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David Fincher on “Mank,” and Daniel Alarcón’s Favorite Children’s Books
Episode 489
David Fincher made his name in Hollywood as the director of movies that pushed people’s buttons—dark thrillers like “Fight Club,” “The Game,” “Seven,…
5 years, 4 months ago
Race and Taxes, and Jane Mayer on How to Kill a Bill
Episode 488
The investigative reporter Jane Mayer recently received a recording of a meeting attended by conservative power brokers including Grover Norquist, re…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Complex Story of Being Trans in Africa, and Derek DelGaudio on Deception
Episode 487
Our producer talks with the South African scholar Dr. B Camminga, whose essay “Disregard and Danger” deconstructs the viewpoints of so-called TERFs—t…
5 years, 4 months ago
Will the Most Important Voting-Rights Bill Since 1965 Die in the Senate?
Episode 486
No sooner had Joe Biden won the Presidential election than Republican state legislatures began introducing measures to make voting more difficult in …
5 years, 5 months ago
Remembering a City at the Peak of Crisis
Episode 485
April 15, 2020, was near the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, which was then its epicenter. On that day, a crew of New Yorker writers …
5 years, 5 months ago
“2034,” and Torrey Peters on the Taboo of Detransitioning
Episode 484
The retired admiral James Stavridis teamed up with Elliot Ackerman, a journalist and former Marine, to imagine how, in the shadow of an increasingly …
5 years, 5 months ago
Can the Royal Family Withstand Oprah’s Scrutiny?
Episode 483
Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, was riveting celebrity television, but it may also be a significant …
5 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Episode from La Brega: Basketball Warriors
Episode 482
Despite being a U.S. colony, Puerto Rico competes in sports as its own country on the world stage. Since the 70s, Puerto Rico’s national basketball t…
5 years, 5 months ago
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, 5 months 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, 5 months ago