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A Rookie Reporter in Vietnam Captures the War’s Futility
Episode 104
In 1967, a rookie reporter’s eyewitness account of the futility of the Vietnam War shocked readers.
8 years, 5 months ago
Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House
Episode 103
Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump go way back.
8 years, 5 months ago
The Man Who Would Be King (of Mars)
Episode 102
Dr. Phil Davies, a country doctor in England, says that he owns Mars. What if he’s right?
8 years, 5 months ago
Trumpcare Revisited
Episode 101
An Obamacare veteran keeps fighting the fight—even into the White House. And Jill Lepore explains the century-long battle for universal coverage.
8 years, 6 months ago
Lucinda Williams Talks with Ariel Levy
Episode 100
Lucinda Williams talks with Ariel Levy about God, Flannery O’Connor, and her long and twisting path through the music industry.
8 years, 6 months ago
James Taylor Will Teach you Guitar
Episode 99
Adam Gopnik talks with James Taylor and tries not to go all Chris Farley Show: “Remember when you wrote ‘Fire and Rain’? That was great.”
8 years, 6 months ago
My Night at Mar-a-Lago
Episode 98
Taking the political temperature of Palm Beach at a swinging party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s palace away from home.
8 years, 6 months ago
"Okja" and Other Strange Stories by Jon Ronson
Episode 97
Jon Ronson’s nonfiction has often seemed too strange to be true; in the screenplay for “Okja,” he goes all in for surreal fiction. Plus, Poet Laureat…
8 years, 6 months ago
Ai Weiwei, and Doing Business with China
Episode 96
Ai Weiwei reflects on censorship and the refugee crisis, a congressman asks us to reconsider trade with China, and Chinese students explain the count…
8 years, 6 months ago
Virtual Reality, and the Politics of Genetics
Episode 95
In this episode, Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the intimate and global implications of genetic science, and we look for the Orson Wells of VR.
8 years, 6 months ago