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A Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight
Episode 268
Committed during a period filled with bombings, killings, and disappearances, the murder of Jean McConville remains one of the most infamous unsolved…
7 years, 6 months ago
What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Socialism?
Episode 267
With the election to the House of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, following up on the surprising Presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders,…
7 years, 6 months ago
Teju Cole on Blackface and Valeria Luiselli on the Border Crisis
Episode 266
When depictions of Virginia politicians in blackface surfaced this month, the New Yorker contributor Teju Cole was unsurprised. “A white man of a cer…
7 years, 6 months ago
To Stop the Shooting, Lupe Cruz Gets Between the People with the Guns
Episode 265
Conversations about gun reform are often galvanized by catastrophic mass shootings. But gun violence mostly unfolds as a matter of awful routine: dom…
7 years, 6 months ago
Is the Tide Turning on Gun Reform?
Episode 264
This week, the House held hearings on gun violence, the first in eight years. In the 2018 elections, gun-reform groups outspent the N.R.A.—which appe…
7 years, 6 months ago
Marlon James Builds His Own Damn Universe
Episode 263
When the cast of the film “The Hobbit” was first announced, Marlon James was dismayed—though hardly surprised—by how white it was. A long-standing co…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Mueller Investigation: What We Know So Far
Episode 262
Washington is abuzz with rumors that the Mueller report is coming soon, and both sides are trying to strategize their next move. The reporter Adam Da…
7 years, 6 months ago
John Thompson vs. American Justice
Episode 261
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that it was because he had sold drugs to an undercover cop. When he realized they we…
7 years, 6 months ago
Jason Rezaian on Imprisonment in Iran
Episode 260
Jason Rezaian was born in California to an Iranian father and an American mother. After a failed effort to enter the Persian rug trade, he moved to T…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Fall of a Chinese Pop Star, and Calvin Trillin’s Happy Marriage
Episode 259
For some years, Denise Ho was one of the most popular singers in Asia. A Hong Kong native, she performed the style known as Cantopop in mainland Chin…
7 years, 7 months ago