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Ronan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
Episode 595
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive spywares kno…
3 years, 8 months ago
“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and a Short History of Movies about the Internet
Episode 594
The Internet can be a scary place in real life, and far more so in Jane Schoenbrun’s film “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” which premièred at t…
3 years, 8 months ago
Jennifer Egan on the Literary Pleasures of the Concept Album
Episode 593
Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” one of the most anticipated books of the year, has just been published. It is related—not a sequel exac…
3 years, 9 months ago
Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court
Episode 592
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been voted in as a Supreme Court Justice—the first Black woman to serve in that role. But, to reach this milestone, Jackson…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Missing Boater
Episode 591
Dick Conant spent years of his life crisscrossing America by canoe, like a Mark Twain character. On land, he worked a variety of jobs and was often h…
3 years, 9 months ago
Investigating January 6th
Episode 590
With a judge declaring that Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a felony in his attempt to overturn the Presidential election, the congress…
3 years, 9 months ago
Connor Ratliff Talks with Sarah Larson, Plus Chef Bryant Terry
Episode 589
An aspiring actor named Connor Ratliff thought he had it made when he got a small part on the 2001 miniseries “Band of Brothers,” in an episode direc…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War
Episode 588
A wave of book bannings sweeping the country, along with conservative fury over titles like “Antiracist Baby,” seems like a backlash against the heig…
3 years, 9 months ago
Returning to the Office . . . While Black
Episode 587
“Coming back to work is partially about surveillance and micromanagement,” Keisha, a podcasting executive, says. “Everybody feels it, but people of c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Radio Ukraine
Episode 586
Kraina FM is a radio station that broadcasts in Kyiv and more than twenty other cities, playing Ukrainian-language rock and pop. When Russia invaded …
3 years, 9 months ago