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Michael Hainey

Michael Hainey


Michael Hainey is a Writer at Large for AIR MAIL and co-hosts AIR MAIL’s weekly podcast, Morning Meeting, alongside Deputy Editor Ashley Baker. His first job was for Spy magazine, and most recently he was the Deputy Editor of GQ. Hainey, who lives in New York, is the author of After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story.

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James Carville on What Kamala Needs to Do to Win

On this week’s podcast, the brains behind Bill Clinton’s upset victory looks at the current race

The Sin City of the 21st Century

On this week’s podcast, Darius J. Rubin visits a crime-ridden Asian Las Vegas shrouded in mystery

We’ll Always Have Le Meurice

After a thoughtful renovation, the grande dame on the Rue de Rivoli is looking better than ever

A New Look at the Life and Death of Dorothy Stratten

On this week’s podcast, Louise Stratten reveals why she’s finally speaking out about her sister’s tragic murder, Hollywood, Hefner, and more

The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25

On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

Inside the Vogue Wedding Curse

On this week’s podcast, Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas reveal how weddings featured in Vogue seem destined for failure

New Twists in the Idaho Student-Murders Case

On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals how the F.B.I. may have compromised evidence

Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon?

On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all

How a Police Officer Landed an East Hampton Mansion

On this week’s podcast, Carrie Monahan takes us inside her story of a recluse and the man who befriended him

J. D. Vance Is the New Dwight Schrute

On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz explains why the would-be veep is so pathetic

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Saltburn on the French Riviera

On this week’s podcast, John von Sothen takes us inside the scandal rocking one of France’s great hotels

The Things We Carry with Us

On this week’s podcast, Harrison Vail reveals what your media-branded tote bag really says about you

Is Milano the New Monaco?

On this week’s podcast, Elena Clavarino reveals why being a tax exile is the new flex for the 1 percent

Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess?

On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next

Graydon Carter on Joe Biden’s Future

On this week’s podcast, AIR MAIL’s co-editor talks about why the president needs to drop out

Trash Talk

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Adolf Hitler and the Holy Grail

On this week’s podcast, Adam Hay-Nicholls shares the incredible story about Nazis, a postwoman, and M.I.6

The Bikeriders Diaries

Director Jeff Nichols reveals how his new film, based on Danny Lyon’s seminal 1968 photo series of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, came to be

Is Wall Street Funding a Fourth Reich?

On this week’s podcast, Alessandra Stanley discusses Trump, tech and finance bros, and their newfound love for Trump

The Bikeriders

Is the British Museum a Shill for Big Oil?

On this week’s podcast, Rebecca John explains how the oil industry uses the arts to buy our approval

Why We’ll Always Have Paris

On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells explains why Paris (Hilton) deserves a second chance

Drinking the High Life

On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells tells us about the new wave of THC cocktails (and how they lead to a cleaner kitchen)