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The Man Behind Black Mirror
When the British TV show Black Mirror first arrived in the US in late 2014, it was applauded for imagining dystopian, technology-centric scenarios th…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Feelings Show
Father Time — his 2017 sash bloodied and muddied, no doubt — will soon hand off the baton to Baby New Year and, like the reluctant old fellow reachin…
8 years, 2 months ago
Fire With Fire
When it comes to fighting fire with fire, common knowledge would have us leave the pyrotechnics to the trained professionals. This week, though, we t…
8 years, 3 months ago
Don't Expect Filing Your Taxes to Get Any Easier
In selling their new tax bill to the public, Republicans have leaned heavily on the theme of simplification. According to them, one of the primary be…
8 years, 3 months ago
After the Storm
Three months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's recovery story is far from over and far from simple. For some, it's a story of resilience. Others, …
8 years, 3 months ago
Power Trip
From Capitol Hill to the workplace to the darkest corners of the internet, it can feel like our world is increasingly being manipulated by threats an…
8 years, 3 months ago
A Reckoning in Our Own House
Update: On Wednesday, following the release of this pod extra, New York Public Radio announced that Jonathan Schwartz and Leonard Lopate had been pla…
8 years, 3 months ago
Flim-Flam Nation
It was yet another week of outrageous and consequential stories piling on top of one another at a head-spinning pace. A failed attempt to discredit t…
8 years, 3 months ago
About that Nazi Next Door
The New York Times' profile of Tony Hovater, a white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer, set Twitter on fire last weekend — and not in a good way. Bob …
8 years, 3 months ago
Apocalypse, Now
Science fiction has always been an outlet for our greatest anxieties. This week, we delve into how the genre is exploring the reality of climate chan…
8 years, 3 months ago