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2018 in Pop Culture
Episode 251
The New Yorker staff writers Jia Tolentino, Doreen St. Félix, and Alexandra Schwartz all cover the culture beat from different angles. They talk with…
7 years, 2 months ago
Kelly Slater’s Perfect Wave Brings Surfing to a Crossroads
Episode 250
In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kelly’s Wave,” it showed Kelly Slater—arguably the best…
7 years, 2 months ago
Aaron Sorkin Rewrites “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Episode 249
As he set about adapting “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the stage—the play opened this week on Broadway—Aaron Sorkin first wrote a version that he says …
7 years, 3 months ago
Robyn Talks with David Remnick
Episode 248
For the past twenty-five years, since she was a young teen-ager, the singer Robyn has been on the cutting edge of pop music. Her sound is sparse and …
7 years, 3 months ago
Helen Rosner Ferments at Home, Plus Dexter Filkins on Saudi Arabia
Episode 247
One of the hot trends in the food world is one of the oldest: fermentation. No longer just for beer and sauerkraut, fermentation—which Helen Rosner c…
7 years, 3 months ago
Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century
Episode 246
In the November midterm elections, Stacey Abrams, a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, arrived at her polling place to cast a vote for herself, only…
7 years, 3 months ago
Bridget Everett Talks with Michael Schulman
Episode 245
Appearing at the New Yorker Festival, in conversation with Michael Schulman , Bridget Everett brought her dog onstage. It was unconventional, but no …
7 years, 3 months ago
Jim Carrey Doesn’t Exist (According to Jim Carrey)
Episode 244
As a young boy, Jim Carrey got in trouble for staring in the mirror. He didn’t do it because he was vain; he was practicing the comic skills that mad…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Star Witnesses Against El Chapo
Episode 243
Last year, the Mexican government finally agreed to extradite the notorious drug kingpin El Chapo to the U.S. Born Joaquín Guzmán Loera, he was once …
7 years, 3 months ago
The Countdown to Brexit, Plus Adam Gopnik’s Turkey Zen
Episode 242
More than two years after British voters approved a measure to withdraw their nation from the European Union—a gigantic undertaking with no roadmap o…
7 years, 4 months ago