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Why Do Conservatives Love Hungary’s Viktor Orbán?
Episode 615
When the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz first heard that the Conservative Political Action Conference, the flagship event of the American con…
3 years, 6 months ago
Alan Alda, Podcaster
Episode 614
Alan Alda spent his early years in the burlesque theatres where his father, the actor Robert Alda, would perform. Those early years opened his eyes i…
3 years, 6 months ago
Forget Dating Apps—the “Marriage Pact” Goes for the Long Haul
Episode 613
A survey that started as a student project at Stanford University has become a popular dating and relationship tool on campuses across the country. I…
3 years, 6 months ago
Dexter Filkins on the Rise of Ron DeSantis
Episode 612
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown himself uniquely skilled at attracting attention beyond the borders of his home state. Just this month, DeSa…
3 years, 7 months ago
Michael R. Jackson on “A Strange Loop,” His Black, Queer Coming-of-Age Musical
Episode 611
Michael R. Jackson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “A Strange Loop” features a Black queer writer named Usher, who works as an usher, strug…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Adrenaline Rush of Racing Drones
Episode 610
Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, travelled to a house in Fort Collins, Colorado, where thr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Regina Spektor on Her New Album, “Home, Before and After”
Episode 609
Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a backpack full of self-produced CDs, and playing at l…
3 years, 7 months ago
Masha Gessen on the Quiet in Kyiv
Episode 608
Masha Gessen is reporting for The New Yorker on the war in Ukraine, which is now in its fourth month. They checked in with David Remnick from Kyiv, w…
3 years, 7 months ago
“The Book of Queer,” and “Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen
Episode 607
While working on his Ph.D., the historian Eric Cervini (whose book “The Deviant’s War” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) noticed the lack of pop…
3 years, 7 months ago
Remembering Roger Angell, and Fishing with Karen Chee
Episode 606
Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his extraordinary accompli…
3 years, 7 months ago