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In the Midterms, White Supremacy Is Running for Office
Episode 234
While the big story going into the midterm elections has been the possibility of a “blue wave”—an upsurge of Democratic progressives, including a hig…
7 years, 2 months ago
Joan Baez Is Still Protesting
Episode 233
“You know, I think as I get older,” Joan Baez tells David Remnick, “someone will show me a photograph”—of the March on Washington, for example—“and I…
7 years, 3 months ago
Is Voting Safe?
Episode 232
For democracy to function, we have to trust and accept the results of elections. But that trust is increasingly difficult to maintain in a world wher…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Long-Distance Con, Part 2
Episode 231
This is part two of a two-part series. Part one can be heard here.
On the day that Maggie Robinson Katz learned that her father had only a few days…
7 years, 3 months ago
Rebecca Traister Is Happy to Be Mad
Episode 230
After the election of Donald Trump, the feminist journalist Rebecca Traister began channeling her anger into a book. The result, “Good and Mad: The R…
7 years, 3 months ago
Joan Jett’s Reputation
Episode 229
Joan Jett cut a massive figure in rock and roll, starting in the nineteen-seventies and continuing with a string of hits including “I Love Rock and R…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Long-Distance Con, Part 1
Episode 228
On the day that Maggie Robinson Katz learned that her father had only a few days to live, she also found out that her wealthy family couldn’t pay his…
7 years, 3 months ago
Into the Woods with Scott Carrier
Episode 227
After a thirty-year lobbying effort, Congress designated the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail in 2009. Unlike the well-known Appalachian Trail…
7 years, 3 months ago
Lisa Brennan-Jobs on the Shadow of Steve Jobs, and Jill Lepore on the Long Sweep of American History
Episode 226
Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s memoir, “Small Fry,” shares a common theme with many memoirs: the absent parent and the mark left by that absence in the adult wr…
7 years, 3 months ago
Rachel Carson Dreams of the Sea
Episode 225
Before she published “Silent Spring,” one of the most influential books of the last century, Rachel Carson was a young aspiring poet and then a docto…
7 years, 3 months ago