Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJulián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong
Episode 941
The panic that gripped Democrats during and after President Biden’s performance in the June debate against Donald Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. I…
1 year, 6 months ago
Florence Welch Talks About Life on the Road
Episode 940
Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul. Florence Welch, the group’s singer and main songwr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Robert Caro on the Making of “The Power Broker”
Episode 939
Fifty years ago, in July, 1974, The New Yorker began publishing a lengthy excerpt of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker.” When the book appeared, it ran…
1 year, 6 months ago
The New Yorker’s Political Writers Answer Your Election Questions
Episode 938
At the beginning of 2021, it seemed like America might be turning a new page; instead, the election of 2024 feels like a strange dream that we can’t …
1 year, 6 months ago
John Fetterman’s Move to the Right on Israel
Episode 937
Many Democrats saw John Fetterman as a progressive beacon: a Rust Belt Bernie Sanders who – with his shaved head, his hoodie, and the zip code of Bra…
1 year, 6 months ago
Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV
Episode 936
Reality television has generally got a bad rap, but Emily Nussbaum—who received a Pulitzer Prize, in 2016, for her work as The New Yorker’s TV critic…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kevin Costner on “Yellowstone,” “Horizon,” and Why the Western Endures
Episode 935
Kevin Costner has been a leading man for more than forty years and has starred in all different genres of movies, but a constant in his filmography i…
1 year, 6 months ago
Paul Scheer Picks the Very Best of the Very Worst Movies
Episode 934
Paul Scheer is a noted actor and comedian, and the author of the new memoir “Joyful Recollections of Trauma.” Off the screen, his true obsession is b…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is Being a Politician the Worst Job in the World?
Episode 933
On July 4th—while the U.S. celebrates its break from Britain—voters in the United Kingdom will go to the polls and, according to all predictions, ous…
1 year, 7 months ago
After Serving Decades in Prison for Murder, Two Men Fought to Clear Their Names
Episode 932
For years, the staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman has reported on the case of Eric Smokes and David Warren. When they were teen-agers in Brooklyn, in 19…
1 year, 7 months ago