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This week’s newest episodes available on Luminary Premium include:
1. Note to Self: with Manoush Zomorodi, from WNYC. This week Manoush sits down with Jonathan Bloom, a Conversation Designer for Google, who determines how voice-activated speakers and phones should respond to requests for information. (Monday, 7/15) 2. The Passion Economy with Adam Davidson: This week, Davidson talks whiskey with Fawn Weaver, founder and Chief Historian of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. (Monday, 7/15) 3. Sincerely, X from TED with Sarah Kay: In this episode titled “Lessons From a Sociopath,” Kay shares the story of a woman with sociopathy who argues that her condition is unfairly demonized in society. (Monday, 7/15) 4. Roads and Kingdoms’ The Trip, with Nathan Thornburgh shares authentic Spanish cuisine and bagels with Chef Katie Button, owner and chef of two unique restaurant concepts that took off in Asheville, NC: Cúrate Tapas Bar and Button & Co. Bagels. (Monday, 7/15) 5. Making a Killing hosted by Bethany McLean: In a conversation about Sears with Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large for Fortune, Bethany warns us all not to be overly-confident in top-performing companies because there are very few tells for when a company is in crisis. (Monday 7/15) 6. Wisdom from the Top from Guy Raz: This week Raz sits down with Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Cruises, a New Orleans native who turned a cruise company sinking from a public relations disaster to one of the most valuable brands in its industry. (Tuesday, 7/16) 7. LGBTQ&A from The Advocate magazine, hosted by Jeffrey Masters. This week, Jeffrey interviews Alana Mayo, the Head of Production and Development for Michael B. Jordan’s production company Outlier Society. (Tuesday, 7/16) 8. Celeste & Her Best with Celeste Barber: On this week’s episode, Celeste chats it up with her old country mate Rose Byrne to share stories of how she quietly became one of Australia’s biggest acting exports. (Tuesday, 7/16) 9. Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay & Tressie McMillan Cottom: This week the co-hosts welcome Soraya Nadia McDonald, a Culture Critic for ESPN’s The Undefeated, to talk about exactly who gets to shape our collective cutlural imagination. (Tuesday, 7/16) 10. Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock ‘99 by The Ringer: No one person embodies the Woodstock brand more than Michael Lang, the concert promoter who came to fame as one of the stars of Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 documentary Woodstock. He’s also a symbol of how the counterculture has been commodified as a reliable cash cow selling hippie nostalgia. (Tuesday, 7/16) 11. On Second Thought with Trevor Noah: Trevor Noah and co-hose David Kibuuka welcome guest Michio Kaku, famed futurist, and professor of physics at City College of New York, and City University of NY. (Wednesday, 7/17) 12. Karamo, with Queer Eye star Karamo Brown: In this special episode on the impact of judgment, Karamo talks with people forced to defend their choices in order to live their lives on their own terms. (Wednesday, 7/17) 13. Sworn by Up & Vanished, This week host Philip Holloway explores what happens to the legal system when sentencing power is taken out of the judges’ hands. (Wednesday, 7/17) 14. Poetics hosted by Omari Hardwick, is joined by T.I., rapper, Grammy Award winner, and actor from the movie American Gangster. (Thursday, 7/18) 15. The C-Word with Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett: In the season finale (the series returns later this year), Dunham and Bennett explore the heartbreaking story of Maryam Irene Haley, known as adult actress Haley Paige. (Saturday, 7/20) 16. Deep Background with Noah Feldman: This week Fedlman interviews the English academic, David Runciman, a political science professor from Cambridge and author of How Democracy Ends. (Sunday, 7/21)
Additional episodes releasing this week include: 1. The AM Archives from Lauren Shippen, Monday, 7/15 (bonus episode) and Wednesday, 7/17 2. I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST, Tuesday, 7/16 and Friday, 7/19 3. Now What? With Arian Foster, Tuesday, 7/16 4. Hollywood & Crime from Wondery, Wednesday, 7/17 5. Players’ Tribune: The Podcast, Wednesday, 7/17 6. The Ten from The Advocate, Thursday, 7/18 7. Guys We F****d from Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, Friday, 7/19 8. Hyper-Thetical with Kerry Bishé, Friday, 7/19 9. Under the Skin with Russell Brand, Saturday, 7/20 10. Locked Up Abroad from Wondery, Saturday, 7/20