Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Insidious Procedural Traps of the Texas Abortion Law
Episode 531
The new Texas law Senate Bill 8 effectively outlaws abortion in Texas, violating constitutional protections on reproductive rights. Yet the Supreme C…
4 years, 6 months ago
Remembering September 11th, and the Future of the Taliban
Episode 530
Twenty years after the events of September 11th, the writer Edwidge Danticat reads from her essay “Flight,” about the way that tragedies are memorial…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Child Tax Credit: One Small Step Toward Universal Basic Income?
Episode 529
David Remnick talks with Senator Michael Bennet, of Colorado, who campaigned for the Presidency in 2020 advocating for the child tax credit, which is…
4 years, 6 months ago
Riz Ahmed on “Mogul Mowgli”
Episode 528
As a rapper, Riz Ahmed has released critically acclaimed albums, and he was featured on the chart-topping “Hamilton Mixtape.” At the same time, he wa…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Joy of Beach Reads
Episode 526
Our guest host, Vinson Cunningham, looks at the joys of the beach read, hitting Brighton Beach on a hot, muggy day to peer over readers’ shoulders. H…
4 years, 6 months ago
Kim Stanley Robinson on “Utopian” Science Fiction
Episode 527
One of the premier writers of thinky sci-fi, Kim Stanley Robinson opened his book “The Ministry for the Future” with an all too plausible scenario: a…
4 years, 6 months ago
Home Cooking with Jacques Pepin and Klancy Miller
Episode 525
For generations of cooks, Jacques Pépin has been the master. Early in his career he cooked for eminences like Charles DeGaulle, and was offered a job…
4 years, 6 months ago
Dexter Filkins on the Fall of Afghanistan
Episode 524
Dexter Filkins covered the American invasion of Afghanistan when he was a reporter for the New York Times, and has continued to report on conflicts i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Liesl Tommy, Director of “Respect”
Episode 523
Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, the greatest voice of her generation, an eighteen-time Grammy Award winner whose career spanned five decades. …
4 years, 7 months ago
Amanda Petrusich Talks with the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman
Episode 522
Amanda Petrusich describes herself as a “die-hard fan” of folk music, but not when it feels precious or sentimental. That’s why she loves the Weather…
4 years, 7 months ago