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At the Brink with North Korea
Episode 121
Donald Trump mocked Kim Jong Un by calling him “rocket man,” and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the U.S. or its allies were attacked.…
8 years, 5 months ago
For Teen Activists, What Good Is a Protest Song?
Episode 120
Since the Inauguration, in January, there’s been a kind of protest renaissance for those on the left and some in the center of American politics; at …
8 years, 5 months ago
Hillary Clinton on the “Clear and Present Danger” of Collusion with Russia
Episode 119
Hillary Clinton harbors no doubts, she tells David Remnick in a long interview, that political allies of Donald Trump astutely “guided” the release o…
8 years, 6 months ago
What Was It Like Before the Internet?
Episode 118
A magical time of unfettered creativity but zero productivity, the days before the Internet were so strange that it’s hard to believe they were real.…
8 years, 6 months ago
After Charlottesville, the Limits of Free Speech
Episode 117
When is speech no longer just speech? David Remnick looks at how leftist protests at Berkeley, right-wing violence in Charlottesville, and open-carry…
8 years, 6 months ago
Neil Gorsuch and the Uses of History
Episode 116
We have yet to learn just how closely the views of the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch resemble those of the late Justice Antoni…
8 years, 6 months ago
A Visit with Harry Belafonte, and an Isolated Tribe Emerges
Episode 115
We take for granted that popular entertainers can and should advocate for causes they believe in. But until Harry Belafonte pioneered that kind of ac…
8 years, 6 months ago
Nick Lowe Gets Better with Age
Episode 114
Nick Lowe made it big as a pioneer of what the English called “pub rock” and Americans usually call power-pop. Lowe had his biggest successes in the …
8 years, 6 months ago
John Ridley on Charlottesville and the Legacy of Racism
Episode 113
John Ridley has been active in in film and television since the nineteen-nineties; he also has seven novels under his belt, as well as a play and sev…
8 years, 6 months ago
Why Men Should Read Romance Novels
Episode 112
The New Yorker’s Josh Rothman explains why men are missing out on romance novels, and Sherman Alexie reads a new story about a motel maid confronting…
8 years, 6 months ago