McKenzie, founder of Black Fem, an organization dedicated to reimagining wealth opportunities for Black women.

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When it comes to priorities, Julia-Louis Dreyfus has had hers in place for a long time. As a young mother when she played Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, Julia had to figure out how to separate the demands of working on set, from the demands of being a committed parent. Even so, she tells Katie, ?Being a mother who is working outside the home is a bitch. It?s very difficult to do both well.? On this episode of Next Question, Katie and Julia discuss the challenges of maintaining a healthy sense of self worth ? a central theme of Julia?s new movie, You Hurt my Feelings. They also candidly discuss the ways that older women feel ?liberated? from these concerns, as Julia has learned from her new hit podcast, Wiser Than Me  (hint: they ?don?t give a shit?). 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the host of the new podcast Wiser Than Me produced by Lemonada Media. 

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Just as Facebook was on the verge of becoming Meta Platforms, Inc. in late 2021, a scathing series of articles was published by the Wall Street Journal. The reporting was based on internal documents that detailed the ways Facebook?s platforms ?are riddled with flaws that cause harm, often in ways that only the company fully understands.? The source for these internal documents ? some tens of thousands of pages ? became known as The Facebook Whistleblower.  The name behind these revelations is ex-Facebook product manager Frances Haugen. 

On this episode, Haugen reveals why she came forward, what she hopes to accomplish with her new book, The Power of One, and what she sees as the perils ? and promise ? of an ever-changing technology landscape that requires transparency to keep itself honest.

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with Ally and Katie Couric Media, Katie sits down with Ally?s Jack Howard, Senior Director of Financial Health and Wellness. Together, they discuss how our emotions around money come from our past and make up our ?money stories.? These narratives find their way into our attitudes about money, and can wreak havoc in our relationships. Kiersten and Julien Saunders, founders of Rich and Regular, offer helpful advice about how couples can avoid these pitfalls; by understanding each other?s money stories better, couples have a much better chance of writing their own financial happy ending.

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Geena Rocero is known as a storyteller, a supermodel, and an activist, who decided after nearly a decade in the public eye that she could no longer live under the burden of her greatest secrets.  So she revealed them all.

In her new memoir, Horse Barbie, Geena recounts her journey from extremely humble beginnings in the Philippines to headlining fashion runways all over the world - all while hiding her truth. She reveals to Katie the years-long terror she felt of being outed as a transwoman, and the fear that her career as a supermodel would be crushed if anyone were to find out.

Geena discusses why support from the matriarchs in her life - from the mother who raised her to the drag mother who helped her flourish - are the reason she can now be a light for others, through her activism and community outreach work.  In this thought-provoking conversation, Geena illustrates why coming out about who you are can often be the only way to live a life that matters.

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For author Judy Blume, writing is about making connections. Her genius has always involved finding a path into the intimate spaces of her readers? hearts; it?s the very thing that drove her to write. Now, at 85, she?s reaching her third generation of readers ? and she?s connecting as powerfully as she did in the late 1960s when her first book was published. A new documentary, Judy Blume Forever, explores this phenomenon, and the deep cultural reach of her books. On this episode of Next Question, Katie chats with the incredibly energetic Judy Blume, as well as the doc?s directors, Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, about the power of books as a force for transformation, identity, disruption, escape, and revolution. They discuss why Judy?s books have been embraced and feared, and why the connections she has made are just as strong as ever ? even though there are people who would like to silence her altogether.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar believes that a certain amount of optimism is essential in overcoming obstacles, ?Whether it?s through an illness, or whether it?s through trying to get a bill through congress.? And she?s had more than her share of experience with both. On this episode of Next Question, Katie and Senator Klobuchar talk about her getting-things-done mindset, and how it found its way into the pages of her new book, The Joy of Politics: Surviving Cancer, a Pandemic, a Campaign, an Insurrection, and Life?s Other Unexpected Curveballs. While the Senator has been through a lot the past few years, she?s well aware that she?s not alone. Now, she?s ready to rejoice in the comeback. 

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When Academy-Award winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim set out to make Still, a film about Michael J. Fox, he imagined he?d be making a hybrid documentary/80s movie. What he discovered along the way, however, was something deeper: his subject is far more than an iconic mega-star ? Michael is an inspiration. After decades of living with the degenerative and debilitating effects of Parkinson?s disease, Michael J. Fox reveals his personal philosophy: ?With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.? Katie?s conversation with Michael and Davis is funny and revealing, and traces the highs and lows of creating a film about an incurable optimist trying to overcome an incurable disease. 

