Morning Meeting

This week we ask: Was justice served in the Elizabeth Holmes trial? AIR MAIL Writer at Large Rich Cohen, who has covered the case, joins us. On another note, Ashley and Mike are also joined by Linda Wells, AIR MAIL's new beauty-and-wellness columnist, who shares her views on the latest eye-opening trend (and has a tip for men). You'll find all this and more in this week's edition. It's a show you won't want to miss.

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Trump is trouncing his Republican challengers; Democrats are fretting about Biden’s age. This week, Peter Osnos has a look at a woman who many believe is a future presidential candidate: Gretchen Whitmer. Then Flora Gill answers the question: Why do so many men think about the Roman Empire all the time? And she explains why this preoccupation among men has become the hottest trend on social media. And finally, George Kalogerakis will share what he’s learned about a woman whom you might call a “Real Housewife of the Senate.” That’s Nadine Menendez, the wife of Senator Robert Menendez. Both of them are facing corruption allegations, and the details are pretty wild.

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This week, Sam Kashner joins Ashley and Mike to describe what it was like to spend the past year collaborating with the late Hollywood titan Peter Bogdanovich on his final script, for a movie about the lives of George and Ira Gershwin. It’s a lovely conversation filled with poignant, beautiful moments about friendship, creativity, and the magic of movies. You’ll find all this and more—including a look at L.A.’s hot new restaurant, as well as words we can’t stand—in this week’s Morning Meeting.

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This week, Flora Gill discusses why all of us will soon be unable to avoid Kim Kardashian’s nipples. Then, while we’re on the subject of divas, it’s been impossible to avoid the new memoir by Barbra Streisand. Yet there’s one problem with the book, which clocks in at almost 1,000 pages: there’s no index. No way to find out if you are one of the thousands of people she mentions. Luckily, here at Air Mail, we’ve solved that problem for you, and George Kalogerakis will tell us all about our latest public service, the Streisand Index. And on the subject of obsessions: Sam Wasson, who knows the history of Hollywood like few other writers, shares with us how the famed director Stanley Kubrick tried to take on Napoleon, yet in the process suffered his own creative Waterloo.

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This week, Alessandra Stanley explains why prominent tech and finance tycoons are giving piles of money to Donald Trump—and why their behavior might be similar to that of certain German bankers and industrialists in the 1930s. Then Rachel Hodin joins us with her report on Rebecca Minkoff. For the past two decades she’s promoted herself as a designer and girlboss. Now she’s a Real Housewife. But as Rachel will tell us, behind Minkoff’s cultivated public image are rumors of a mismanaged business, dysfunctional professional behavior, and links to the Church of Scientology. Finally, Griffin Dunne has a new book out, The Friday Afternoon Club, an enchanting memoir about his friendship with Princess Leia, taking writing cues from his aunt, Joan Didion, and much, much more. He joins us to talk about his amazing life.

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