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The Pandemic at Three: Who Got it Right?
Episode 685
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its fourth year, we can begin to gain some clarity on which countries, and which U.S. states, had the best outcom…
2 years, 10 months ago
Angela Bassett on Playing Tina Turner and Queen Ramonda of Wakanda
Episode 684
It’s been almost three decades since Angela Bassett emerged in Hollywood as a “totem of empowered Black womanhood,” as Michael Schulman puts it—known…
2 years, 10 months ago
A Year of the War in Ukraine
Episode 683
In the year since Russia’s invasion, Ukrainians have shown incredible fortitude on the battlefield. Yet an end to the conflict seems nowhere in sight…
2 years, 10 months ago
Martin McDonagh Talks with Patrick Radden Keefe
Episode 682
Martin McDonagh burst onto the London theatre scene as a young playwright in the nineteen-nineties. At one point, he had four plays running simultane…
2 years, 11 months ago
Chuck D on How Hip-Hop Changed the World
Episode 681
Forty years ago, Chuck D showed listeners how exciting, radical, and unpredictable hip-hop could be. His song “Fight the Power” became a protest anth…
2 years, 11 months ago
Salman Rushdie on Surviving the Fatwa
Episode 680
Thirty-four years ago, the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a fatwa calling for the assassination of the novelist Salman Rushdi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Bonnie Raitt Talks with David Remnick
Episode 679
You couldn’t write a history of American music without a solid chapter on Bonnie Raitt. From her roots as a blues guitarist, she’s created a gorgeous…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Custody Battles Awaiting Mothers of Children Conceived in Rape
Episode 678
Exceptions in the case of rape used to be considered a necessity in abortion legislation, even within the pro-life movement. But today ten states hav…
2 years, 11 months ago
What Exactly Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did It Become so Powerful?
Episode 677
Many on the right blame “wokeness” for all of America’s ills—everything from deadly mass shootings to lower military recruitment. Florida’s governor,…
2 years, 11 months ago
Michael Schulman on Oscars History, and a Visit with “Annie” Composer Charles Strouse
Episode 676
Despite years of controversy, the Academy Awards and the other awards shows remain must-watch television for many Americans. The awards may be “unrel…
2 years, 11 months ago