Masha Gessen appears in the following:
Navalny, Putin, Russia and Ukraine
Friday, February 16, 2024
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. Masha Gessen digests the news and offers analysis as Putin's war in Ukraine approaches its second anniversary.
Masha Gessen on the Utility of Historical Comparisons
Friday, January 12, 2024
Why the Holocaust still has lessons for us today.
'The Politics of Memory' in Europe
Friday, December 22, 2023
Masha Gessen talks about what they call the "politics of memory" regarding the Holocaust in Europe, and how it clouds free speech.
Updates on Russia's Partial Withdrawal in Ukraine
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Masha Gessen on the latest from Russia and Ukraine.
How Russians See Putin's War in Ukraine
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Masha Gessen talks about their latest reporting on how Russians are reacting to Putin's war in Ukraine.
What The Press Have And Should Have Learned From The Trump Era
Friday, January 22, 2021
How do we begin to repair the deep damage done to our information ecosystem?
Masha Gessen, 'Surviving Autocracy'
Monday, June 01, 2020
A new book from 'New Yorker' columnist Masha Gessen.
Yovanovich is an 'Uppity Woman Who Needs to Get out of the Way'
Friday, November 15, 2019
Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen breaks down today's open testimony by former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovich, and says gender was a factor in her ousting.
The 65 Million Stories We Choose Not to Tell
Friday, December 07, 2018
What if, just for one day, the media only covered the stories of displaced people?
Masha Gessen Curates Festival Albertine, Making Art About Climate Change
Monday, October 29, 2018
Masha Gessen on Festival Albertine. Phantom Limb Company’s Jessica Grindstaff & Erik Sanko on “Falling Out.” Justin Brice Guariglia on “Climate Signals.”
Open Borders: An Answer to Chain-Link Fences?
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
The New Yorker's Masha Gessen questions our assumptions about borders and nation states, and argues that opening our borders is "an intellectually sound position."
Trump, Inc. Live
Monday, May 14, 2018
Explore some of the biggest questions about the president's family business with Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz, Eric Umansky, Jesse Eisinger, Masha Gessen and Tony Schwartz.
Masha Gessen on How Putin is Erasing Russia's Gulag History
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen discusses her latest book "Never Remember: Searching for Stalin’s Gulags in Putin’s Russia."
Who Will Be Russia's Next President? (Probably Putin)
Friday, March 16, 2018
Masha Gessen previews the Russian presidential election and discusses the investigations.
‘The Future Is History' in Russia
Friday, January 26, 2018
The New Yorker's Masha Gessen traces the lives of four people growing up in post-Soviet Russia and follows the nation's democratic potential and fall towards autocracy in a new book.
Masha Gessen on Outrage Fatigue in Trump's America
Friday, January 12, 2018
One year ago, Gessen warned about coming autocracy and provided rules for surviving it. How have her predictions borne out?
The Trouble With Defining "Terrorism"
Friday, October 06, 2017
The Las Vegas shooting has revived a conversation that follows many mass shootings: when to call an attack "terrorism" and what the official definition implies.
Masha Gessen On Russia's Return To Totalitarianism
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Masha Gessen explains how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia.
Masha Gessen On Russia's Return To Totalitarianism, Armistead Maupin Finds His 'Logical Family,' Ned Colletti's Inside Look At The MLB, Russell Brand
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
How the old Soviet order took hold. Armistead Maupin looks at himself. Ned Colletti's life as general manager of the LA Dodgers. Russell Brand on comedy, addiction & recovery.
Brian Lehrer Live: Investigating the White House; Running for Office 101; A Divided, Exceptional America
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Brian discusses the latest in the Trump-Russia investigations; what it takes to run for local office; and our divided, exceptional America.
