In Stay in the Game: Making the Most of Every Season, Matt Forté reflects on his journey from the football field to life beyond the sport, sharing lessons about resilience, adaptability, and pursuing excellence in every arena. Drawing on his experiences as a professional athlete, entrepreneur, and mentor, Forté explores how mindset, preparation, and perseverance shape success on and off the field. Moderated by sports journalist Jeff Duncan, their conversation examines how athletes translate discipline and teamwork into lasting personal and professional growth. Together, they reflect on embracing challenges, maximizing opportunities, and the strategies that allow individuals to stay engaged, purposeful, and motivated through every season of life.

In Batt Out of Heaven, Bryan Batt reflects on a life in performance, storytelling, and self-discovery, offering insight into the art, humor, and vulnerability that have shaped his career on stage and screen. Through candid recollections and personal anecdotes, Batt examines how creativity, resilience, and authenticity intersect in both professional and personal life. Joined by acclaimed author and journalist Michael Lewis, the conversation explores the challenges and joys of a life devoted to craft, the risks inherent in reinvention, and the ways personal narrative can illuminate universal truths. Together, they reflect on identity, artistry, and the power of storytelling to entertain, inspire, and connect.

Molly Jong-Fast and Susan Orlean join Thomas Beller to talk about their new memoirs, Mad Women and The Wager. They explore the personal stories, reflections, and experiences that shaped their lives and writing. This conversation offers readers a chance to hear from two acclaimed authors about life, memory, and the art of storytelling.

Tayari Jones discusses her new novel, Kin, in a conversation with Imani Perry. They explore family, identity, and the choices that shape our lives, offering insight into Jones’s storytelling and the themes that define her latest novel about mothers and daughters, friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South.

Jeff Koons has reshaped contemporary art with his bold approach to scale, color, and form, and through iconic public artworks installed in cities around the world. In conversation with Kate Levin, who oversees the Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts program, he will explore how public art can transform civic space, expand cultural access, and spark community identity and dialogue.

Financial expert, CNBC host, and author Jim Cramer joins moderator Peter Ricchiuti to share strategies for navigating today’s markets. Drawing on decades of investing experience and reflecting on his book How to Make Money in Any Market, Cramer offers insights on spotting opportunities, managing risk, and making smart decisions in both bullish and bearish economic environments.

Daniel Kehlmann author of The Director and George Packer, author of The Emergency join moderator Nathaniel Rich to examine how fiction explores societies under strain. Together, they discuss moral ambiguity, ethical dilemmas, and the choices individuals make when social, political, and environmental pressures challenge human bonds.

A new conservative movement is taking shape. In a discussion with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Juan Williams, Oren Cass, author of The New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community, and Industry, discusses what this new conservative movement could mean for the markets, policy, and politics.

What does it mean to live a life with one’s soul intact? For an adolescent who believes the Greek god Pan might be trapped in his body, for a young Black tech worker who discovers a terrible secret about her employer’s A.I.-powered product-in-development, and for an incarcerated suburban dad who seeks forgiveness for his tragic mistake, “soul intact” is bound to have wildly different meanings. Authors Michael Clune, C.J. Farley, and Wally Lamb explore this question through fiction that considers the very nature of consciousness.