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Miranda July’s Uncomfortable Comedies, and a Toast to Roger Angell
Episode 435
Miranda July’s third feature film is “Kajillionaire,” a heist movie centered on a dysfunctional family, and her first with a Hollywood star like Evan…
5 years, 3 months ago
An Election in Peril
Episode 434
This Presidential race is a battle for the soul and the future of the country—on this much, both parties agree—and yet the pitfalls in the election p…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Composer Richard Wagner and the Birth of the Movies
Episode 433
The German composer Richard Wagner had an enormous influence not only on modern music but on artists of all stripes, and on political culture as well…
5 years, 4 months ago
What to Do with a Confederate Monument?
Episode 432
Across the South and well beyond, cities and states have been removing their Confederate monuments, recognizing their power as symbols of America’s f…
5 years, 4 months ago
N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft, and Jill Lepore on the End of a Pandemic
Episode 431
N. K. Jemisin has faced down a racist backlash to her success in the science-fiction community. But white supremacy in the genre is nothing new, she …
5 years, 4 months ago
Bette Midler and the Screenwriter Paul Rudnick on “Coastal Elites”
Episode 430
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In the new film “Coastal Elites,” Bette Midler plays a New Yorker of a certain type: a retired teacher who live…
5 years, 4 months ago
Rick Perlstein on Goldwater, Reagan, and Trump
Episode 429
“Reaganland” is the new volume in Rick Perlstein’s long chronicle of the American conservative movement; the four books, which he began publishing in…
5 years, 4 months ago
Everyone Knew Who Shot Ahmaud Arbery. Why Did the Killers Walk Free?
Episode 428
It has been six months since Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man, was shot by three white men while he was out for a Sunday jog near his childhood home.…
5 years, 4 months ago
Will This Be Joe Biden’s F.D.R. Moment?
Episode 427
Joe Biden has been playing it safe during the coronavirus pandemic, but Evan Osnos got the chance to sit down with the nominee in person. It was too …
5 years, 4 months ago
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on HBO’s “Watchmen”
Episode 426
HBO’s “Watchmen” was nominated for twenty-six Emmy Awards—more than any other show this year—including two for the music by Trent Reznor and Atticus…
5 years, 4 months ago