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Rachel Carson Dreams of the Sea
Episode 389
Before she published “Silent Spring,” one of the most influential books of the last century, Rachel Carson was a young aspiring poet and then a gradu…
6 years, 4 months ago
Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert on the Pandemic and the Environment
Episode 388
Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert join David Remnick to talk about the twin crises of our time: the coronavirus pandemic and the climate emergency.…
6 years, 4 months ago
War and Peace and Pandemic, and Roger Angell on Baseball Seasons Past
Episode 387
The contributor Yiyun Li is a fiction writer who also teaches creative writing at Princeton University. “The campus is empty,” she tells Joshua Rothm…
6 years, 4 months ago
Amid a Pandemic, Catharsis at Seven O’Clock
Episode 386
David Remnick on the hope and catharsis that he finds in New York City’s daily mass cheer, which celebrates all those who are keeping the city alive …
6 years, 4 months ago
Exploitation in the Amazon
Episode 385
This week, Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, ignored the advice of his own health minister, and went for a walk in the capitol, declaring “We’…
6 years, 4 months ago
Why We Underestimated COVID-19, and DJ D-Nice’s Club Quarantine
Episode 384
Despite the warnings of politicians and health-care professionals, many have failed to treat the coronavirus pandemic as a serious threat: the spring…
6 years, 4 months ago
Alcoholics Anonymous Goes Remote, and Jia Tolentino on Quarantine
Episode 383
An old Alcoholics Anonymous slogan goes, “Seven days without an A.A. meeting makes one weak.” But COVID-19 has made in-person meetings impossible in …
6 years, 4 months ago
E.R. Doctors on the COVID-19 Crisis, and the Politics of a Pandemic
Episode 382
Across the country, doctors and nurses are being forced to care for an increasing number of COVID patients with dwindling supplies and no clear end t…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Shock Wave of COVID-19
Episode 381
As the coronavirus pandemic brings the country to a standstill, David Remnick and New Yorker writers examine the scope of the damage—emotional, physi…
6 years, 5 months ago
Astrid Holleeder’s Crime Family
Episode 380
All her life, Astrid Holleeder knew that her older brother Willem was involved in crime; in their tough Amsterdam neighborhood, and as children of an…
6 years, 5 months ago