Its was a political cautionary tale for COVID-19. Contributor MATTHEW FLACKS talks with David Quammen about a global pandemic's origins and end game in "Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus."
Perspective
Features, Articles & Essays Alighting the World in Major Ways
Features, Articles & Essays Alighting the World in Major Ways
United Ireland
Ireland reclaimed their ancient kingdom this week in a way that makes Putin (and the Pope) look positively medieval.
#Home to Vote
Ireland Scuttles Abortion Ban in Stunning Rebuke to Irish Catholics. Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL travels to Dublin and learns how a great famine and exodus led to a referendum, reverse migration, and the inexorable right to choose.
Class Warfare
The 2022 Academy Award nominations are in, and sadly the films we watched and streamed reflected our reality.
Powerbrokers
Influencers Affecting the Balance of Power in Major Ways
Influencers Affecting the Balance of Power in Major Ways
The All American
Gay Mormons created a community called Affirmation. Contributor CARY CRALL heads to Salt Lake City for their world conference and chats with keynote speaker: NFL Hall of Famer—Steve Young.
Breaking the Surface
The only man to win consecutive olympic titles in springboard and platform diving, editor DREW GOWING sits down with gold medal olympian Greg Louganis to talk about Proposition 8, a new marriage, and "Breaking the Surface."
Rugby's Anti-Bully
He won the World Cup and was knighted by the Queen. Contributor MATTHEW FLACKS chats with England National Rugby's Ben Cohen in London about the Standup Foundation.
Places
Charlatan embarks to Hotels & Hotspots Around the World
Charlatan embarks to Hotels & Hotspots Around the World
Viva la Cuba
One culture. Two currencies? Charlatan checks-in to Cuba’s new Gran Hotel Manzana, and experiences the collision between communism and the new market capitalism.
La Sultana Marrakesh
How did Morocco avert the Arab Spring? Charlatan travels to Africa and discovers a savvy constitutional monarch, a vibrant cosmopolitan culture, and the kismit of both at the resplendent La Sultana Marrakesh.
Ritz Carlton Cancun
Its where the Mayans paid tribute to the sun. Contributor KIM GREEN embarks for the Ritz-Carlton Cancun: a luxury resort that embodies the vibrant yet quaint charm of one of the finest beaches in Mexico.
Scholars
Scholars & Authors Informing the World in Major Ways
Scholars & Authors Informing the World in Major Ways
The Morning They Came For Us
Newsweek's Janine di Giovanni arrived in Damascus at the onset of Syria's Civil War. Contributor DYLAN SMITH chats with the war correspondent about the conflict, casualties and Syrian Refugee Crisis in "The Morning They Came For Us."
A Magnificent Catastrophe
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson compares the first presidential race to the last, and tells DYLAN SMITH why dirty tricks and a 2-party system are the crux of a democracy in "A Magnificent Catastrophe."
Eleven Days
Mothers have sent their sons into battle for centuries. Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL chats with Lea Carpenter to reconcile the parable of motherhood and war in "Eleven Days."
All the World's a Stage
Make sense of the week's news. Charlatan reviews the world's show & message.