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Tom Hanks Reads His Tale of Going to the Moon
Episode 308
In 2014, Tom Hanks—the star of “Apollo 13,” among many other accomplishments—wrote a short story about going to the moon. But his was not a dramatic…
7 years, 1 month ago
Carly Rae Jepsen Talks with Amanda Petrusich
Episode 307
“I can remember, even four months after [“Call Me Maybe” ’s] release, being claimed in the press as a one-hit wonder,” Carly Rae Jepsen says. “Isn’t …
7 years, 1 month ago
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the 2020 Presidential Race and Why We Should Break up Homeland Security
Episode 306
It’s hard to recall a newly elected freshman representative to Congress who has made a bigger impact than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her primary victo…
7 years, 1 month ago
Aaron Sorkin Rewrites “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Episode 305
As he set about adapting “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the stage, Aaron Sorkin found himself troubled by its protagonist, the small-town lawyer Atticus…
7 years, 1 month ago
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
Episode 304
Tracy K. Smith was named Poet Laureate, in 2017, right after the most divisive election of our time. She could have spent her two-year appointment wr…
7 years, 1 month ago
Valeria Luiselli on Reënacting the Border
Episode 303
Valeria Luiselli first travelled to the U.S.–Mexico border in 2014, when the current immigration crisis began to heat up. Under the Trump Presidency,…
7 years, 1 month ago
Emily Nussbaum Likes to Watch
Episode 302
For decades, critical praise for a TV show was that it was “not like TV,” but more like a novel or a movie. That ingrained hierarchy always bugged Em…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Deport Victims of Human Trafficking
Episode 301
The New Yorker contributor Jenna Krajeski recently met with a woman who calls herself Esperanza. In her home country, Esperanza was coerced and threa…
7 years, 2 months ago
Dexter Filkins on the Dangerous Escalations between the U.S. and Iran
Episode 300
After a U.S. drone was allegedly shot down by Iran last week, relations between Tehran and Washington are again approaching a low point; on Thursday,…
7 years, 2 months ago
David Remnick Talks with Robert Caro about “Working”
Episode 299
Robert Caro is a historical biographer unlike anyone else writing today, with the Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, and other honors to prove it…
7 years, 2 months ago