Morning Meeting

This week, our man in Paris, Alexander Lobrano, has a tip on the hot place everyone is eager to dine at right now—and some classics to re-discover. Then, Lynn Q. Yu joins us from Los Angeles to tell us about how millennials are going broke by attending 30th-birthday bashes. And finally, we have a special guest: Bruce Bozzi, the host of the newest podcast from AIR MAIL, Table for Two, will stop by to talk about what you can look forward to. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike have more than a few thoughts on Meghan and Harry and their reportedly $100 million exercise in royal cosplay. Then, Linda Wells reports on how sleep has become the new sex (performance anxiety included). And speaking of sex, Stuart Heritage joins from the U.K. to discuss the corruption scandal in the House of Lords, the “Baroness Bra,” and how Julia Roberts is associated with the whole hooha. Then, Mark Ellwood explains the rise of the “thrillionaire”—thrill-seeking .01 percenters who are looking for out of the ordinary vacations. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, acclaimed author Pico Iyer joins Ashley and Mike to share what he discovered about the singular spy novelist John le Carré while reading a new collection of his letters. Later, Michael Gross reports on Kate Moss’s new venture and how she’s challenging the modeling industry. And finally, Juli Weiner stops by with a smart idea for gift-giving. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by one of New York’s best-known maître d’s, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, who reveals how he was almost whacked by a member of the Gotti crime family for refusing to serve him drinks. And speaking of crime, Michele McPhee reports from Beverly Hills on a bizarre scam involving a dentist to the stars of Hollywood and the N.B.A. Then Katya V., a poet and feminist in Moscow, tells us why she is determined to stay in Putin’s increasingly unlivable Russia, even as many of her friends escape. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Graydon Carter joins Ashley and Mike to discuss AIR MAIL’s first-ever special issue, devoted entirely to downtown New York. In addition, James Wolcott takes us on a tour of CBGB, the Mudd Club, and some of the other notorious (and now gone) rock clubs from the 70s and 80s. And speaking of music: Chris Black reports on Electric Lady, the Greenwich Village recording studio started by Jimi Hendrix, while Stephanie Danler shares her memories of seeing a pre-fame Lady Gaga in 2006 at Pianos. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Sam Wasson, the author of one of the great books on moviemaking, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, joins Ashley and Mike to talk about his latest book about the city of dreams, Hollywood: The Oral History. In addition, Marcia DeSanctis reveals her idea for a winter travel destination that should go to the top of everyone's bucket list. And speaking of winter and the holidays, food writer and editor Christine Muhlke shares her thoughts on the best new cookbooks of the season. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Remember Liz Truss? In a new book, she admits she’s even weirder than we thought she was. And this week, Stuart Heritage joins us from the U.K. to reveal what else he’s learned about the shortest-serving P.M. in the history of Great Britain. In addition, Linda Wells has a report on the new (and pricey) trend in weight-loss management. And then Liberty Ross rolls in to talk about how she’s bringing American-style roller rinks to London. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Stuart Heritage joins Ashley and Mike from the U.K., where he looks at King Charles's attempt to flip the script on the new season of The Crown, as well as the Palace's nervousness about Harry's impending memoir, Spare. Later, William D. Cohan reports on the bizarre billionaire feud between Bill Gates and the creator of Beanie Babies. And then Alexandra Marshall details what's inside the new memoir by the wife of the movie director Roman Polanski.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Hugh Bonneville—you know him best as Robert Crawley from Downton Abbey —joins Ashley and Mike in a very fun conversation about his new memoir. In addition, Stuart Heritage reports from London on the smoldering wreckage of a mess that is a former prime minister known as Liz Truss. Then Cullen Murphy discusses a best-seller about the environment from 50 years ago, and why it’s still powerful reading today. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by Eleanor Cummins, who explains how TikTok has turned a little-known disease into a hot brand among Gen Z and others. In addition, Michael Oreskes reports on new books by Trump associates that detail the shocking extent of the grifter-in-chief’s destructiveness. And Joseph Bullmore has the bizarre tale of the LSD-loving British aristocrat who is suing her art dealer for fraud. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, James Kirchick joins Ashley and Mike to discuss our favorite intimate revelations in Confidence Man, the new blockbuster Trump book by Maggie Haberman. And speaking of intimates, Linda Wells reports on the woke-ification of Victoria’s Secret, and then Stuart Heritage sizes up the mess Liz Truss has managed to make of the U.K., in less than a month on the job. