The Globe caught up with Severance star Adam Scott this week to talk about the second season of the AppleTV+ hit, out this weekend. The show’s blend of workplace comedy and dystopian fiction hooked viewers when it debuted in 2022, arriving at a time when much of the public was re-assessing work-life balance priorities. Here, Scott opens up about why viewers compartmentalize, why the show’s characters resonate and (spoiler alert!) why the first season wasn’t supposed to end how it did. Read more.

Also this week, we spoke with journalist Terence McKenna about the new CBC documentary Putin’s Journey, which charts the authoritarian’s rise and helps uncover why Putin probably isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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