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Trolling the Press Corps
Episode 150
Lucian Wintrich, a young blogger, was recently appointed as the White House correspondent for the conservative political site Gateway Pundit. He has …
8 years, 4 months ago
Jon Stewart’s Children
Episode 149
In the years after September 11th, Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” made political satire a central part of the media landscape. This hour, we hear from so…
8 years, 4 months ago
Leonard Cohen: A Final Interview
Episode 148
Leonard Cohen was one of the world’s greatest songwriters, and a figure of almost cult-like devotion for generations of fans, including Bob Dylan. Da…
8 years, 4 months ago
Bonus: Holiday Greetings from Ian Frazier
Episode 147
For decades, The New Yorker has published a poem on or around Christmas -- a look back at the events and people that have shaped the past year, gener…
8 years, 4 months ago
Children’s Letters to Satan, and a Changing of the Guard at the New York Times
Episode 146
Every year, countless poor spellers accidentally address their Santa letters to Satan. Satan—played by Kathleen Turner—always replies Matt Passet’s …
8 years, 5 months ago
Nicolás Maduro on the Brink of Dictatorship
Episode 145
Nicolás Maduro was an unlikely successor to Venezuela’s popular and charismatic Hugo Chavez. And, since his election, the country has been wracked wi…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Alabama Fallout, and Louise Erdrich on the Future
Episode 144
Roy Moore was a classic Trumpian candidate: a political outsider of extreme positions, rejected by the establishment and plagued by accusations of sc…
8 years, 5 months ago
Don’t Worry, the Robots Can’t Do Your Job—Yet
Episode 143
The business reporter Sheelah Kolhatkar has recently written for The New Yorker about a wave of advances in robotic technology that will have dangero…
8 years, 5 months ago
Susan Orlean on the Trail of Tonya Harding
Episode 142
When the Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was kneecapped in an attack by friends of her rival Tonya Harding, the scandal riveted the nation; twenty-fou…
8 years, 5 months ago
Barry Blitt’s Rogues’ Gallery of Presidents
Episode 141
Barry Blitt wasn’t into politics—music and hockey were more his things—but as an artist he’s become one of the keenest observers of American politici…
8 years, 5 months ago