Megan Mulry previews the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. Then we head to Vietnam to explore the country’s booming tourism industry and discuss how the revival of gerrymandering is hurting democracy in the US.

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The US Coast Guard intercepts a drug boat, UFO files released and Trump Mobile’s updated pre-order terms signal more delays. Andrew Mueller tells us what we learned from the news this week.

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Highlights including: The editor in chief of the new Esquire France, Bruno Danto; the legacy of CNN’s founder, Ted Turner; and we take a tour inside 40 Duke, Selfridge’s latest and most ambitious project.

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Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from this week’s news, including the latest on the Iran war and the French professor behind the “prestigious” fake Gold Medal of Philology.

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We report from Salone del Mobile, speak with the founder of ‘Sloft’ magazine and we preview the Venice Biennale.

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Andrew Mueller on what we’ve learned from the Trump administration’s latest indictment of former FBI director James Comey. Plus: the world’s longest tiramisu and the European seagull screeching championship.

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We look into what is really going on in the US-Iran situation. We see why Ethiopia’s superstar singer-songwriter is taking aim at the country’s government. And we find out how building bridges can bring communities together.

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Andrew Mueller on the eight new Republican bills honouring Trump, the gannet standing in the Scottish elections and the insurance fraud scheme involving fake bear attacks on luxury cars.

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