Masha Gessen - Examining Russia's Autocracy i...

In the words of Jon Stewart, "What better way to understand the issue than to have two pundits of violently opposing viewpoints disagree with each other?" Join The Daily Show as we look back at years of Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell arguing with each other in their segment, Ev ...  Show more

Join us in celebrating the one and only Dolly Parton, an endlessly generous force of nature who spent decades making the world a little brighter, louder, and more fabulous. Here are three times she visited The Daily Show to discuss her work with Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah. -- Do ...  Show more

Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen talks to us about how the rule of the people becomes the rule of the one, the role of the media, and what we can learn about the building blocks of autocracy from the work of philosopher and writer Hannah Arendt, and what history tells us are ...  Show more

In Masha Gessen’s return to Getting Curious, the journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker speaks with Jonathan about their new book Surviving Autocracy. They discuss the ways in which Trump has consolidated power since his election, what the stakes are if he continues to tra ...  Show more

Gideon talks to Russia expert Fiona Hill about the forthcoming Ukrainian counter-offensive, the state of Russia and the similarities between the leadership styles of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Clips: Daily Telegraph, PBS

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