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Dexter Filkins on the Air Strike that Killed Qassem Suleimani
Episode 361
Qassem Suleimani was Iran’s most powerful military and intelligence leader, and his killing, in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Thursday night, will …
6 years, 2 months ago
Patty Marx Conducts an Orchestra
Episode 360
Patricia Marx is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and has contributed pieces for thirty years. Still, it might not be too late to try out a new care…
6 years, 2 months ago
Kelly Slater’s Perfect Wave Brings Surfing to a Crossroads
Episode 359
In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kelly’s Wave,” it showed Kelly Slater—arguably the best…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Hyperpartisan State
Episode 358
North Carolina is a relatively purple state, where voting between the two major parties tends to be close. That might suggest a place of common groun…
6 years, 2 months ago
Peter Dinklage on Cyrano, and Life After “Thrones”
Episode 357
In the classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a romantic with an exceptionally large and ugly nose pines after an unattainable woman. “As a person who lo…
6 years, 2 months ago
Helen Rosner Takes the Office-Fridge Challenge
Episode 356
Helen Rosner is known for her high degree of resourcefulness in the kitchen: she once broke the Internet with an article about the ingenious use of a…
6 years, 3 months ago
Lena Waithe on Police Violence and “Queen & Slim”
Episode 355
Lena Waithe is the screenwriter and creator of the Showtime series “The Chi,” about the South Side of Chicago, but she tells Jelani Cobb, “Getting yo…
6 years, 3 months ago
Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”
Episode 354
Greta Gerwig tells David Remnick that her adaptation of the novel “Little Women” didn’t need much updating for 2019: the world hasn’t changed as much…
6 years, 3 months ago
A Worldwide #MeToo Protest that Began in Chile
Episode 353
Three weeks ago, members of a Chilean feminist collective called Las Tesis put on blindfolds and party dresses and took to the streets. The festive a…
6 years, 3 months ago
The March Toward Impeachment
Episode 352
It’s been a busy week, and it’s only Tuesday. The chair of the House Judiciary Committee unveiled two articles of impeachment against the President, …
6 years, 3 months ago