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Back to SearchRobert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away
Episode 919
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has never held elected office but is related to many people who have, is emerging as a potential threat to Democrats and …
2 years, 3 months ago
How a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban
Episode 915
David Remnick talks with a proponent of the TikTok ban that just passed in Washington. Jacob Helberg, an executive with the data giant Palantir who s…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy”; Plus, Hannah Goldfield on Culinary TikTok
Episode 914
David Remnick talks with Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired magazine, about the TikTok ban that just passed with bipartisan suppo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Could Swing the Election. Who Should Be More Worried—Biden or Trump?
Episode 909
When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., appeared on this show back in July, it was early in his run for President, and he was considered a fringe candidate. He …
2 years, 3 months ago
Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
Episode 908
From Cambridge to Los Angeles and at dozens of schools in between, campuses are roiled by protest against American financial and military support for…
2 years, 3 months ago
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, Who Refused to “Find” Votes for Donald Trump, Prepares for Another Election
Episode 902
Brad Raffensperger, who holds the usually low-profile office of secretary of state in Georgia, became famous after he recorded a phone call with Dona…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts)
Episode 901
Jerry Seinfeld used to have a comedy bit about the invention of the Pop-Tart, but when his friend Spike Feresten—who wrote the famous “Soup Nazi” epi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare
Episode 897
Probably far more people have now seen Judi Dench as M—the intelligence chief who’s the boss of James Bond—than anything she’s done in Shakespeare. …
2 years, 4 months ago
Jonathan Haidt on the Plague of Anxiety Affecting Young People
Episode 896
Both anecdotally and in research, anxiety and depression among young people—often associated with self-harm—have risen sharply over the last decade. …
2 years, 4 months ago
Maya Hawke on the Fear of “Missing Out,” and Jen Silverman on “There’s Going to Be Trouble”
Episode 892
At a band rehearsal in Brooklyn, Rachel Syme talks to Maya Hawke about switching gears between acting and music. In “Stranger Things,” Hawke plays Ro…
2 years, 4 months ago