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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
After the 2008 Financial Crisis, the Economy Was Fracked Up
Episode 241
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act injected almost nine hundred billion dollars into the U.S. economy to help the nation recover from the 200…
7 years, 9 months ago
The Financial Crash and the Climate Crisis
Episode 240
Ten years after the financial crash of 2008, the economy is humming along, with steady growth and rising employment. Yet that crisis continues to sha…
7 years, 9 months ago
Derek Smalls—Harry Shearer’s Character in “Spinal Tap”—Returns with His Solo Début
Episode 239
Harry Shearer is known for doing many characters, including Mr. Burns and others from “The Simpsons,” but the most famous is Derek Smalls, the saturn…
7 years, 9 months ago
From Mexico, the Reality of the Migrant Caravan
Episode 238
Jonathan Blitzer spent a week in Mexico with the so-called caravan—a group of about five thousand migrants, most of them from Honduras, who are makin…
7 years, 9 months ago