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Why Play Music: A Conversation with Questlove and Maggie Rogers
Episode 641
Earlier this month, two acclaimed musicians—Questlove and Maggie Rogers—joined The New Yorker’s Kelefa Sanneh live onstage for a conversation that pr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Roger Federer on Retirement and His Evolution in Tennis
Episode 640
Roger Federer is playing the last professional tennis match of his career this week. It’s the end of an incredible run. Over two decades, he has demo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Will Voter Suppression Become the Law?
Episode 639
Now seven weeks away, the midterms are often cast as a referendum on the President and his party. But, this year, some see democracy itself on the ba…
3 years, 5 months ago
Andy Borowitz, and the Hunt for Invasive Lionfish
Episode 638
Not only are we living in a time where people are proud of their ignorance, argues the writer and comedian Andy Borowitz, but some of our most educat…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Sheryl Lee Ralph Is Reshaping Hollywood
Episode 637
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been a staple of Black entertainment for decades. She played Deena Jones in the original Broadway production of “Dreamgirls,” an…
3 years, 6 months ago
Keeping Score: A Year Inside a Divided Brooklyn High School
Episode 636
Nearly seventy years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, our public schools effectively remain segregated. And, by some measures, New Yor…
3 years, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago