Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKarla Cornejo Villavicencio on “Catalina,” the Tale of an Undocumented Student at Harvard
Episode 944
Catalina Ituralde is the protagonist of the novel that bears her name, “Catalina.” In the summer before her senior year of college, she’s working as …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Presidential Race Is in Uncharted Territory, but It’s Clear Who’s Winning
Episode 943
The movement to persuade President Biden—long after the primaries—to drop out of the Presidential race is unprecedented. So is the candidacy of a con…
2 years, 1 month ago
Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain.
Episode 942
During the 2023 New Yorker Festival, three legendary staff writers got together to discuss the craft of investigative journalism: digging for informa…
2 years, 1 month ago
Julián 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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 …
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 2 months ago