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Neil Gaiman on the Power of Fantasy in our Lives
Episode 630
Neil Gaiman, one of the great fantasy writers of our time, first started writing his comic series “The Sandman” in the nineteen-eightiess. Decades la…
4 years ago
Designing a Soundscape for the Cars of the Future
Episode 629
Electric cars, compared to cars with internal-combustion engines, are nearly silent, which can present a danger to cyclists and pedestrians. So car c…
4 years ago
Elizabeth Kolbert on a Historic Climate Bill, Plus a Lesson from Kansas
Episode 628
The Inflation Reduction Act now before Congress is being celebrated as the most important piece of climate legislation in the history of this country…
4 years ago
A Trip to the Boundary Waters
Episode 627
Alex Kotlowitz is known as a chronicler of the city of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty and violence. His books set in Chicago include “…
4 years ago
Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right
Episode 626
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio’s dr…
4 years ago
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…
4 years 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month 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.…
4 years, 1 month 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,…
4 years, 1 month ago