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The Republican Rift in Georgia, and the Protests Sweeping Nigeria
Episode 459
In the past month, a fracture has opened up in the G.O.P. between those who grudgingly accept Joe Biden’s win and those who falsely claim that the el…
5 years, 8 months ago
The “Times Square Two” Fight to Clear Their Names
Episode 458
As teens, in the nineteen-eighties, Eric Smokes and David Warren were arrested for the robbery and murder of a tourist near Times Square on New Years…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ayanna Pressley and Abigail Spanberger on the Rift in the Democratic Party
Episode 457
In November, when the Democratic Party lost seats in the House and a hoped-for victory in the Senate fizzled, centrist Democrats were quick to blame …
5 years, 8 months ago
Steve McQueen Comes Home
Episode 456
Steve McQueen is the director of four feature films, including the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave.” His new series, “Small Axe,” which is streaming …
5 years, 8 months ago
Atul Gawande on Taming the Coronavirus
Episode 455
Can a vaccine be distributed fairly? What will be the impact if a large number of people don’t take it—as they say they won’t? Atul Gawande, a New Yo…
5 years, 8 months ago
Live at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers
Episode 454
Phoebe Bridgers’s tour dates were cancelled—she was booked at Madison Square Garden, among other venues—so she performs songs from her recent album, …
5 years, 8 months ago
Live at Home Part I: John Legend
Episode 453
Like everyone in the United States, John Legend has spent much of the past year in lockdown. He has been recording new music (via Zoom), performing o…
5 years, 9 months ago
A Novel About a Secret Family, and Adam Gopnik on Being Old
Episode 452
Sanaë Lemoine’s début novel, “The Margot Affair,” is about a seventeen-year-old high-school student whose father, a high-ranking official, does not a…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Fight to Turn Georgia Blue
Episode 451
This month, Georgia flipped: its voters picked a Democrat for President for the first time since Bill Clinton’s first-term election. To a significant…
5 years, 9 months ago
Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld, and Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Episode 450
Between the two of them, Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin have nearly a century of experience in the delicate art of telling jokes. In a conversation …
5 years, 9 months ago