2025-11-29
54 分钟Hey, it's John Chase.
And Mari Uehara.
From Wirecutter, the product recommendation service from the New York Times.
Mari, it is gift giving time.
John, we have over 40 gift guides, like gifts for people who have everything.
On that list, I particularly love the self-watering planter.
I struggle to keep plants alive, so this is like a perfect solution.
Check out all of Wirecutter's gift recommendations for yourself and everyone else at nytimes.com slash holiday guide.
From the New York Times, this is the interview.
I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.
I don't know quite what I was expecting when I walked into Simon Cowell's home in southwest London,
but I was greeted by endless cups of tea, a warm welcome from his longtime partner,
Lauren, and his 11-year-old son, Eric.
Cowell was also pretty charming.
What I discovered was that the king of mean who shaped American TV culture and changed the music industry is definitely in his cozy era.
Cal knows he's mellowed.
Part of that is age, he's 66,
but he's also suffered the loss of his parents, become a father, gone to therapy.
And more recently, he's grappled with the death of Liam Payne,
whom he discovered on X Factor and cast in the mega-famous boy band One Direction,