Some of my favorite TV segments in 2015

An incomplete list, in no particular order, of some highlights from “Reliable Sources” in 2015…

Interviewing the top editors of The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Daily News, The Indianapolis Star, The Hollywood Reporter, Cosmopolitan, The Nation, the Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart News, and In Touch Weekly…

Speaking with Bob Schieffer as he retired from “Face the Nation…” Jorge Ramos after he challenged Donald Trump at a press conference… Dan Rather about the movie “Truth…” Maria Elena Salinas about election coverage… Lester Holt’s son Stefan about his dad’s big promotion…

Asking Phil Donahue about the post-9/11 media climate, media consolidation and more…

Discussing how the press covers ISIS — and inflates people’s fears — with Fareed Zakaria and Glenn Greenwald…

Interviewing Trevor Noah ahead of his “Daily Show” premiere… Gawker owner Nick Denton after a “meltdown…” Clinton campaign comms director Jennifer Palmieri amid a dust-up with the NYT… Sen. Al Franken right after his “net neutrality” victory… Mediaite founder Dan Abrams about Donald Trump coverage…

Plus BuzzFeed EIC Ben Smith on “the dress…” Gawker executive editor John Cook on Clinton’s emails… Al Jazeera America anchor Ali Velshi on representation of Muslims on TV and in newsrooms… and fired L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner on the future of local journalism…

Paying tribute to David Carr with Anthony Bourdain…

Talking with cartoonists after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and visiting the memorial site in Paris…

Interviewing the general manager of WDBJ, the boyfriend of Alison Parker and the sole survivor of the shooting at Smith Mountain Lake…

Broadcasting exclusives with the pilots involved in the Brian Williams story…

Booking newsmakers whenever possible: GLAAD head Sarah Kate Ellis, activist Deray McKesson, syndicated columnist Dan Savage, “Fresh Off the Boat” author Eddie Huang,” Hustler publisher Larry Flynt…

Hearing from a local TV anchor after the attack in Charleston… “Sesame Street” actor Emilio Delgado about Trump’s offensive speech… Sam Champion on the SCOTUS gay marriage ruling…

Interviewing one of the broadcasters of Super Bowl I…

Retelling the story of former CNN correspondent Jeanne Meserve’s “Paul Revere” moment during Hurricane Katrina…

Profiling the three Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters who unmasked the mystery owner of their newspaper…

Talking with six presidential candidates: Bernie Sanders… Ben Carson… Rick Santorum… Jim Gilmore… George Pataki… and Larry Lessig…

Highlighting the fact-checking efforts of PolitiFact and The Washington Post…

Questioning Donald Trump’s top lawyer Alan Garten, his right-hand-man Michael Cohen, former (?) advisor Roger Stone, and national spokesperson Katrina Pierson…

Going “on the road with Trump” at a New Hampshire house party…

Covering Trump’s testiness with the press… hearing from Carl Bernstein on how 2016 could be the “ultimate celebrity clash…” plus Doris Kearns Goodwin’s perspective as a historian… and the POV of a polling expert who emphasized the limitations of early polls…

Oh, and wondering if Trump will end up with a cable news show if he doesn’t win the election…

Covering the “Fox News primary” here and here, and interviewing former “Fox News Watch” host Eric Burns…

Hearing insight about Fox News, “wedge politics” and “resentment news” from Jay Rosen…

Ranting about why politicians shouldn’t shun The New York Times…

Nerding out with Bill Carter and Frank Pallotta about “SNL,” The Awl’s John Herrman about media vs. tech battles, anti-Comcast community organizer Hannah Sassaman about the merger’s defeat, and the top lawyer at the Associated Press about “sunshine laws…”

Reuniting with one of my childhood idols, “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine…

Pairing a former White House press secretary with a former W.H. correspondent… two former “Apprentice” contestants… and three ordinary fans of Brian Williams…

Debating media ethics: the photograph of a dead Syrian child… the video of the WDBJ shooting… the publication of names of mass killers… the “terrorism” label…

Peeling back the curtain about “off the record” negotiations…

Hearing Jason Rezaian’s brother Ali describe the “agonizing wait” for Jason’s release from an Iranian prison…

And listening to journalist Mohamed Fahmy after he was freed from an Egyptian prison…

Speaking with the real-life inspirations for the “Spotlight” movie…

Nabbing the first interview with Amazon exec Roy Price about the company’s original movies plan…

The NewTube series: Oculus’s Palmer Luckey, YouTube’s Robert Kyncl, BuzzFeed’s Ze Frank, HBO’s Richard Plepler…

Sitting down with the famed TV producer Norman Lear…

Having Dr. Cornel West call me “Brother Brian…”

Asking Patrick Stewart, who plays a cable news host in the Starz show “Blunt Talk,” for advice…

And trying to keep up with guests who are comedians: John Fuglesang, Jay Mohr, and “Modern Family” executive producer Danny Zuker, and maybe the most amusing one of them all, Dick Cavett.