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Russia’s Intentions in Ukraine—and America
Episode 571
“They push buttons,” says Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale. “What button of ours are they pushing here? What are they trying to get us …
4 years, 1 month ago
The Trials of a Whistle-blower
Episode 570
As a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center—a Georgia facility run by LaSalle Corrections, a private company operating an immigration-detention c…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Olympic Games Return to China, in a Changed World
Episode 569
Much has changed since China last hosted the Olympics, during the 2008 Summer Games. Those Games were widely seen as greatly improving China’s intern…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hilton Als and Emma Cline on the Late Joan Didion
Episode 568
Joan Didion tried and failed, she said, “to think”; that is, to write about abstractions and symbols, and make grand arguments in the manner of the N…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Biden Presidency, Year One
Episode 567
President Biden took the oath of office in a moment of deep crisis—the pandemic in full swing and just weeks after an unprecedented attempt to overtu…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nnedi Okorafor on Sci-Fi Through an African Lens
Episode 566
Nnedi Okorafor, a recipient of the prestigious Hugo Award, is a prolific writer of science-fiction and fantasy novels for adults and young adults. Sh…
4 years, 2 months ago
A New Civil War in America?
Episode 565
When rioters, encouraged by the President, stormed the Capitol, one year ago, to overturn the results of the election, the idea that such a thing cou…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Power of Police Unions
Episode 564
The repeal of Section 50-A of the New York State Civil Rights Law was no technical change. Passed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, it was a …
4 years, 2 months ago
Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration
Episode 563
One year ago, Amanda Gorman delivered the inaugural poem on the day that Joe Biden became President. Gorman was just twenty-two years old, and it was…
4 years, 2 months ago
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Episode 562
Vjeran Tomic has been stealing since he was a small child, when he used a ladder to break into a library in his home town, in Bosnia. After moving to…
4 years, 2 months ago