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Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has covered Some of the most notorious figures in U.S. history. Now, in his book ?Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of RIght-Wing Extremism,? Toobin takes on the man behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Toobin puts the incident into historical context by tracing the roots of McVeigh?s actions from the standoff at Ruby Ridge, to President Clinton?s ban on assault weapons, and all the way through the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In this episode of Next Question, he tells Katie, ?That's why I wrote Homegrown to show that [McVeigh] was not an aberration. And that his legacy lives on in both people and ideas that are persistent to this day.?

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For so many women, menopause is a mystery. Its symptoms can be wide-ranging and last for years, and information about treatments can be confusing - where it exists at all. To make things even more challenging, healthcare providers are often less-than-helpful when it comes to finding solutions.  Our guests today are here to help: New York Times writer Susan Dominus? recent article, ?Women Have Been Misled About Menopause? was an immediate viral sensation, becoming a valuable resource on the latest research and treatments. Her reporting also resonated for another reason: the symptoms women experience are finally being taken seriously. Dr. Rebecca Brightman, a gynecologist from New York City specializing in menopausal medicine, joins the conversation to share what she?s learned throughout her years of treating women facing this life-altering transition. Plus: our guests answer questions submitted by you, our listeners.

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If 87% of people are sick and tired of being divided we have more in common than we think. Daniel Lubetzky ? philanthropist, social entrepreneur, and founder of the Kind company ? is committed to understanding how we can come together to solve our most intractable problems. As a Mexican immigrant and son of a Holocaust survivor, Daniel believes fervently in our ability to overcome obstacles like hatred; he built his non-profit, Starts With Us, to help us find common ground. This episode also features Columbia psychology professor, Peter Coleman. His book ?The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization,? offers concrete tips on what each of us can do to achieve what so many of us want: solutions. 

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The hosts of the hit podcast, Teenager Therapy ? Gael Aitor, Kayla Suarez, and Thomas Phamm ? have been making a difference in the lives of their young audience for nearly five years. Now, on the verge of turning 20, they share the wisdom they?ve discovered along the way ? and it might surprise you. They believe that the best relationships happen IRL, friendships require a lot of work, and the best way to reach teens is by using one of the most powerful communications tools there is (and they should know): vulnerability. Their openness will allow you to see how much teens? lives have changed ? and give you new insight into the mental health crisis that affects so many of them right now.

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Happiness is not a destination. According to Dr. Laurie Santos ? host of The Happiness Lab podcast, and professor of a popular class on happiness at Yale University ? happiness is a journey that comes with many roadblocks. Whether you call it flourishing, contentment, or just plain joy, the key to finding it involves rolling up your sleeves and getting to work. With rates of anxiety and depression skyrocketing among young people, Dr. Santos sheds much-needed light on ways that we can adjust our own expectations about happiness, and offer constructive support to the people who need it most. She also clarifies the unexpected role that resilience plays along the path: the stronger we become, the more we?re capable of post-traumatic growth. 

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, produced in partnership with The Wonderful Company and Katie Couric Media, Katie sits down with marketing guru, philanthropist, and Vice Chairman and co-owner of The Wonderful Company, Lynda Resnick. With decades of experience developing successful marketing campaigns for major brands, Lynda has long been a leader in her field. Together with her husband, Stewart, they have created some of the most recognized better-for-you brands on grocery store shelves, including POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Wonderful Halos, FIJI Water, and JUSTIN Wines. But 11 years ago, Lynda had an epiphany: it was time for her to give back. As we celebrate Women?s History Month, we?re shining a light on what could be Lynda Resnick?s most important contribution: her philanthropy. She has made a major impact on communities in California?s Central Valley, and on the reach and depth of climate change research around the world.

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Journalist Lisa LaFlamme has been called ?Canada?s Katie Couric.? She was the familiar face coming into viewers? homes and delivering the news each night, having worked for CTV for 35 years.  But last summer, she became the face of female outrage when she was unceremoniously let go from her job anchoring the evening news. Her former employers denied ageism or sexism played a role in her firing, but viewers wondered if her choice to go gray during the pandemic - as so many women did - was the real cause. Katie and Lisa dive into the unequal pressures women face in the workforce, why we lionize men who?ve gone gray, the ?isms? they?ve both faced as women in media, and so much more.

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Melanie Lynskey is known as ?the nicest person in Hollywood.? But today, she?s taking the gloves off. The star of the Showtime smash ?Yellowjackets?, Melanie channels her dark side by playing complicated, uncompromising characters. In this episode, she reveals to Katie the decades of pain she experienced as she failed to attain Hollywood?s standards of beauty. It wasn?t until she decided not to play that game that she actually got what she wanted: success on her terms. And she?s not sorry for it. 

This episode contains references to disordered eating that may be triggering to people with or in recovery from eating disorders.