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, the always entertaining John Lithgow stops by, along with AIR MAIL columnist Douglas McGrath, to talk about the terrific new Off Broadway show that Lithgow has directed and McGrath wrote and stars in. As expected, it’s a lively, fun conversation. In addition, George Pendle looks at the Sisterhood of the Traveling Brownshirt: how European women are the new face of the far right. And then Hooman Majd brings his insights to the protests in Iran, and what they portend for the men who toppled the Shah. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike take a look at the dark side of social-media influencers and get a peek inside what really happens at those exclusive artist retreats. Eve Peyser joins the show to reveal how Saudi Arabia, hoping to make people forget its ruler ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pays Instagram stars to post about how fun it is to vacation there. Then Judith Newman talks about her time at the Ucross colony, and explains what gets made (and who gets laid) when writers and artists get away from it all. And speaking of writers, Michael Oreskes tells us about some new books that reveal how the masters of the dark arts controlled Trump and his White House. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ken Burns joins Ashley and Mike to discuss his timely new documentary, and writer Andrew Ryvkin explains how Putin hopes to swap American basketball star Brittney Griner for a notorious Russian arms dealer. In addition, Ashley shares her impressions on life in London during the mourning of Queen Elizabeth, and there’s a look at a terrific new documentary about David Bowie. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, two very special guests join Ashley and Mike to remember Elizabeth II. First, Anna Scott Carter shares a lovely story about the first time she met the Queen, and also gives personal insights into why the monarch had such a love for Balmoral. Then George Pendle details how Cecil Beaton's carefully composed photographs of her across the decades played a crucial role in creating her image—and our memories of her. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by three great guests: first, AIR MAIL Co-Editor Alessandra Stanley, who notes that Jared Kushner, in his new book, reveals the Trumps have a bit more in common with the Mussolinis than we ever knew. Later, screenwriter and reporter Michael Bronner has a riveting update on the sociopathic grifter who inspired the movie Rogue Agent; and finally Christopher Buckley, the master of the satirical novel, stops by to discuss his very funny new book. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, the great documentary director Errol Morris joins Ashley and Mike to discuss the HBO show The Rehearsal, and whether Nathan Fielder’s players are in on a joke or unwitting subjects in an elaborate behavioral experiment. Later, AIR MAIL Books Editor Jim Kelly stops by to talk about a revealing (and timely) new biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Plus, there’s a look at a bizarre crime on Nantucket involving vacationing Washington, D.C., power players. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by three great guests: first, Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, who tells us why he's preparing to leave America; second, Flora Gill, who explains how a dating show where everyone is naked has conquered the U.K. (and why it's also very heartwarming); and finally, Joseph Bullmore, who tells us about the world's most Googled person—the millionaire misogynist spreading his toxic gospel to young men via Hustler's University. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we celebrate our 100th episode! We want to thank everyone who has listened over the past two years. On today’s show, Ashley and Mike are joined by three great guests: first, the always funny Jill Kargman, who tells us why she’s watched every single episode of South Park; second, Rich Cohen, who takes us inside his riveting true-crime story about “murder boy”; and finally, Elliot Ackerman, who discusses his new book, The Fifth Act, about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and how he helped coordinate a “digital Dunkirk.” All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How did 2022 become the Summer of Frump? Sun’s out, but buns are not out, and this week Linda Wells joins Ashley and Mike to reveal how and why “granny style” has taken over the toniest of beaches. In addition, Douglas McGrath suggests a provocative career move for Liz Cheney, and Terry McDonell remembers the greatest N.B.A. champion ever—and a true inspiration of a human being—Bill Russell. