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Who Was H. G. Carrillo? D. T. Max on a Novelist Whose Fictions Went Too Far
Episode 695
H. G. Carrillo was a writer’s writer—not a household name, but esteemed in literary circles. He began writing later in life, and was in his mid-forti…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jia Tolentino on the Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze
Episode 694
The prescription drug Ozempic was designed to help people with Type 2 diabetes manage their disease, and, under the name Wegovy, to treat obesity. Bu…
2 years, 9 months ago
How the Culture Wars Came to the Catholic Church
Episode 693
The pontificate of Pope Francis, which just reached its tenth year, has brought a greater willingness to engage with modern issues. Francis has addre…
2 years, 9 months ago
What if the Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action?
Episode 692
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears likely to strike down affirmative action, in a decision…
2 years, 9 months ago
Trans Activist Janet Mock Finds Her Voice
Episode 691
Janet Mock first heard the word “māhū,” a Native Hawaiian word for people who exist outside the male-female binary, when she was twelve. She had just…
2 years, 10 months ago
Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights
Episode 690
Many culture-war politicians are attacking the rights of trans people, and making a regressive view of gender as biology the key to their platforms. …
2 years, 10 months ago
Introducing: “In The Dark”
Episode 689
“In The Dark,” the acclaimed investigative podcast from American Public Media, is joining The New Yorker and Condé Nast Entertainment. In its first t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Chloe Bailey on Working Solo; and the Lost New Jersey Photos of Cartier-Bresson
Episode 688
When they were just thirteen and eleven years old, sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey started posting videos of themselves singing on YouTube and quickly…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Russian Activist Maria Pevchikh on the Fate of Alexey Navalny, and the Future of Russia
Episode 687
Well before launching the horrifying campaign against Ukraine a year ago, Vladimir Putin had been undermining Russia as well: normalizing corruption …
2 years, 10 months ago
Stephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; and the 2023 Brody Awards
Episode 686
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is in a genre all its own, and is an extremely unlikely favorite for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It’s a l…
2 years, 10 months ago