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Mass Incarceration, Then and Now
Episode 555
The United States has the largest prison population in the world. But, until the publication of Michelle Alexander’s book “The New Jim Crow,” in 2010…
4 years, 1 month ago
Aimee Mann Live, with Atul Gawande
Episode 554
Aimee Mann, the celebrated Los Angeles singer and songwriter, recently released an album called “Queens of the Summer Hotel.” The album was inspired …
4 years, 1 month ago
Dave Grohl’s Tales of Life and Music
Episode 553
At The New Yorker Festival, Dave Grohl talked with Kelefa Sanneh about Grohl’s new book, “The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music.” Grohl, who was t…
4 years, 1 month ago
Mexican Abortion Activists Mobilize to Aid Texans
Episode 552
Mexico is a deeply Catholic nation where abortion was, for a long time, criminalized in many states; just a few years ago Coahuilla, near the U.S. bo…
4 years, 1 month ago
If Roe v. Wade Goes, What Next?
Episode 551
The Supreme Court, with a six-to-three majority of conservative justices, is hearing critical cases on abortion rights. If it approves restrictive st…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis
Episode 550
After storms and other climate disasters, legions of workers appear overnight to cover blown-out buildings with construction tarps, rip out ruined wa…
4 years, 2 months ago
Anna Deavere Smith Retells Rodney King’s Story in Theatre
Episode 549
“Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” premièred nearly thirty years ago, but it’s one of the most current and important plays on Broadway right now. Anna Dea…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rachel Held Evans and Her Legacy
Episode 548
Growing up, Rachel Held Evans was a fiercely enthusiastic evangelizer for her faith, the kind of kid who relished the chance to sit next to an atheis…
4 years, 2 months ago
Will the Office Survive the Pandemic?
Episode 547
Cal Newport, the author of “A World without Email” and other books, has been writing about how the shutdown has affected businesses and the culture o…
4 years, 2 months ago
Wole Soyinka on His New Satire of Corruption and Fundamentalism
Episode 546
Wole Soyinka is a giant of world literature. A Nobel laureate, he’s written more than two dozen plays, a vast amount of poetry, several memoirs, and …
4 years, 2 months ago