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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Sarah Paulson, the Star of Netflix’s “Ratched”
Episode 425
The actor Sarah Paulson has appeared in “12 Years a Slave,” “The People v. O. J. Simpson,” and eight seasons of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story.…
5 years, 7 months ago
Samantha’s Journey into the Alt-Right, and Back
Episode 424
Since 2016, Andrew Marantz has been reporting on how the extremist right has harnessed the Internet and social media to gain a startling prominence i…
5 years, 7 months ago
Isabel Wilkerson on America’s Caste System
Episode 423
In this moment of historical reckoning, many Americans are being introduced to concepts like intersectionality, white fragility, and anti-racism. But…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Documentary ICE Doesn’t Want You to See
Episode 422
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has been given a broad mandate to round up undocumented immigrants. The agency is infamously unwelcoming to jour…
5 years, 7 months ago