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Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo
Episode 481
When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopeful. He knew why he had been detained: he had cross…
5 years ago
Clubhouse Opens a Window for Free Expression in China
Episode 480
Clubhouse is an audio-only social-media platform offering chat rooms on any subject, allowing thousands of people to gather and listen to each other.…
5 years ago
Anthony Hopkins on “The Father,” and Patricia Lockwood’s First Novel
Episode 479
At an age when many actors are slowing down or long retired, Anthony Hopkins has kept up a feverish pace, with recent roles including Pope Benedict X…
5 years ago
Atul Gawande on the COVID Vaccine, and Daniel Kaluuya on “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Episode 478
Atul Gawande, the staff writer and public-health expert, talks with David Remnick about the progress of the vaccine rollout, the new strains of the c…
5 years ago
Congressman Jamie Raskin on Impeaching Donald Trump—Again
Episode 477
Tommy Raskin, a twenty-five-year-old law student, took his own life on New Year’s Eve, after a long battle against depression. His family laid him to…
5 years ago
The People Who Will Decide Donald Trump's Fate on Facebook
Episode 476
Facebook created the Oversight Board to adjudicate high-level claims about what can and can’t be posted, independent of the company’s leadership. Thi…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Supreme Court of Facebook
Episode 475
Facebook is at the center of the hottest controversies over freedom of speech, and its opaque, unaccountable decisions have angered people across the…
5 years, 1 month ago
Amanda Petrusich Talks with the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman
Episode 474
Amanda Petrusich describes herself as a “diehard fan” of folk music, but not when it feels precious or sentimental. That’s why she loves the Weather …
5 years, 1 month ago
Trump Closed the U.S. to Asylum Seekers. Will Biden Reopen It?
Episode 473
Immediately after Inauguration, the Biden Administration began trying to unwind some of Donald Trump’s most notorious policies on immigration. But, o…
5 years, 1 month ago
Kurt Vile Talks with Amanda Petrusich
Episode 472
Kurt Vile—that’s his real name—helped found the rock band the War on Drugs. But he left that band shortly after its début to make records of his own.…
5 years, 1 month ago