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What Makes a Mass Shooter?
Episode 605
In America, unthinkable violence has become routine. In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, David Remnick speaks with the researchers…
3 years, 7 months ago
Florence and the Machine, Live at The New Yorker Festival
Episode 604
Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul; the band’s most recent record, “Dance Fever,” just…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Attack on Gender-Affirming Medical Care
Episode 603
Across the United States, conservative politicians are leading a backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. identity, framing legal restrictions as protection of ch…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Comedian Megan Stalter on Finding Inspiration in American Absurdity
Episode 602
Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs in New York City. But with the arrival of COVID-19…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Battle After Roe v. Wade
Episode 601
Assuming that Justice Samuel Alito’s final opinion in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization gets majority suppor…
3 years, 8 months ago
Stephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Episode 600
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is in a genre all its own—you could call it sci-fi-martial-arts-family-drama. Stephanie Hsu plays both Joy, an a…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi; and a Look at White Empathy
Episode 599
Last week, a draft opinion was leaked which suggests that a majority of Supreme Court Justices are ready to overturn the precedents of Roe v. Wade an…
3 years, 8 months ago
Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road
Episode 598
Rickie Lee Jones emerged into the pop world fully formed; her début album was nominated for five Grammys, in 1980, and she won for Best New Artist. O…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Ukrainian Diplomat on the Future of Russian Aggression
Episode 597
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a third month, prospects of ending the conflict are still nowhere in sight, and there seems to be no end to…
3 years, 8 months ago
Viola Davis on Playing Michelle Obama, and Finding Her Voice as an Actor
Episode 596
The Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis traces her career in Hollywood back to a single moment of inspiration from her childhood: watching Cicely Tyson s…
3 years, 8 months ago