Saudi Arabia's Fight with Iran, Gender Bias in Reporting, Lindy West's Twitter

Frontline correspondent Martin Smith discusses his Frontline documentary, Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia. Journalists Ed Yong and Adrienne LaFrance talk about Yong’s new piece in The Atlantic titled, “I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories” and LaFrance’s 2016 piece, “I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again).” Gregg Easterbrook discusses his latest book It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear. Lindy West, author and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, talks about her latest New York Times column, “I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great.” 

This episode is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolou.