Bill Gates

In Conversation with Rashida Jones

In this urgent, authoritative book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.

Shankar Vedantam

In Conversation with David Greene

In Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, the host of the “Hidden Brain” podcast argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can play a vital role in human success and well-being.

Julia Turshen

In Conversation with Antoni Porowski

In Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food, the bestselling cookbook author shares a healthier take on the simple, satisfying comfort food for which she’s known, plus menu suggestions, adaptations for dietary needs, and personal essays.

Mari Andrew

In Conversation with Mary Laura Philpott

From the writer and artist with over 1 million Instagram followers comes My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between, a collection of essays and illustrations that parallel the phases of the sky—twilight, golden hour, night, and dawn—with all of the moments, be they small, momentous, heartbreaking, anxiety inducing, or healing, that life brings our way.

Jake Cohen

In Conversation with Pati Jinich

In Jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch, the self-described “nice Jewish Boy” reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband’s Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer fresh takes for a whole new generation of eaters.

Could DC be the 51st State?

In early 2021, a bill to make DC America’s 51st state was reintroduced in the Senate after passing the House for the first time in history last year. With President Biden – a statehood supporter – in the White House and Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress, is DC on its way to becoming the 51st state?

Giada De Laurentiis

In Conversation with Alex Guarnaschelli

In Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out, the Emmy award-winning television personality walks you through how to select food that can actually make you feel better and how to curate a personalized wellness routine to support a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

Senator Tammy Duckworth

In Conversation with Weijia Jiang

The biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother, Sen. Duckworth faced discrimination, poverty, and the horrors of war—all before the age of 16. She joined the Army as one of a few female helicopter pilots at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving eight months before an attack that nearly took her life. From childhood to public service to motherhood, Every Day is a Gift shares the amazingly resilient stories from an incomparable life.

Satellite Sisters Celebration: 20 Years of Sisterhood

It’s a Satellite Sister Celebration. At this live virtual recording, all five sisters—including hosts Liz, Julie and Lian, as well as sidekick sisters Monica and Sheila—will share remembrances and recollections. There will be surprises, an interactive audience quiz, Q&A, and lots of laughter. And probably a few tears, because this is Satellite Sisters.

Secrets of the Whales

Premiere Screening and Panel Discussion

Experience the virtual world premiere screening of “Secrets of the Whales” from National Geographic and Disney+. Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, the new four-part series plunges viewers deep within the epicenter of whale culture to experience the extraordinary communication skills and intricate social structures of five whale species.