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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, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Praying for Tangier Island
Episode 140
Residents of Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, live through each hurricane season in fear of a major storm that would decimate their land. With …
8 years, 8 months ago
Bruce Springsteen Talks with David Remnick
Episode 139
In October, 2016, Bruce Springsteen appeared at The New Yorker Festival for an intimate conversation with David Remnick. (The event sold out in six s…
8 years, 8 months ago
Noah Baumbach’s Unhappy Families
Episode 138
In his review of “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),” the New Yorker critic Anthony Lane paraphrased no less an author than Leo Tolstoy. “All…
8 years, 8 months ago
Will the Harvey Weinstein Scandal Change America?
Episode 137
The allegations against Harvey Weinstein have opened the floodgates for women in other industries and walks of life to go public with claims of sexua…
8 years, 9 months ago