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Rev. Franklin Graham Offers an Evangelist’s View of Donald Trump
Episode 221
Like his father, Rev. Billy Graham, before him, Rev. Franklin Graham is one of the nation’s most prominent preachers, influential in the evangelical …
7 years, 6 months ago
For a Palestinian Candidate, a Contested Election in Jerusalem
Episode 220
Ramadan Dabash is a civil engineer and a mukhtar—an Arab community leader—in his neighborhood of East Jerusalem. His run for a seat on the city counc…
7 years, 6 months ago
David Simon’s “The Deuce” Charts the Rise of Pornography
Episode 219
David Simon is sympathetic to the sex workers he depicts in “The Deuce,” which will return to HBO for its second season in September. He is even symp…
7 years, 6 months ago
An N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Blows the Whistle on Quotas
Episode 218
Sergeant Edwin Raymond is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a group of New York City police officers who have become famous as “the N.Y.P.D.-1…
7 years, 6 months ago
Three Actors Explain What It Means to be “Presidential”
Episode 217
During the lead-up to the 2016 election, three actors who have played fictional Presidents of the United States discussed what it means to be “Presid…
7 years, 6 months ago
Seth Meyers Talks with Ariel Levy
Episode 216
Seth Meyers—a veteran of “Saturday Night Live” and the host of NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers”—sat down at the 2017 New Yorker Festival to walk A…
7 years, 6 months ago
David Remnick on Aretha Franklin
Episode 215
Aretha Franklin brought Barack Obama to tears when she performed “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Ca…
7 years, 7 months ago
Weeding with Parker Posey
Episode 214
Parker Posey has been a vivid presence in American film, especially indie film, for twenty-five years. She got her start in “Dazed and Confused,” and…
7 years, 7 months ago
Lee Child, “Moby-Dick,” and Other Summer Reads
Episode 213
We delve into the escapist joys of a great summer read. David Remnick talks with Lee Child, whose thrillers about Jack Reacher—twenty-three books and…
7 years, 7 months ago
William Finnegan Surfing, and Kristen Roupenian Among the Pilgrims
Episode 212
William Finnegan’s memoir, “Barbarian Days,” from 2015, holds the distinction of being the one book about surfing to win a Pulitzer Prize. On a Sunda…
7 years, 7 months ago