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On Season 7 of Next Question, Katie?s talking all about resilience. Together with some amazing guests, she brings you a survival guide to help you get better at loving the body you have, figuring out our modern media landscape, talking to your teenager, finding the real keys to happiness? and so much more.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Unscripted, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, tell the story behind their explosive new book, which hits shelves this week. The jaw-dropping drama of billionaire Sumner Redstone, once the controller of a vast entertainment empire, is a chilling tale of a sexually aggressive, power-hungry man who competed ruthlessly with everyone ? including his own daughter.  

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Bryan Cranston joins Katie Couric to talk about the surprise second season of his Showtime drama, ?Your Honor,? premiering Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. If you haven?t seen the first season, the story, about the lengths parents go to for their kids, seemed pretty well wrapped up. Bryan talks about why he wanted to return to this tormented character and the ways in which he still draws from Walter White. Bryan also shares advice for people just starting out in the often crazy movie business, and confides in Katie about his own plans for when he?ll call it quits. 

Listeners: This is the last episode of the regular Fall 2022 season of Next Question with Katie Couric. The podcast will take a brief hiatus and return March 23. But don?t stray too far! Katie will be sharing some live events and special bonus episodes right here in the Next Question feed. For more, go to KatieCouric.com and sign up for Katie?s daily morning newsletter, Wake Up Call.

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Quinta Brunson is having an incredible year. She and her ABC sitcom, Abbott Elementary, are racking up some serious awards and breaking ratings records. She single-handedly revived the dying network sitcom. The Hollywood Reporter named her Comedy Star of the Year. And she just played Oprah in ?Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,? which came out the same month Quinta was interviewed by Oprah herself. How does Quinta deal with it all? On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie and Quinta talk about the blur of success, the making of ?Abbott,? the real-life inspiration of her characters, her early years in Philly, why she loved her twenties, and so much more.

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Mike White is the creator of HBO?s pandemic hit, The White Lotus. In its second season, which is about to wrap, the anthology series follows a group of wealthy vacationers and local workers at a stunning resort in Sicily. But before the lux world of The White Lotus, Mike White spent his time on the periphery, creating offbeat characters in movies like ?Chuck and Buck,? ?The Year of the Dog,? ?The Good Girl,? and ?School of Rock.? He has also had a few notorious and fairly successful stints on reality tv shows like Survivor and The Amazing Race. What does all of that have to do with the success of The White Lotus? Come find out on this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric! You can stream The White Lotus on HBO Max. The final episode of the second season airs Sunday, Dec. 11.

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Part 2 of our parenting deep-dive, Katie shares her conversation with clinical psychologist and parenting guru, Dr. Becky Kennedy. After exploring the historical, political, and cultural factors that make parenting today so impossible, Katie and Dr. Becky talk about the need to equip parents with support and training, just like you would any other critical job. ?Parenting is the hardest and most important job in the world and it?s a job we have 24/7 for a lot of years,? Dr. Becky tells Katie. ?And most jobs in this country that we value, that we think are important, we prioritize the people in those jobs getting training and resources. And parenting is the opposite. We?re like, just take this baby home from the hospital and we?re given nothing.? Dr. Becky shares her unique parenting philosophy, why she?s filling such a need at this moment, how to navigate screentime as people and parents, and so much more. Find out more about Dr. Becky Kennedy?s parenting support network, as well as her podcasts and her book, Good Inside: The Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be,? at GoodInside.com. 

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Whether you are a parent, know one, or have been paying any attention at all, you?ll know that the pandemic was a breaking point for caregivers and mothers in particular. ?Moms are the shock absorbers of society,? says New York Times journalist Jessica Grose. ?Everyone realized that when things fell apart, moms were just expected to be there to pick up the pieces.? Well, moms have had enough. But are our policies, workplaces, and cultural norms progressing fast enough to give modern mothers ? and fathers ? the support they need? On this two-part episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie explores the impossibilities of modern parenthood with two experts who have been living it and writing about it: journalist Jessica Grose and clinical psychologist (and ?millennial parenting whisper?) Dr. Becky Kennedy. Jessica?s new book, ?Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood,? which is out Dec. 6, dismantles 200 years of unrealistic parenting expectations to empower all those who might be struggling out there. Jessica and Katie talk about that historical context, as well as solutions that are already being put into place, and how and where moms are finding reprieve. Finally, Dr. Becky talks about creating a safe space for parents to seek advice, support, and feel seen. 

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On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie explores the subject of happiness. Because as a culture, we seem to be obsessed with achieving it. Just look to higher ed. Some of the most elite universities tout courses on happiness ? the science of it, the value of it, the history and future of it. But the search for happiness has also seeped into our regular podcast consumption and our must-watch TV shows. So what?s the deal? Why is happiness the carrot dangling just outside of our reach? And what defines happiness anyway? To find out, Katie talks with one of those aforementioned happiness scholars, Arthur C. Brooks, whose most recent book is called ?From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.?

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