Olivia Orman: Bobby McIlvene who died on September 11th was my brother's roommate, both in college and when they were young men. She thought she was going to be writing a story about initially Bobby's father became a huge truther. But after he did it, his wife was like, how could you have done that? How could you have given away the last thing our kid ever wrote?" "I don't think I've ever written anything this tricky," says Orman.
SPOILERS: Succession.
Jill Biden makes a rare gaffe after the NCAA championships. Dueling court rulings could endanger access to abortion pills. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a secret wealthy benefactor with a not-so-secret collection of Nazi memorabilia. Kara and guest host Olivia Nuzzi (New York Magazine) unpack her latest cover story on Stormy Daniels, plus Elon Musk's ham-fisted fight against Substack.
Author Jennifer Senior joins to discuss "On Grief," her story about loss, mourning, and memory.
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