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by three terrific conversationalists: James Wolcott, Marie Brenner, and Alan Zweibel. James gets us up to speed on director Michael Mann’s heart-thumping novel-sequel to his film masterpiece Heat, while Marie takes us inside her riveting new book about how one of New York City’s great hospitals battled and survived the coronavirus siege. Finally, Alan Zweibel, a founding writer of Saturday Night Live and the man behind John Belushi’s samurai sketches, stops by to talk about what happens when “hip” takes on a very different meaning. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, writer Ivana Lowell recounts her stay at a $15,000-a-day rehab facility with a rule-breaking Ivana Trump, and reveals how she really felt about her ex-husband, and more. In addition, AIR MAIL Books Editor Jim Kelly stops by to discuss an illuminating new biography of Vladimir Putin, while our beauty-and-wellness columnist, Linda Wells, takes a look at why so many men, from Joe Biden on down, are availing themselves of cosmetic enhancements such as veneers, Botox. It's an episode you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by renowned filmmaker Errol Morris, who discusses a revealing new documentary series about Trump and the January 6 riots. In addition, Alexandra Marshall stops by for a revealing conversation about how (and why) menopause has suddenly become sexy. Finally, Terry McDonell takes a look at a newly published collection of letters between Ernest Hemingway and his son Patrick, and what we learn from them about the great author. All this and more make this week's episode one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, travel writer and expert Marcia DeSanctis reveals the secret pleasures of one of Europe’s great, but less traveled, cities: Kraków. She says it has all the charms of Paris and is just as magical but much less expensive, which makes it sound like the perfect option for anyone looking for a last-minute summer getaway. And on the subject of magical experiences, Douglas McGrath joins Ashley and Mike to share his love of what he considers the greatest Hollywood musical ever made: Singin’ in the Rain, which celebrates its 70th birthday this year. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, it’s our big “Summer Books” episode! Julia Vitale, one of the deputy editors here at AIR MAIL, as well as one of our books czars, joins Ashley and Mike to reveal her picks for the hot books you need to be reading this summer. And speaking of things literary: Matt Kapp, the Research and Legal Editor here at AIR MAIL, stops by to discuss his story about how he survived making a documentary on one of the great (but very prickly) literary lions, Gore Vidal. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike revel in the latest misfortune of the .1-percenters: specifically, those who dropped more than $50 million on the supercool new generation of Gulfstream private jets, which, it seems, are unable to land safely. Oops! Writer Tarpley Hitt joins the program to reveal why the shiny new toys of moviemaker Michael Bay, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and many other hyper-wealthy types have been grounded this summer—and why they are mightily pissed off. In addition, Jay Cheshes stops by to reveal why a former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park has become persona non grata in a tony Hudson Valley town. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike look at the rise of the “Glocker Mom” (or as they are known in the NRA, “Defense Debbies”)—a new breed of gun-loving suburban mom who have become Instagram stars by promoting the virtues of firearms and fashionable options for concealed carry. Clara Molot, an AIR MAIL associate editor, joins them to discuss her reporting. In addition, David Kaufman, a frequent AIR MAIL contributor, discusses his essay responding to a proposal in California to pay reparations to descendants of enslaved people. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike reveal at least one Italian seaside town where oligarchs will be seen this summer. Writer Mark Ellwood joins them to discuss his story, and how Russia’s rich are still finding places in the sun, even though they’ve lost their yachts. And speaking of Italy, Linda Wells, AIR MAIL’s beauty-and-wellness columnist, stops by to share her very funny experience about going to a wellness spa (where a snack is six almonds) in the land of mangia! All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Ashley and Mike are joined by filmmaker Whit Stillman who shares the riveting true story of the American who saved Paris – a young spy from Minnesota who helped prevent a coup agains de Gaulle during the Cold War. Plus, speaking of filmmakers, Errol Morris reflects on the power of a single photograph, and if an image can change opinion. