--- description: Browse all episodes of the 'Person of the Week' podcast, hosted by Charlotte Alter. title: 'Person of the Week' Podcast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ff2b1a719ceec14/698a55b616d8848226c3e8b7/POTW_web_header.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Person of the Week Every week, Charlotte Alter hosts a candid conversation with the people who shape our world, about the forces that shape them. ## *  [Bobbi Brown on How She Developed Her Signature Natural Makeup Style](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6988721/bobbi-brown-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Charli XCX on Why Sometimes the Best Songs Are Written in 30 Minutes](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6986609/charli-xcx-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Ron Howard on Why He Finds Optimism in Storytelling](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6984046/ron-howard-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Just Trust CEO Ana Zamora on Why Criminal Justice Reform Is a Philanthropic Issue](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6982024/ana-zamora-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Sesame Street President Sherrie Westin on Getting the Show to the Kids Who Need It Most](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6979392/sherrie-westin-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Why Harry Dunn, Who Defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, Is Running for Congress](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6976956/harry-dunn-interview-person-of-the-week/) byTIME Staff *  [Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on AI and Student Debt Relief](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6973861/miguel-cardona-interview-person-of-the-week/) byTIME Staff *  [Maya Rudolph on the Power of Her Female Friendships from _Saturday Night Live_](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6970045/maya-rudolph-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Lauren Groff on How Her Unconventional Childcare Arrangement Allows Her to Write](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6968207/lauren-groff-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Christiane Amanpour on What Keeps Her Up at Night](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6965578/christiane-amanpour-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Gillian Anderson on Recreating the Infamous Prince Andrew Interview in Netflix's _Scoop_](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6963084/gillian-anderson-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Why Fear Is Driving the Current Era of Racial Backlash](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6961035/henry-louis-gates-jr-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Political Strategist David Axelrod on How Biden's 2024 Re-Election Campaign Compares to Obama's in 2012](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6958900/david-axelrod-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Texas Mom Kate Cox on Why She Sued for Permission to Terminate Her Pregnancy](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6952841/kate-cox-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Film Editor Jennifer Lame on How Her _Oppenheimer_ Experience With Christopher Nolan Was Unlike Any Other](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6878259/jennifer-lame-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Kara Swisher on Why Tech Bros Are So Childish](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6836006/kara-swisher-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Claudia Goldin on Why She Refuses to Predict the Future](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6694619/claudia-goldin-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Danielle Brooks on How _The Color Purple_ Changed Her Life](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6695279/danielle-brooks-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Author Sheila Heti on What She Learned From Alphabetizing her Diary](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6692411/sheila-heti-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Jon Batiste on How Music Can Heal a Fractured Nation](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6590523/jon-batiste-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Director Lulu Wang on Making it in Hollywood, and Her New Show _Expats_](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6588547/lulu-wang-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Sarah Longwell Wants to Help Republicans Quit Donald Trump](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6563996/sarah-longwell-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Tim Alberta on What Fuels the Evangelical Devotion to Trump](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6554554/tim-alberta-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Mark Ruffalo on the Time He Almost Quit Acting and What Made Marvel Such a Success](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6552311/mark-ruffalo-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Listen to TIME's CEO of the Year, Sam Altman, on Person of the Week](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6509736/listen-to-times-ceo-of-the-year-sam-altman-on-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Let’s Talk About Why Taylor Swift Is TIME’s 2023 Person of the Year](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6343226/sam-jacobs-kelly-conniff-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [_American Fiction_ Writer and Director Cord Jefferson on How Journalism Informs His Hollywood Writing](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6341092/cord-jefferson-american-fiction-podcast/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Brian Chesky on How Art Helped Him Build Airbnb](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6336523/brian-chesky-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Why Gabby Douglas Is Going Back for Round Three at the Olympics](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6333402/gabby-douglas-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Tim McGraw on How Music Can Heal Divisions in America](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6330694/tim-mcgraw-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Chef Sohla El-Waylly on Why She Doesn't Believe Any Food is 'Authentic'](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6328649/sohla-el-waylly-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Matthew Desmond on How Poverty Affects Everybody](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6325797/matthew-desmond-poverty-affects-everybody/) byCharlotte Alter *  [How Kesha Found Freedom in Reinventing Herself](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6322842/kesha-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Ken Burns on _The American Buffalo_ and the 'Authoritarian' Attacks on American History Curricula](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6320872/ken-burns-on-the-american-buffalo-and-the-authoritarian-attacks-on-american-history-curricula/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Richard Branson on Dyslexia, Space Travel, and His New Environmental Initiative](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6318233/richard-branson-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Author R.F. Kuang on How Fiction Helps Us Think Outside Our Lived Experiences](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6316100/rf-kuang-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Fran Drescher on What the SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes Mean for the Future of Labor](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6313681/fran-drescher-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Douglas Rushkoff on How Human Behavior is Training AI](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6311418/douglas-rushkoff-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Generational Researcher Jean Twenge on How Smartphones Destroyed Gen Z—and What Parents Can Do About It](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6307832/jean-twenge-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Jack Antonoff on Collaborating With Taylor Swift and Loving New Jersey](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6305041/jack-antonoff-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Eddie Ndopu on How Disability Helped Him Rethink Excellence](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6302580/eddie-ndopu-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Why Candace Bushnell Regrets Thinking So Much About Relationships](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6299962/candace-bushnell-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Rep. Maxwell Frost on Why Bernie Sanders is Gen Z's Barack Obama](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6297535/maxwell-frost-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Planned Parenthood's Alexis McGill Johnson Says Abortion Saved Democracy](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6294830/planned-parenthoods-alexis-mcgill-johnson-says-abortion-saved-democracy/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Playwright James Ijames on Writing Acts of Life](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6293993/james-ijames-interview-person-of-the-week/) byTIME Staff *  [Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Wants to Reframe American Patriotism](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6289618/wes-moore-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Whitney Wolfe Herd Wants Technology to Cure Loneliness](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6289603/whitney-wolfe-herd-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Elliot Page Steps Into His Truth](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6289105/elliott-page-steps-into-his-truth/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Ethan Hawke Wants You to Know You’re in Charge of Your Life](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6284618/ethan-hawke-interview-person-of-the-week/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Hear the Trailer for TIME's New Podcast _Person of the Week_](/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/6284617/person-of-the-week-trailer/) byTIME Staff 'Person of the Week' Podcast ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/"},"headline":"Person of the Week","description":"Every week, Charlotte Alter hosts a candid conversation with the people who shape our world, about the forces that shape them.","url":"https://time.com/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:56.468Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:56.181Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":50,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ff2b1a719ceec14/698a55b616d8848226c3e8b7/POTW_web_header.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/person-of-the-week-podcast/","name":"Person of the Week"}}]}] ```