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Aimee Mann Live, with Atul Gawande
Episode 635
Aimee Mann, the celebrated Los Angeles singer and songwriter, recently released an album called “Queens of the Summer Hotel.” It was inspired in part…
3 years, 4 months ago
Dave Grohl’s Tales of Life and Music
Episode 634
At The New Yorker Festival, Dave Grohl talked with Kelefa Sanneh about Grohl’s recent book, “The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music.” Grohl, who wa…
3 years, 4 months ago
A New Civil War in America?
Episode 633
Since the F.B.I. raid on former President Donald Trump’s home, Mar-A-Lago, the phrases “civil war” and “lock and load” have trended on right-wing soc…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Actor Jenifer Lewis: Mother, Activist, Hurricane
Episode 632
Jenifer Lewis is known as the “Mother of Black Hollywood” for good reason; her screen progeny have included Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, and Tupa…
3 years, 4 months ago
What’s Driving Black Candidates to the Republican Party?
Episode 631
The Republican Party has recently attracted an almost unprecedented number of Black candidates to its fold—more than at any time since the Reconstruc…
3 years, 4 months ago
Neil Gaiman on the Power of Fantasy in our Lives
Episode 630
Neil Gaiman, one of the great fantasy writers of our time, first started writing his comic series “The Sandman” in the nineteen-eightiess. Decades la…
3 years, 4 months ago
Designing a Soundscape for the Cars of the Future
Episode 629
Electric cars, compared to cars with internal-combustion engines, are nearly silent, which can present a danger to cyclists and pedestrians. So car c…
3 years, 5 months ago
Elizabeth Kolbert on a Historic Climate Bill, Plus a Lesson from Kansas
Episode 628
The Inflation Reduction Act now before Congress is being celebrated as the most important piece of climate legislation in the history of this country…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Trip to the Boundary Waters
Episode 627
Alex Kotlowitz is known as a chronicler of the city of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty and violence. His books set in Chicago include “…
3 years, 5 months ago
Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right
Episode 626
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio’s dr…
3 years, 5 months ago