Archive - First Things First

In life, why is the most necessary next step always the hardest?

Aug 7 •

Nava Anne Grant

July 2025

Jonathan Ruhe on Israel, Iran & Gaza

JINSA's Director of Foreign Policy visits me to discuss these conflicts and more.

Jul 15 •

Nava Anne Grant

54:46

June 2025

Thinking of a Place

Franz Kline's evocative paintings, on view at the Mnuchin Gallery.

Jun 19 •

Nava Anne Grant

May 2025

A Beloved Heritage, Remixed

Laura Ashley and I reacquaint ourselves amid the brand's renaissance.

May 22 •

Nava Anne Grant

VIDEO: Who Will Be the Next Pope?

America Magazine's Executive Editor Ashley McKinless discusses Pope Francis's legacy.

May 6 •

Nava Anne Grant

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Ashley McKinless

49:43

April 2025

Reckoning with Her Power

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex debuts another lifestyle rebrand, now on Netflix.

Apr 24 •

Nava Anne Grant

Mondrian & Metzarim

How have constraints forced you forward?

Apr 10 •

Nava Anne Grant

March 2025

Another Day in Paradise

A blasphemous look at the Maldives.

Mar 21 •

Nava Anne Grant

Omar Nok's nearly 30,000-mile ground-level journey from Egypt to Japan.

Mar 4 •

Nava Anne Grant

February 2025

Secret Lives of American Beauties

What happened to Laura Palmer?

Feb 14 •

Nava Anne Grant

What Have You Done for Me Lately?

Reconsidering the 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" with R. Ysoscher Katz.

Feb 3 •

Nava Anne Grant

January 2025

Rainbow Traumatic Stress Disorder

Disturbing revelations about illustrator-mogul Lisa Frank in a new documentary.

Jan 15 •

Nava Anne Grant

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