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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, 9 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Adam Gopnik on Aging, and a Visit to Maine with Elizabeth Strout
Episode 331
In fifteen years, people of retirement age will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. But, the staff writer Adam Gopnik finds, the e…
6 years, 10 months ago
New Yorker Reporters on Impeachment
Episode 330
David Remnick asks five New Yorker contributors about the nascent impeachment proceedings against the President. Susan Glasser, the magazine’s Washin…
6 years, 10 months ago
Cory Booker on How to Defeat Donald Trump
Episode 329
Senator Cory Booker burst onto the national scene about a decade ago, after serving as the mayor of the notoriously impoverished and dangerous city o…
6 years, 10 months ago