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Next Question with Katie Couric
Tired of political headlines that feel like déjà vu? Wondering if you actually need to care about every controversy? This season, Katie’s asking those same questions—and talking to the people who have real answers. From political insiders to sharp-eyed journalists, she’s breaking down what’s worth your attention (and what’s not), with smarts, sanity, and even a little humor. Because none of us can be tuned in 24/7—but we can stay informed…
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BONUS EPISODE Unscripted Revealed: The True Story of an Out-of-Control Media Mogul
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…
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Bryan Cranston: a nice guy on what it means to be bad
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…
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Quinta Brunson on ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ realness, her interview with Oprah, and why she can’t slow down
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…
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Visiting ‘The White Lotus’ with creator Mike White
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…
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The parenting deep dive, Part 2: ‘Millennial parenting whisperer’ Dr. Becky to the rescue!
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…
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The parenting deep dive, Part 1: The ‘unsustainability of American motherhood’
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…
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Happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks on why we’re all so desperately chasing down happiness
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…
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Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on ‘She Said,’ the power of journalism, and the oddity of becoming the subject
Five years ago, on Oct. 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. The headline read: “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off…
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Groundbreaking journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault on chronicling — and making — history
Charlayne Hunter-Gault has spent nearly sixty years chronicling history as a journalist, but when she was just 19 years old, she played a crucial role in…
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Kelly Ripa, reformed people-pleaser, is here to set the record straight
For more than two decades, Kelly Ripa has been welcomed into millions of people’s homes, kitchens, and even bedrooms, as the co-host of ABC’s daytime talk show…
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Elizabeth Banks and Phyllis Nagy on ‘Call Jane’ and the sisterhood of abortion activism
The new movie “Call Jane” is a period piece about abortion and reproductive activism in the years before Roe vs Wade was enacted. But given our post-Roe world…
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The Midterms are coming! Three political strategists break it all down
We are just a few weeks out from the 2022 midterms and there is a lot to unpack — makeup of the House, will the Senate flip, the very future of our democracy!…
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Jon Hamm on the art of rebooting an iconic character, breaking out of Don Draper, and finding himself in therapy
Jon Hamm has been busy. On a fall visit to New York City, while shooting the next season of The Morning Show, and amid actual morning show visits to promote…
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Geena Davis on childhood traumas, a life-changing friendship, and the anxiety of revealing it all
Geena Davis has been a face we have come to know on screen for 40 years. And despite being in the public eye for so long, Geena is one of those actors who has…
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Behind the scenes of Katie’s cancer diagnosis and treatment
Katie has always been vigilant about her health. Ever since her husband Jay died of stage four colon cancer in 1998, Katie has been a cancer screening…
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Billy Eichner: The new rom-com king
There is no better — or funnier — way to launch a new season of Next Question with Katie Couric than an interview with comedian and actor, Billy Eichner. Billy…
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Next Question with Katie Couric returns!
After deep-diving into the history and future of abortion access with her investigative series Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie Couric is eager to return to…
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Bonus: Michelle Pfeiffer on becoming Betty Ford and diving into entrepreneurship
Next Question with Katie Couric is launching an all new season on September 29th. In the meantime, Katie shares a delightful conversation she had with the ever…
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Bonus: Ken Auletta on his new book and portraying the 'talented monster,' Harvey Weinstein
In 2002, journalist Ken Auletta tried to expose Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse of women in a New Yorker profile he was writing about the powerful film mogul…
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Bonus: Dr. Fauci answers your questions about COVID, Monkeypox, and more
On this mid-season bonus of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie shares an urgent conversation she had with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National…
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Abortion: The Body Politic - The Storytellers [Bonus]
Katie’s special series, Abortion: The Body Politic, has wrapped, but we wanted to give the very last word to a special group of people — people who have had…
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Next Question Bonus: Daisy Edgar-Jones
Two years ago, Daisy Edgar-Jones got everyone’s attention as Marianne in the hit BBC adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel, “Normal People.” The role earned her…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 6
Abortion: The Body Politic started on the ground, visiting two abortion clinics 15 minutes away from each other in two very different states: Missouri and…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 5
In Part 5 of Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie looks abroad for models of progress — and regress — when it comes to reproductive rights and abortion access…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 4
In Part 4 of Abortion: The Body Politic, Katie examines how abortion is explored and reflected in popular culture and Hollywood. Because whether we realize it…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 3
On Part 3 of Abortion: The Body Politic focuses on Roe and its unraveling. The last living Roe prosecutor, Linda Coffee, shares her recollections of that…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 2
In Part 2 of Abortion: The Body Politic, we step into the past, long before Roe, and trace the roots of today's abortion's debate to understand — if…
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Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 1
In Part 1 of Abortion: The Body Politic, we explore the current state of abortion access. Katie Couric visits two abortion clinics that straddle the…
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Coming soon … Abortion: The Body Politic
Forty-nine years ago, the landmark Roe v Wade decision guaranteed women the right to a safe, legal abortion. This June, the Supreme Court is expected to gut…
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Live … from the metaverse!
Suddenly it feels like everyone is talking about the metaverse, doesn't it? But what exactly is the metaverse? Wikipedia describes it as “a network of 3D…
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Bonus: Melissa Gilbert goes 'Back to the Prairie'
You probably know Melissa Gilbert best from her time playing Laura Ingalls for nine seasons on the classic NBC television show, “Little House On the…
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All Hail the Jeanaissance!
