Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Melania Trump Headlines Day 1 of the Republican Convention
Melania Trump will be the headline speaker Monday at the Republican Convention in Cleveland. Trump has had problems courting women voters. We ask some conservative women at the Republican National Convention to tell us their feelings about the candidate.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenIn the wake of the shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Donald Trump has been calling himself “the law and order candidate.” The roots of that slogan reach back to Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon in the 1960s. Melania Trump will be the headline speaker Monday at the Republican Convention in Cleveland. Trump has had problems courting women voters. Conservative women at the Republican National Convention share their feelings about Trump. New York Magazine is reporting that Roger Ailes, the man who turned Fox News into a powerhouse, is on his way out as its leader. Really? If so, what’s next for America’s favorite conservative news outlet? Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger and self-help guru Tony Robbins talk about Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru. Finally, after 14 years of work, writer and artist Dennis Cooper’s Google-managed blog has suddenly disappeared completely: like it never existed. Google has given no explanation.
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5 storiesTrump, the ‘law and order’ candidate
In the wake of the shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Donald Trump has been calling himself “the law and order candidate.” We discuss the roots of that slogan from Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon in the 1960s. Will that be a successful tactic for the Republican nominee?
Read the story7 minTrump and conservative women
Melania Trump will be the headline speaker Monday at the Republican Convention in Cleveland. Her husband, Donald Trump has had problems courting women voters. A Washington Post poll last month found that more than three quarters of women voters had an unfavorable opinion of him.
Read the story10 minRoger Ailes on the way out at Fox News?
New York Magazine has reported that Roger Ailes is on his way out as the leader of Fox News . The 76-year-old has been accused by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson of sexual harassment. Fox has hired a law firm to investigate this and other allegations of workplace misconduct.
Read the story8 minNew documentary looks at guru Tony Robbins
Joe Berlinger is an Oscar-nominated documentarian known for hard-hitting films like Paradise Lost, Brother’s Keeper and Crude. But his new film is more personal. It’s called Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru .
Read the story14 minDennis Cooper and the case of the disappearing blog
What would you do if 14 years’ worth of your work disappeared? That’s a question that writer and artist Dennis Cooper has been asking himself for the last few weeks. At the end of June, Cooper tried to log in to his Google-managed blog and it was gone: no content, no archives, no explanation.
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