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Janelle Monáe, from the Future to the Present
Episode 237
Janelle Monáe is an unlikely pop star. Her music is rooted in soul and R. & B., but also in pop, punk, and New Wave; her early releases were science-…
7 years, 9 months ago
Daniel Radcliffe Gets His Facts Straight, and Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Politics
Episode 236
The actor Daniel Radcliffe is on Broadway in a new play called “The Lifespan of a Fact”—perhaps the first-ever work of theatre in which a fact checke…
7 years, 9 months ago
Kelela Reinvents R. & B., and Sally Yates Gets Fired
Episode 235
When the acting Attorney General Sally Yates wouldn’t defend the so-called Muslim travel ban, she was promptly sacked—“before it was fashionable to b…
7 years, 9 months ago
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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago