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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Elections
Episode 661
J. Michael Luttig is a retired judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and a prominent legal mind in conservative circles, close with figures including Cl…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why Christine Baranski Fought the Good Fight
Episode 660
The veteran stage and screen actress Christine Baranski first became a household name thanks to her Emmy-winning turn on the nineties sitcom “Cybill,…
3 years, 3 months ago
Quinta Brunson, a “Child of the Internet,” Revives the Sitcom
Episode 659
Quinta Brunson made a name for herself as a master of meme comedy and is a self-described “child of the Internet,” yet her ABC mockumentary series “A…
3 years, 3 months ago
Unpacking the Latino Vote, and Susan Orlean on the Queen of Tigers
Episode 658
In the lead-up to this year’s midterm elections, many pundits expected Republicans to make significant gains among Latino voters, further eroding a b…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Stories of #MeToo
Episode 657
Five years ago, reporting on the film producer Harvey Weinstein’s history of assault and misconduct opened the floodgates of the national reckoning w…
3 years, 3 months ago
How Qatar Took the World Cup
Episode 656
No self-respecting sports fan is naïve about the role that money plays in pro sports. But, by any standard, the greed and cynicism behind the World C…
3 years, 3 months ago
Safia Elhillo on Vulnerability and Anger in “Girls That Never Die”
Episode 655
The poet Safia Elhillo first found her voice onstage, performing in youth poetry slams in Washington, D.C., where she grew up, the child of Sudanese …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Man Who Escaped from Auschwitz to Warn the World
Episode 654
Rudolf Vrba was sent to Auschwitz at the age of seventeen, and, because he was young and in good health, he was not killed immediately but put to lab…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mike White on the New Season of “The White Lotus” in Sicily
Episode 653
The first season of “The White Lotus” won ten Emmy Awards and was a critics’ favorite. A dark satire of the privileged, the show chronicled the visit…
3 years, 4 months ago
Russell Moore on Christian Nationalism
Episode 652
Russell Moore, a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Convention, resigned over the church’s response to racism—which Moore considers a sin—and d…
3 years, 4 months ago