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike look at the man who brought Bob Marley and other seminal musicians to the world: Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records. He's the subject of a great new book, and Tom Freston, a former head of MTV and a friend of Blackwell's, stops by to discuss his impact. In addition, Alex Marshall joins us from France to help us understand why Emmanuel Macron's chest hair (!) is getting so much attention on Instagram. All this and more make this week's episode one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why is Gen Z obsessed with the drug of the moment … kratom? This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by AIR MAIL Associate Editor Jensen Davis, who reveals how a centuries-old herb from Asia has become very big in New York and L.A. And speaking of ingesting, Dana Brown stops by to regale us with his night at Noma restaurant, when it came to New York City this past week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, two of the creators of the hit HBO Max comedy Hacks take Ashley and Mike inside the new season, as well as the show’s origin. In addition, AIR MAIL’s Books Editor, Jim Kelly, drops by to discuss a mouthwatering new history of Zabar’s, one of New York City’s most loved temples of food. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, it’s “Two Turntables and the Goldman Sachs Office Revolt.” What happens when the company’s big-bucks, 60-year-old C.E.O. (and part-time Lollapalooza D.J.) orders his Gen Z staffers back to the office … but they want to continue to WFH? It’s got all the makings of a hilarious culture war, and AIR MAIL Writer at Large William D. Cohan joins the show to share his reporting. Speaking of the problems of the rich: Ashley and Mike also speak with writer Hannah Seligson about the new diet drug that the .01-percenters are suddenly obsessed with. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike look at the young Hollywood super-couple who lit a match for the cultural explosion in 1960s Los Angeles. AIR MAIL contributor Mark Rozzo joins the show to discuss his new book about Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward, and how their art-loaded home in the hills became the center of gravity for everyone from Warhol to Didion to the Hells Angels. There’s also a revealing conversation about why Parisians are grumpy about their city, a look at some unique new grooming trends, and a strange new body enhancement attracting everyone from soccer moms to influencers. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Ashley and Mike are joined by former editor in chief of British Vogue Alexandra Shulman, who tells us what we need to know about the new biography of Anna Wintour. From crying jags at her desk to her fierce loyalty, to how she has survived for so long, it’s a revealing conversation you’ll want to hear. Plus, there’s a look at the strange world of high-priced matchmaking services. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we look at the Bridgerton effect. From Princess Di’s brother to universities, everyone is trying to cash in on Great Britain’s legendary country estates. Rachel Johnson joins Ashley and Mike to discuss what she learned in one of the many university classes where students can earn a master’s degree in … crumbling old houses? Plus, Tim Bouverie reveals how Putin may be repeating one of Stalin’s epic blunders. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike take a look at the Andrew Formerly Known as Prince, Queen Elizabeth’s ethically tainted, money-loving, ill-behaving son, who still manages to escort her in public. Will he end up tanking the Firm for Charles and William? AIR MAIL Writer at Large Stuart Heritage joins the show to share his insights. In addition, AIR MAIL contributor Bruce Handy discusses a new biography of Michael Cimino, the genius director behind one of Hollywood’s greatest masterpieces (The Deer Hunter) as well as one of its biggest bombs (Heaven’s Gate). All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Vladimir Putin a secret fan of Love Actually ? It’s not the craziest theory to explain his crazy behavior. This week, writer Stuart Heritage tells Ashley and Mike that the rom-com helps decode some of the Russian leader’s erratic conduct. And speaking of leaders, there’s a look at Volodymyr Zelensky’s success as the new Great Communicator—and how it’s being orchestrated by show-runners from his days as a television star. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike get up to some Oscar-style party crashing when they’re joined by Dana Brown, a former Vanity Fair  editor, who shares funny (and occasionally sordid) tales of what he witnessed in his 20 years inside what was Hollywood’s hottest party. In addition, Clara Molot discusses her report on how Yale University’s hunger for oligarch money led it into a potentially compromising relationship with a Kremlin-linked foundation. All this and more make this week’s episode one you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we look at a legendary “band of brothers” who have re-united for Ukraine: the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century, some now in their 70s, who have come out of retirement to capture the images Putin doesn’t want the world to see. There’s also a look at Ukraine’s remarkable First Lady. In other news, Ashley and Mike are joined by journalist and screenwriter Mitch Glazer, who discusses the loss of one of Miami Beach’s architectural treasures. You’ll hear all this and much more. