2015 marked the 150th anniversary of The Nation, the oldest weekly magazine in the country. A Q&A with Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple, writer Amy Wilentz, and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel follows the West Coast premiere of Kopple's documentary film, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation, featuring intimate encounters with the writers, columnists, editorsand internswho are both custodians of The Nation's enduring values of dissent and stewards of its future.