WARNING! 

I suppose it's only fair to warn you: Here lives a certain femme fatale trapped in the mind of a writer with an overactive imagination.  

But if you're after the straight facts...

The person in question, Katherine Brodsky, happens to be a writer and prolific commentator. She's author of the upcoming book, "No Apologies: How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage." She has been a correspondent for Variety since 2011 and has also contributed to publications such as: Newsweek, The Washington Post, WIRED, The Guardian, Esquire, Playboy Magazine (yes, the one you read for the articles!), Mashable, Entertainment Weekly, USA Weekend, New York Magazine's Vulture, Elle Canada, CNN Travel, The Independent (UK), A.V. Club, Flare, Time Out, Delta Sky Magazine, Complex, Nylon, Canadian Traveller, USA Today, and many others.  She mostly covers film/TV, business, travel, tech and AI, culture, social politics, and...espionage.

For her stories, Katherine has had a chance to interview a diverse range of 'intriguing' personalities, including Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony, Pulitzer, and Nobel Prize winners and nominees. Some of these include Dame Judi Dench, James Franco, Michael Douglas, Jeffrey Rush, Richard Dreyfuss, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Sir Ian McKellen, Willem Dafoe, Alan Cumming, Tony Kushner, John Patrick Shanley, Kevin Kline, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Ethan Hawke, Catherine Keener, Simon Pegg, Josh Hutcherson, Tom Hiddleston, Dick Van Dyke, Rob & Carl Reiner, Kate Winslet, and even the Dalai Lama – just to ‘name drop’ a few.

She has been featured in or provided commentary for outlets like The New York Times, BBC Radio, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, MSNBC, and numerous—mostly heterodox—podcasts.

She has previously hosted a podcast, Mind the Future, which features guests from the world of art, science, and technology— asking them to predict how what they do and love will look like as we fast-forward into the future. She currently hosts Forbidden Conversations, which provides a nuanced and civil approach to difficult subjects.

Born in the USSR (in what is present-day Ukraine), under communism, she left with her family shortly before its dissolution—growing up on three different continents. As an adult, she split her time between Canada and New York. Her own experiences, and especially those of her family, mean that she does not take crucial freedoms, such as speech, assembly, and the press for granted.

She currently writes essays for her Substack and is working on her second book.

If you're after more and are not afraid, click HERE to read an even longer version of her bio.