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Back to SearchWerner Herzog Defends His “Ecstatic” Approach to the Truth
Episode 754
The renowned German filmmaker Werner Herzog has become known for many things: his notoriously ambitious film productions like “Fitzcarraldo” and “Agu…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rubén Blades Wasn’t Supposed to Be a Salsa Star
Episode 753
For roughly half a century, the singer Rubén Blades has been spreading the gospel of salsa music to every corner of the globe, but his status as an m…
2 years, 3 months ago
Al Gore on the Climate Crisis: “We Have a Switch We Can Flip”
Episode 752
Despite months of discouraging news about extreme weather conditions, the former vice-president Al Gore still believes that there is a solution to th…
2 years, 3 months ago
Introducing Critics at Large: The Myth-Making of Elon Musk
Episode 751
In this bonus episode, the hosts of Critics at Large dissect Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Elon Musk, asking how it reflects ideas about power, …
2 years, 3 months ago
Should Biden Push for Regime Change in Russia?
Episode 750
Throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, David Remnick has talked with Stephen Kotkin, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who is deeply inf…
2 years, 3 months ago
Olivia Rodrigo Talks with David Remnick
Episode 749
Being called the voice of a generation might seem a little off to someone born after the millennium. But Olivia Rodrigo’s songs clearly hit home for …
2 years, 3 months ago
Hernan Diaz’s “Trust,” a Novel of High Finance
Episode 748
The daughter of eccentric aristocrats marries a Wall Street tycoon of dubious ethics during the Roaring Twenties. That sounds like a plot that F. Sco…
2 years, 3 months ago
Kelly Clarkson on Writing About Divorce
Episode 747
Twenty years after her breakout on “American Idol,” Kelly Clarkson released an album called “Chemistry” that deals with the long arc of a relationshi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Naomi Klein Speaks with Jia Tolentino about “Doppelganger”
Episode 746
For twenty-some years, Naomi Klein has been a leading thinker on the left. She’s especially known for the idea of disaster capitalism: an analysis th…
2 years, 3 months ago
A Solution For the Chronically Homeless, and Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison
Episode 745
About 1.2 million people in the United States experience homelessness in a given year—you could nearly fill the city of Dallas with the unhoused. But…
2 years, 4 months ago