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Russian Spies Never Go Out of Style
Episode 111
A former C.I.A. operative writes about the struggle between East and West, and Annie Dillard describes the awesome, frightening experience of a total…
8 years, 6 months ago
Foraging for a Salad in Central Park
Episode 110
Patricia Marx goes foraging in Central Park, and Kathryn Schulz recommends a country music album, a poet, and a movie about magicians.
8 years, 7 months ago
Building a War-Crimes Case Against Bashar al-Assad
Episode 109
Ben Taub shares his reporting on a group that’s building a war-crimes case against Bashar al-Assad, and a war-crimes expert explains how to run a fai…
8 years, 7 months ago
Senator Al Franken Really Is Senatorial
Episode 108
Senator Franken and David Remnick discuss the health-care vote, the Russia investigation, and how his sense of humor has been a liability
8 years, 7 months ago
The Scaramucci Call
Episode 107
David Remnick and Ryan Lizza listen back to the phone call from Anthony Scaramucci that ended his brief term as White House communications director. …
8 years, 7 months ago
An Irish Novelist’s Début Explores Friendship and Adultery in the Digital Age
Episode 106
An Irish writer explores friendship and adultery in the digital age in her début novel.
8 years, 7 months ago
George Strait, on the Record with Kelefa Sanneh
Episode 105
Country superstar George Strait’s search for the next hit, and Lawrence Wright’s exploration of how Texas is our future.
8 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 months ago
Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House
Episode 103
Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump go way back.
8 years, 7 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, 7 months ago