Person of The Week

TIME Senior Correspondent Charlotte Alter hosts candid conversations with the people who shape the world, about the forces that shape them. Tune in each Thursday to meet TIME's Person of the Week.

Best of "Person of the Week" Jack Antonoff • Creating the Sound of Right Now
Oct 23, 2024 – 32:14
Best of "Person of the Week" • Secretary Miguel Cardona • Evolving American Education
Oct 10, 2024 – 28:34
Best of "Person of the Week" • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • Presenting The Past
Sep 25, 2024 – 34:50
Best of "Person of the Week" • Charli XCX • From Boom Clap to Brat
Sep 18, 2024 – 33:09
Bobbi Brown • Beyond Beautiful
Jun 13, 2024 – 34:48
Charli XCX • From Boom Clap to Brat
Jun 6, 2024 – 33:09
Ron Howard • The Optimism of Telling Human Stories
May 30, 2024 – 35:47
Ana Zamora • Innovating Public Safety Through Philanthropy
May 23, 2024 – 30:32
Sherrie Westin • Sesame Street Around The World
May 16, 2024 – 35:33
Harry Dunn • Standing His Ground
May 9, 2024 – 28:59
Secretary Miguel Cardona • Evolving American Education
May 2, 2024 – 28:34
Maya Rudolph • The Music and Language of Comedy
Apr 25, 2024 – 32:44
Lauren Groff • The Mind, The Body, and The Natural World
Apr 18, 2024 – 34:56
Christiane Amanpour • Reporting From The Front Lines
Apr 11, 2024 – 30:20
Gillian Anderson • Recreating Reality
Apr 4, 2024 – 29:44
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • Presenting The Past
Mar 28, 2024 – 34:50
David Axelrod • Winning Strategy
Mar 21, 2024 – 34:40
Kate Cox • The Legal Fight for Care
Mar 14, 2024 – 32:12
Jennifer Lame • On The Cutting Edge
Mar 7, 2024 – 31:49
Kara Swisher • Decrypting Silicon Valley
Feb 29, 2024 – 31:52
Claudia Goldin • Women and the Workforce
Feb 22, 2024 – 33:57
Danielle Brooks • Owning Her Power
Feb 15, 2024 – 38:28
Sheila Heti • Writing New Realities
Feb 8, 2024 – 36:19
Jon Batiste • Harmonizing an American Symphony
Feb 1, 2024 – 33:56
Lulu Wang • Navigating New Narratives
Jan 25, 2024 – 31:39
Sarah Longwell • Defending Democracy
Jan 18, 2024 – 31:28
Tim Alberta • Inside the American Evangelical Electorate
Jan 11, 2024 – 32:27
Mark Ruffalo • Heartland to Hollywood
Jan 4, 2024 – 30:19
Sam Altman • CEO of The Year
Dec 14, 2023 – 23:51
Person of The Year
Dec 6, 2023 – 24:18
Team of The Year | Red Border by TIME
Dec 5, 2023 – 21:29
Cord Jefferson • Exposing American Fiction
Nov 30, 2023 – 29:32
Brian Chesky • Designing Trust
Nov 16, 2023 – 33:54
Gabby Douglas • Defying Gravity
Nov 9, 2023 – 26:02
Tim McGraw • Standing Together
Nov 2, 2023 – 31:22
Sohla El-Waylly • Becoming A Better Cook
Oct 26, 2023 – 28:58
Matthew Desmond • Solving America's Poverty Puzzle
Oct 19, 2023 – 34:21
Kesha • Finding Freedom in Reinvention
Oct 12, 2023 – 24:52
Ken Burns • What Is and What Was
Oct 5, 2023 – 30:20
Richard Branson • Innovating Earth and Beyond
Sep 28, 2023 – 21:40
R. F. Kuang • Expanding Lived Experience Through Fiction
Sep 21, 2023 – 32:39
Executive Spotlight: Closing the Digital Divide with Hans Vestberg | Red Border by TIME
Sep 19, 2023 – 13:29
Fran Drescher • The Fate of The Union
Sep 14, 2023 – 29:05
Douglas Rushkoff • Decoding Digital Humanism
Sep 7, 2023 – 27:09
TIME x GPB • Too Hot To Work
Aug 31, 2023 – 15:17
Jean Twenge • Breaking Down the Generational Gap
Aug 24, 2023 – 26:40
Jack Antonoff • Creating the Sound of Right Now
Aug 17, 2023 – 32:14
Eddie Ndopu • Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
Aug 10, 2023 – 35:41
Candace Bushnell • Sex, the City, and Beyond
Aug 3, 2023 – 38:26
Maxwell Frost • A Fresh Face In Congress
Jul 27, 2023 – 27:21

Recent Reviews

kristin_moto

Great content, interesting conversations

I’m a diehard podcast consumer and this has become one of my favorites. Love the host and the fact that she allows her guests to speak freely and doesn’t interrupt them. Thoughtful and interesting content. Not stuck on just one topic, but weaves interestingly through politics and culture. Funny, quirky rapid fire questions at the end of the interviews make me chortle.
Joho11213443565

Great questions, great questioner

I like the mix of guests, and the way Charlotte throws in little questions that give you a peek into who they are as people. Can’t wait to meet the next Person of the Week!
Npphd

Maxwell Frost

Excellent interview with an amazing, trailblazing person! Florida needs him so badly…
Wall-eeeeee 111111

Awesome podcast

Really well done. One of my favorites rn.
MBoudet

Mixed Nuts

This here is MAGA Country!!!
abc*market

Disappointed and shallow

This podcast all the assets to be successful but is proving to be a shallow and an agenda driven effort. The interviewer does not know how to ask in-depth questions, but focuses rather on easy and her woke/ liberal agenda rather than probe the understanding of other thoughts and motives. She mocks with a derogatory tone of voice (or even laughs) when mentioning others with different viewpoints. Another example of her shallow ability to interview was in the interview with Wes Mason, an incredibly talented leader. When he twice mentions that if one does not think as he does on a particular issue (that others feel passionately different than he does,) “It is unpatriotic.” A good podcast should be digging into these type of thoughts. This podcast is a validation, feel good, for one half of the population…but making no effort to help others understand.
g4eyes

Time Magazine Person of The Week

The Host Charlotte Alter has great command with these interviews. We get some terrific insight with the guests. I particularly love the last segment questions. Look forward to Thursday when the next installments drop.
Quelle03

Details matter

Why does The NY Times keep saying Derek Chauvin pressed his knees on George Floyd’s neck for “nearly 8 minutes” when the time was greater than 8 minutes and closer to nearly 9 minutes. It’s frustrating and harkens back to NY Times misreporting of black issues and racist tones in its publications. Only nuisance, otherwise love this program and others from this outlet.
Sa45&8

Bias

Some of their articles are biased. Turns me off.
Winter0001

Great Podcast!

The narration is great and helps me "read" popular articles on my drive to work each morning. They have a good mixture of politics and other news without being too heavy on one theme or topic.
RVWinvesting

Too many ads

Goodbye.
MazieJane

Excellent Podcast

Excellent narrators and podcast. Wonderful alternative for busy people.
Yun-Jun Lee

Excellent

So great to have someone summarize daily news with depth and read for you.
bja99

Brilliant

Love these daily summaries.