Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWriter, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences
As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Hilton Als's essays and profiles of figures like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Richard Pryor have redefined cultural criticism, blending autobiography …
Published on 9 months ago
'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why
The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happeni…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare'
Hanif Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. He describes being completely dependent on others — and the sense of purpose he's gained from writing. The memoir is cal…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog
Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide. She spoke with Te…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria
Atlantic writer Robert Worth talks about Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was the founder of the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, but is now advocating unity and inclusion. Syria borders…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough?
Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her exoneration, she reached out to the man who prosecuted her case. She talks about how she made hersel…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction
The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the Great Depression. Journalists Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater examine the chaos in a new book, Mad H…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'
Legal scholar Elie Mystal talks about his new book, Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America. From the Hyde Amendment's impact on reproductive rights to laws that shield gun manufacturers, …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros?
Seth Rogen created a new AppleTV+ series, The Studio, which is a satirical look at how executives in Hollywood make decisions on what movies get made. He stars as the head of a fictional Hollywood st…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and still going strong in midnight theaters. We're listening back to Terry's 2005 interview with Tim Curry, who starred on stage and in the film as Dr. …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago