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Back to SearchFrom On the Media: We Don’t Talk About Leonard Leo
Episode 766
In a new miniseries from “On the Media,” “We Don’t Talk About Leonard,” the ProPublica reporters Andrea Bernstein, Andy Kroll, and Ilya Marritz inves…
2 years, 9 months ago
Is there a Path Forward for Gaza and Israel?
Episode 765
After returning from a week of reporting in Israel, David Remnick has two important conversations about the conflict between Israelis and Arabs both …
2 years, 10 months ago
”Fellow Travelers”: A Showtime Series Explores a Forgotten Witch Hunt
Episode 761
Much of the peril and persecution of the McCarthy era is well-trodden territory in historical dramas, but the burden that the Red Scare placed on the…
2 years, 10 months ago
Spike Lee on His “Dream Project,” a Joe Louis Bio-Pic
Episode 760
The director Spike Lee looked back at the length and breadth of his career so far during a sit-down with David Remnick at the New Yorker Festival. Al…
2 years, 10 months ago
Rodrigo Duterte’s Deadly Promise
Episode 755
When Rodrigo Duterte ran for the presidency of the Philippines and won, in 2016, the Western press noted the similarities between this unconventional…
2 years, 10 months ago
Werner 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago