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A Local Paper First Sounded the Alarm on George Santos. Nobody Listened.
Episode 675
George Santos is hardly the first scammer elected to office—but his lies, David Remnick says, are “extra.” Most Americans learned of Santos’s extraor…
2 years, 11 months ago
Deepti Kapoor Discusses “Age of Vice” with Parul Sehgal
Episode 674
Deepti Kapoor describes New Delhi, the setting of her novel “Age of Vice” as “extremely beautiful, but also violent. . . . It’s a place where you thi…
2 years, 11 months ago
In Politics, How Old Is Too Old?
Episode 673
It wasn’t so long ago that Ronald Reagan was considered over the hill, too old to govern. Now a sitting President has turned eighty in office, and a …
3 years ago
The Photographer Who Documented a Long-Forgotten Pan-African Festival
Episode 672
Forty-six years ago, a young photographer named Marilyn Nance got the opportunity of a lifetime. A student at the Pratt Institute, an art school in B…
3 years ago
Bob Woodward on His Trump Tapes
Episode 671
Bob Woodward is not one to editorialize. But, during his interviews with Donald Trump at the time of the COVID-19 crisis, Woodward found himself shou…
3 years ago
“Giselle,” and What to Do with the Problematic Past – Part II
Episode 670
When the renowned choreographer Akram Khan was commissioned to update the classic “Giselle” for the English National Ballet, he couldn’t simply put n…
3 years ago
What to Do with the Problematic Past, Part I
Episode 669
We draw meaning and comfort from traditions, but when the world changes, traditions can stop reflecting our values and cause us pain. This episode fe…
3 years ago
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
Episode 668
Tracy K. Smith was named Poet Laureate in 2017, at the beginning of the fierce partisan divide of the Trump era. She quickly turned to her craft to a…
3 years ago
Kirk Douglas, the Guitarist for the Roots, Revamps the Holiday Classics
Episode 667
As the guitarist for the Roots, the band for “The Tonight Show,” Kirk Douglas plays anything and everything. So David Remnick put him to the test on …
3 years ago
An Audiobook Master on the Secrets of Her Craft
Episode 666
You’ve probably never heard of Robin Miles, but you may well have heard her—possibly at some length. Miles is an actor who’s cultivated a particular …
3 years ago