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Notes from a Warming World
Episode 625
Much of the globe has seen record-breaking temperatures in recent heat waves that seem increasingly routine. Dhruv Khullar, a contributor and a pract…
3 years, 5 months ago
Jamie Raskin on the Facts of January 6th, and the Danger Ahead
Episode 624
Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on Congress’s Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. He spoke with Da…
3 years, 5 months ago
Jason Isbell on Songwriting While Sober
Episode 623
Jason Isbell got into the music business early; he had a publishing deal when he was twenty-one. But he really came into his own as a songwriter arou…
3 years, 5 months ago
New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
Episode 622
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east.…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio
Episode 621
Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Superman; from Martin Luther King,…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of the “Most Free Slaves”
Episode 620
Until very recently, Dmitry Bykov was a huge presence on the Russian literary scene. He is a novelist, a poet, a biographer, and a critic. He was a f…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Comedian Hannah Gadsby Renounces Comedy, and Patricia Marx Tries to Relax
Episode 619
The comedian Hannah Gadsby has been touring this summer with a show called “Body of Work.” She came to wide attention in 2018, with the Netflix speci…
3 years, 6 months ago
What Precedents Would Clarence Thomas Overturn Next?
Episode 618
Justice Clarence Thomas once was an outlier for his legal views. But Thomas is now the heart of the Court’s conservative bloc, and his concurring opi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Astrid Holleeder’s Crime Family
Episode 617
All her life, Astrid Holleeder knew that her older brother Willem was involved in crime. But she was stunned when, in 1983, Willem and his best frien…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jia Tolentino and Stephania Taladrid on the End of Roe v. Wade
Episode 616
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs case was not a surprise; given the draft opinion that was leaked in May, its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade…
3 years, 6 months ago