Morning Meeting – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas reveal the victims of the Vogue Wedding Curse and explain how it strikes. Then Mark Seal looks at a murder scheme that shocked the seemingly unshockable state of Florida—when a millionaire real-estate developer named Sergio Pino allegedly poisoned his wife of 32 years when she demanded a divorce. And finally, Bruce Handy tells us all about the most ill-advised sitcom in television history, which was canceled after a single episode—Heil Honey, I’m Home!, a domestic comedy about—yes—Adolf Hitler. You have to hear it to believe it. 

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This week, Howard Blum shares new details about Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, and how the F.B.I. may have compromised the case against him. Then George Kalogerakis makes sense of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s now suspended campaign. And finally, India Hicks tells us all about the extraordinary life of her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks.

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It’s summer and for some that means golf. Lots of it. And Andrew Zucker tells us why, in the super-wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, the ritzy residents who usually play at their exclusive and expensive country clubs are now teeing up at a municipal course that’s open to commoners. Then, not everyone is happy that summer travel season is here. We’re talking specifically about Buzz Bissinger, who tells us why this is the time of year he dreads. And finally, Adam Hay-Nicholls has an incredible story that puts the adventures of Indiana Jones to shame. It’s about how, during the Spanish Civil War, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents tried to plunder the Holy Grail from a cathedral in Valencia.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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