Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlicia Keys Returns to Her Roots with Her New Musical, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Episode 880
Alicia Keys’ new musical is opening on Broadway about a ten-minute walk from where she grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. She describes the New York City nei…
1 year, 9 months ago
Percival Everett and the Reinvention of Mark Twain’s Jim
Episode 876
In a new novel, Percival Everett offers a radically different perspective on the classic story “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Everett tells t…
1 year, 9 months ago
Trump’s Authoritarian Pronouncements Recall a Dark History
Episode 875
In 2016, before most people imagined that Donald Trump would become a serious contender for the Presidency, the New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik w…
1 year, 9 months ago
March Madness 2024: College Basketball at a Crossroads
Episode 871
As this year’s annual March Madness tournament kicks off, there’s a sense of malaise around men’s college basketball. The advent of the transfer port…
1 year, 9 months ago
Judith Butler Can’t “Take Credit or Blame” for Gender Furor
Episode 870
A legal assault on trans rights by conservative groups and the Republican Party is escalating, the journalist Erin Reed reports, with nearly five hun…
1 year, 10 months ago
In “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close
Episode 865
Like most Americans, Vinson Cunningham first became aware of Barack Obama in 2004, when he gave a breakout speech at the Democratic National Conventi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”
Episode 864
“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as Be…
1 year, 10 months ago
What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Episode 860
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Kara Swisher on Tech Billionaires: “I Don’t Think They Like People”
Episode 859
Kara Swisher landed on the tech beat as a young reporter at the Washington Post decades ago. She would stare at the teletype machine at the entrance …
1 year, 10 months ago
Lily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood. Plus, the Brody Awards
Episode 855
Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Martin Scorsese’s period drama “Killers of a Flower…
1 year, 10 months ago