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we have a riveting conversation with Katya V., a young poet and teacher living in Russia who is also pro-Ukraine anti-Putin. Rather than flee for the West, she has decided to stay and protest—and risk imprisonment. It’s a powerful, moving interview. In addition, Ashley and Mike are joined by Bridget Foley, who discusses her profile of Romeo Gigli, perhaps the most-influential fashion designer of the late-80s who lost his label and vanished. Foley tracks him down and tells us what he’s been up to. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we have the very funny example of what happens when Donald Trump tries to crash a party and it’s your job to stop him. Dana Brown, a former deputy editor for Vanity Fair, dishes the dirt from his new, tell-all memoir about his time at the magazine—where he started as an assistant in the 1990s—and how he had to work the door at events, including the night Trump tried to get him fired after he refused to let him crash. It’s a hilarious story. Plus, Alessandra Stanley, a co-editor of AIR MAIL, reveals how it was not Putin who created the corrupt oligarchs the West has now demonized but actually know-it-all American elites in the 1990s. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike look at how the “cool mom” often turns out to be a twisted David Lynch–in–the–suburbs character, as seen in the recent case of the wealthy woman in upscale Greenwich, Connecticut, who was secretly filming teenage friends of her children having sexual encounters in her house. They’re joined by Rich Cohen, who lives in that neck of the woods and has insights into the case. In addition, there’s a look at Ukraine, and more. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike are joined by AIR MAIL’s always entertaining critic James Wolcott, who lived to tell about his experience reading Donald Trump’s new “memoir,” Our Journey Together. There’s also a look at what might be the sketchiest airline around, and a shocking sex scandal in a very exclusive and wealthy Connecticut suburb. You’ll find all this and more in this week’s Morning Meeting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Ashley and Mike look at a strange new crime in Beverly Hills (stealing French bulldogs!) as well as at Lauren Sanchez—Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend—who just might be the most powerful woman in America. There’s also a look at the party-loving ways of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. AIR MAIL Writer at Large Stuart Heritage joins the show to explain the scandal swirling around BoJo the Clown and to discuss whether he will survive. You’ll find all this and more in this week’s Morning Meeting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, the victim of one of New York’s most notorious grifters, Anna Sorokin—who is now getting the star treatment in a Netflix mini-series—talks to Ashley and Mike about what it’s like to fall for a con woman, and if it’s right that Netflix has funded a convicted criminal. Plus, Rachel Johnson swings by to discuss the 40th anniversary of The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss. You’ll find all this and more in this week’s Morning Meeting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we look at Francis Ford Coppola’s other, other, other masterpiece, The Conversation—which was so good that he competed against himself (with his better-known film, The Godfather: Part II) for the Oscar for best picture in 1974. How The Conversation came to be completed (Coppola walked off the set), and how it predicted our modern surveillance culture, is a riveting story, as related by writer Michael Sragow. Plus, there’s a discussion of the drama surrounding one of London’s hottest restaurants, and much more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Diane von Fürstenberg and Jonathan Becker remember André Leon Talley, the grandson of a sharecropper who became a titan of fashion. Plus, former 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft joins Ashley and Mike to discuss his Patricia Highsmith–worthy story of a confidence man suspected in a string of high-end thefts among the blueblood set, from Newport to Manhattan to Georgetown. You’ll find all this and more in this week’s Morning Meeting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Sam Kashner joins Ashley and Mike to describe what it was like to spend the past year collaborating with the late Hollywood titan Peter Bogdanovich on his final script, for a movie about the lives of George and Ira Gershwin. It’s a lovely conversation filled with poignant, beautiful moments about friendship, creativity, and the magic of movies. You’ll find all this and more—including a look at L.A.’s hot new restaurant, as well as words we can’t stand—in this week’s Morning Meeting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we ask: Was justice served in the Elizabeth Holmes trial? AIR MAIL Writer at Large Rich Cohen, who has covered the case, joins us. On another note, Ashley and Mike are also joined by Linda Wells, AIR MAIL's new beauty-and-wellness columnist, who shares her views on the latest eye-opening trend (and has a tip for men). You'll find all this and more in this week's edition. It's a show you won't want to miss. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.