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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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 months ago