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Masha Gessen and Keith Gessen Debate Russian and American Politics
Episode 281
Masha Gessen and Keith Gessen have, taken together, written more than a dozen books and a thousand articles. Keith Gessen is a founder of n+1, an inf…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Neurology of Bias, and a Visit with Thundercat
Episode 280
Most of us have biases and prejudices we don’t acknowledge—or aren’t even aware of. Admitting those biases is a baseline of political “wokeness.” But…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg on Coming Out: “I Realized I Couldn’t Go On Like That Forever”
Episode 279
During an exit interview with President Barack Obama in November, 2016, just weeks after the election, David Remnick asked who would be the leaders o…
6 years, 11 months ago
How OxyContin Was Sold to the Masses
Episode 278
Patrick Radden Keefe has reported on the Sackler family and their control of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. Among the sources for his article…
6 years, 11 months ago
Has the Mueller Report Changed Anything?
Episode 277
The Mueller investigation has been a two-year obsession for nearly everyone who cares about politics in America. For one side, the special counsel wa…
6 years, 11 months ago
U.K. Edges Closer to the Cliff of a No-Deal Brexit
Episode 276
Since the minute that British citizens voted, in a 2016 referendum, to leave the European Union, confusion and disorganization has consumed the U.K. …
6 years, 11 months ago
Emilia Clarke on a Near-Death Experience Scarier than “Game of Thrones”
Episode 275
Emilia Clarke was an unknown young actor when she landed the part of Daenerys, of the House of Targaryen, on a show called “Game of Thrones.” After a…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Hot Fashion Trends in Silicon Valley, and the Top Chef Niki Nakayama
Episode 274
Silicon Valley has a reputation for being a place where young geniuses are too busy disrupting the world to buy clothes; jeans and a hoodie generally…
6 years, 11 months ago
Getting Detained by ICE—on Purpose
Episode 273
In 2012, two young activists from the National Immigrant Youth Alliance went on an undercover mission to infiltrate the Broward Transitional Center, …
7 years ago
American Exiles in East Africa (Part 2)
Episode 272
Pete O’Neal was a street hustler and small-time pimp who gave up crime to fight oppression, founding the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panther Pa…
7 years ago