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Thomas Mallon on Impeachment, and Philip Pullman on “His Dark Materials”
Episode 341
As he opened public impeachment proceedings last week, Representative Adam Schiff invoked Watergate—which, after all, ended well for Democrats. To un…
6 years, 4 months ago
A Progressive Evangelical, and Charlamagne Tha God
Episode 340
Eliza Griswold spoke recently with Doug Pagitt, a pastor from Minneapolis who is a politically progressive evangelical Christian. Pagitt left his chu…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Supreme Court Weighs the End of DACA
Episode 339
Jeff Sessions, then the Attorney General, announced in 2017 the cancellation of the Obama-era policy known as DACA—Deferred Action for Childhood Arri…
6 years, 4 months ago
How the Irish Border Keeps Derailing Brexit
Episode 338
One of the almost unsolvable problems with the U.K.’s exit from the E.U. is that it would necessitate a “hard border” between Northern Ireland, which…
6 years, 4 months ago
Can Mayor Pete Be a Democratic Front-Runner?
Episode 337
Six months ago, David Remnick interviewed a politician named Pete Buttigieg, who was just beginning his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Pr…
6 years, 4 months ago
Horror with a Real-Life Message
Episode 336
The director Sophia Takal is working on a remake of “Black Christmas,” an early slasher flick from Canada, in which sorority girls are picked off by …
6 years, 4 months ago
Roomful of Teeth Redefines Vocal Music for the Future
Episode 335
For a new music ensemble, Roomful of Teeth has made an extraordinary impression in a short time. Caroline Shaw, one of its vocalists, received the 20…
6 years, 4 months ago
Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence
Episode 334
Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein and other accused perpetrators of sexual assault helped opened the floodgates of the #MeToo movement. In his n…
6 years, 4 months ago
Nancy Pelosi: “Timing Is Everything”
Episode 333
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a lot of fights on her hands. After she led the Democrats to victory in the 2018 midterm elections, her legislative ag…
6 years, 5 months ago
New Yorker Writers on Hong Kong, and Nixon After Tiananmen Square
Episode 332
The months of protests in Hong Kong may be the biggest political crisis facing Chinese leadership since the Tiananmen Square massacre a generation ag…
6 years, 5 months ago