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The Pirate Queen: Ariel Lawhon on 400 Years of Complex Women

September 17, 2026

Ariel Lawhon's new novel, The Pirate Queen, is out now, and it brings Grace O'Malley, a sixteenth century Irish noblewoman who became a legendary pirate, mother, and rebel, roaring back to life. It's the same instinct that shaped Ariel's earlier novels Codename Helene and I Was Anastasia: find the real woman that history left out, and let her tell the whole story.In this conversation, Ariel tells me how she stumbled onto Grace's story at four in the morning, why she structures her novels arou...

Surviving 9/11: Tim Grant's Story From the 105th Floor

September 11, 2026

Surviving 9/11: my friend of over thirty years, Tim Grant, is speaking publicly for the first time about what happened to him that morning. Tim was on the 105th floor of the South Tower at the World Trade Center — one of only a handful of people who made it out from that floor and above. In this conversation, he walks me through that day minute by minute: the heat and fireball when the first plane hit the tower next door, his decision to leave his desk immediately rather than wait for instruc...

Building a Fashion Empire and a Life in Jackson Hole with Lela Rose

August 06, 2026

Fashion designer Lela Rose has spent almost thirty years building her ready-to-wear and bridal label. But when she left New York for Jackson Hole, Wyoming, she opened something completely different — a tiny log cabin store called Lela Rose Ranch. In this episode of our summer travel series, Lela shares her story and her full guide to Jackson Hole, from the best hikes to a night out at the Cowboy Bar.(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:14) Lela's 29 years in fashion and how she got started(00:03:55) Neiman...