If you've been watching TV lately, you've probably noticed that Jean Smart is having something of a moment. While she's been working steadily and building an…
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Unpacking the Roe draft bombshell with Mary Ziegler
Something major happened this week: A leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court indicated the court will strike down Roe versus Wade. The landmark 1973…
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Molly Shannon has got some unbelievable stories to tell
You probably know Molly Shannon best from her iconic Saturday Night Live characters - quirky Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, proud (and limber!)…
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‘Addiction is a spectrum’: Meet the women centering themselves and rewriting the recovery narrative
There have been some scary headlines going around about the climbing rates of alcohol use, particularly among women, during the pandemic. One study found that…
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Julia Haart’s unbelievable journey from communist Russia, to strict Orthodox community, to jet-setting fashion designer
If you've binged much TV this pandemic, you might have happened upon a new reality TV show on Netflix called “My Unorthodox Life.” The show is…
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Mackenzie Fierceton: ‘Abuse can happen across all income levels and races and professions’
This week, Katie shares an intimate conversation with Mackenzie Fierceton, the 24-year-old subject of a lengthy, riveting and much-shared profile in the New…
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Bonus: Digging deep on the war in Ukraine with The Daily co-host Sabrina Tavernise
For this bonus episode, I'm excited to share my conversation with New York Times journalist and The Daily co-host, Sabrina Tavernise. Sabrina recently spent…
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Adam Scott is as delightful as you think he is
Adam Scott is a familiar face, having starred in some truly bingeable TV, including “Parks and Rec,” the cult-fave “Party Down,&rdquo…
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Amanda Seyfried on becoming the unknowable Elizabeth Holmes
We may be in the golden age of true crime television. Our latest obsession? The Silicon scammer. The bad entrepreneur. The failing founder. From “Super…
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Reshma Saujani on why there’s no better time to redesign the workplace for women
When Reshma Saujani started Girls Who Code in 2012, she was on a mission to close the gender gap in technology. Now, she's on a new mission: to bridge the…
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Long COVID deep dive, Part 2: ‘I hope someone with the power to change something is listening’
In part 2 of Next Question's deep dive into long COVID, Katie tries to get some answers. Why is the healthcare system so routinely dismissing the experiences…
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Long COVID deep dive, Part 1: ‘You need to grieve the life you thought you were going to live’
Two years after COVID came to this country and shut it — and the world — down, Americans are eager to move on from this historic and devastating…
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Jessica Chastain is taking control of the story
The new season of Next Question with Katie Couric launches with a satisfying dive into the movie industry with the brilliant Jessica Chastain. Jessica is up…
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Sneak peek at an all new season!
After diving deep into Katie’s past last season, with the release of her memoir, “Going There,” Next Question with Katie Couric is taking its new season into…
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Bonus: Rep. Jamie Raskin on trauma, the insurrection, and the Trump of it all
WARNING: This episode contains information about suicide, which may be upsetting for some people. If you or anyone you know needs it, the suicide life line is…
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Bonus: Tip-toeing toward a new normal with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
We can acknowledge that we’ve hit COVID fatigue. We’re sick of hearing about it, worrying about it, and living among it. But when nearly 2,300 people are still…
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Bonus: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Omicron surge, the vaccine for under-five, and peak-COVID
The ongoing pandemic is overwhelming hospitals, schools, and individuals across the country. The recent Omicron surge has brought the highest rate of COVID…
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Bonus episode! A preview of ‘House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy’
Happy New Year, Next Question listeners! Since you're most likely forced indoors, recovering from or avoiding Omicron, we have a little treat for you: A…
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Book tour bonus with Leslie Jordan
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and…
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Book tour bonus with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and…
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Book tour bonus with Ina Garten
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and…
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Book tour bonus with Kara Swisher
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and…
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Katie’s book tour extravaganza episode!
On this episode of Next Question, the last of the season, Katie is sharing some moments from her whirlwind book tour. After “Going There” came out in late…
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What's on the 2022 political horizon, with special guest host Brian Goldsmith
Katie’s out for one more week and her former producer and co-host Brian Goldsmith is stepping in. Brian was a part of the team behind Katie’s iconic interview…
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Bonus: Huma Abedin finally gets to tell her own story
If you’re not familiar with Huma Abedin, that was her intention. For two decades, Huma has been mostly in the background, as the long-time trusted aide of…
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‘Family by definition is complicated,’ with special guest host Alison Roman!
The holidays are upon us, which means we’re all probably thinking about, talking to, and meeting up with more family members than at any other time in the…
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‘The second Stonewall’: Matthew Shepard’s lasting legacy
This Thanksgiving week, just a few days shy of what would have been Matthew Shepard’s 45th birthday, Katie considers his lasting legacy. In 1998, Matthew, a…
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Book tour bonus: Katie shares the one conversation she can’t stop thinking about
Katie just wrapped up a whirlwind nine-city national book tour for her memoir, “Going There.” And when she was in Los Angeles she interviewed Tarana Burke, the…
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Alan Cumming on his new book and ‘normalizing hotmessness’
When Alan Cumming had the gall to release his new memoir the same day as Katie’s, Katie had to invite him on the podcast. On this episode of Next Question with…