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Rose McGowan on Harvey Weinstein’s Guilty Verdict, and Neuroscience on the Campaign Trail
Episode 375
After a Manhattan jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of two of the sex crimes he was charged with, Ronan Farrow sat down with the actress Rose McGowa…
5 years, 10 months ago
Rolling the Dice with Russia, and a Conversation with Pam Grier
Episode 374
The complexity of world events can’t be modelled by a flow chart or even the most sophisticated algorithms. Instead, military officers, diplomats, an…
5 years, 10 months ago
Stephen Miller, the Architect of Trump’s Immigration Plan
Episode 373
Donald Trump began his Presidential bid, in 2015, with an infamous speech, at Trump Tower, in which he said of Mexican immigrants, “They’re bringing …
5 years, 10 months ago
Gish Jen’s “The Resisters”
Episode 371
In the near future, the Internet is sentient and her name is Aunt Nettie. Gish Jen’s novel “The Resisters” imagines a dystopian world with two classe…
5 years, 11 months ago
Bernie Sanders Ascends, and a High School Simulates the Election
Episode 372
Bernie Sanders’s win in New Hampshire has established him as the Democratic Presidential front-runner. Centrist Democrats regard him not as a challen…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Black Vote in 2020
Episode 369
The last time a Democrat won the White House, he had enormous support from black voters; lower support from black voters was one of many reasons Hill…
5 years, 11 months ago
Louis C.K.’s Return to the Stage
Episode 370
Louis C.K. is touring comedy clubs for the first time since accusations of sexual misconduct seemed to end his career, in 2017. Several women charged…
5 years, 11 months ago
A Tumultuous Week in Impeachment, and Jill Lepore on Democracy in Peril
Episode 368
The Washington correspondent Susan Glasser has been covering the scene in the Capitol as Republicans rush to contain the damage of the John Bolton ma…
5 years, 11 months ago
N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft
Episode 367
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most celebrated authors in science fiction’s history; the novels of her “Broken Earth” trilogy won the Hugo Award for thr…
5 years, 11 months ago
An Alternative Oscars Ceremony, and Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized
Episode 365
It’s time for the most anticipated of all awards shows: the Brodys, in which The New Yorker’s Richard Brody shares the best films of the year, accord…
5 years, 11 months ago