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The Green Rush
Episode 328
It was just seven years ago that Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Today the drug is leg…
6 years, 11 months ago
Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes, Talks with David Remnick
Episode 327
Alabama Shakes started out playing covers at local gigs but quickly found a unique personal voice rooted in rock and soul. The band came to national …
6 years, 11 months ago
A Texas Republican Exits the House
Episode 326
An exodus is under way in the House of Representatives: not even halfway into the congressional term, fifteen Republicans have announced that they wi…
6 years, 11 months ago
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Episode 325
Vjeran Tomic has been stealing since he was a small child, when he used a ladder to break into a library in his home town, in Bosnia. After moving to…
6 years, 11 months ago
Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel
Episode 324
The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, talks with Salman Rushdie about “Quichotte,” his apocalyptic quest novel. A few years ago, when th…
6 years, 11 months ago
The New Norms of Affirmative Consent
Episode 323
Mischele Lewis learned that her fiancé was a con man and a convicted pedophile. By lying about who he was, did he violate her consent, and commit ass…
6 years, 11 months ago
Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify
Episode 322
Marianne Williamson, the self-help author associated with the New Age movement, has never held political office. But the race for the Presidency, she…
6 years, 11 months ago
Jia Tolentino on the Rise and Fall of the Internet
Episode 321
Jia Tolentino writes for The New Yorker about an extremely wide range of topics, but a central concern is what it has meant to her to have grown up a…
7 years ago
Roger Federer Opens Up
Episode 320
The winner of twenty Grand Slam titles and the top-ranked men’s player for three hundred and ten weeks, Roger Federer remains a dominant force in ten…
7 years ago
Derren Brown’s Big Secret
Episode 319
Derren Brown wants you to know that he is not a magician. The term he prefers to use is “psychological illusionist,” and his acts mix psychology, mis…
7 years ago