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Nathan Lane, Getting Serious, Plays Roy Cohn
Episode 156
Nathan Lane may be best known for supplying the voice of the fun-loving meerkat in “The Lion King,” but in recent years he’s turned his focus to more…
8 years, 6 months ago
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Episode 155
The Ku Klux Klan was originally focused on maintaining the old racial order in the postwar South, chiefly through the violent suppression of African-…
8 years, 6 months ago
David Attenborough’s Planet (We Just Live on It)
Episode 154
David Attenborough’s films for the BBC—impeccably researched, ambitiously filmed, and executed with style and imagination—have set a high bar for nat…
8 years, 7 months ago
Deportation in America
Episode 153
A tougher stance on immigration is the signature position of the Trump Administration, and the President’s first year in office has been marked by sh…
8 years, 7 months ago
Tracee Ellis Ross on Being a “Black-ish” Woman and Jon Hamm Gets His Life Back from Don Draper
Episode 152
Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays Dr. Rainbow Johnson on ABC’s “Black-ish,” joins Doreen St. Félix for a conversation about television, race, and self-acc…
8 years, 7 months ago
Jerry Seinfeld Gets Technical
Episode 151
Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his Netflix special “Jerry Before Seinfeld,” which is part standup show, part memoir. They discuss his …
8 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago