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Driving Through the Pandemic
Episode 445
It feels like a lifetime since the coronavirus pandemic transformed Americans’ daily lives, seven months ago, and fatigue is setting in even as the d…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Future of Trumpism
Episode 444
Nicholas Lemann’s “The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump” explores what will happen to the movement Donald Trump created among Republicans. In h…
5 years, 2 months ago
Elvis Costello Talks with David Remnick
Episode 443
Elvis Costello’s thirty-first studio album, “Hey Clockface,” will be released this month. Recorded largely before the pandemic, it features an unusua…
5 years, 2 months ago
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren on the State of Our Democracy
Episode 442
At the 2020 New Yorker Festival, earlier this month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Andrew Marantz to ta…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Battle Over Portland
Episode 441
During the Presidential debate in September, Donald Trump was asked to denounce the white supremacists who were battling anti-racism protesters in Po…
5 years, 3 months ago
Anthony Fauci Then and Now, and the Writer-Director Radha Blank
Episode 440
At the moment that Donald Trump was leaving Walter Reed Hospital, not yet recovered from a case of COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down with Michael …
5 years, 3 months ago
Marilynne Robinson on Faith, Love, and Politics
Episode 439
Marilynne Robinson’s new novel, “Jack,” is the fourth to be set among the world and people of a fictional town called Gilead, Iowa. The novelist grew…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Election, as Seen from Swing States
Episode 438
Joe Biden leads the Presidential race in Pennsylvania by around ten per cent, according to most polls, but Eliza Griswold says you wouldn’t know it o…
5 years, 3 months ago
Keith Knight of “Woke,” and Jia Tolentino Picks Three
Episode 437
“Woke,” a new comedy on Hulu, is inspired by the life of its creator, Keith Knight. The show, which blends reality and animated fantasy, follows Keef…
5 years, 3 months ago
Can a Newcomer Unseat Lindsey Graham? Plus, Carlos Lozada on “What Were We Thinking”
Episode 436
Jaime Harrison may seem like a long shot to become a South Carolina senator: he is a Black Democrat who grew up on food stamps in public housing, and…
5 years, 3 months ago