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Bun Cha With Obama, and Trump’s New World Disorder
Episode 74
Anthony Bourdain talks writing, travel, and President Obama’s eating habits, and Robin Wright looks at the dangers of foreign policy conducted by twe…
8 years, 11 months ago
Politics at the Oscars, and a Doctor’s-Eye View of Trump
Episode 73
Two doctors describe how Trump’s policies may affect patient care, and a brief history of entertainers making political statements on Oscar night.
8 years, 11 months ago
How to Cover Trump’s Presidency, and Football’s Concussion Crisis
Episode 72
An N.F.L. pro, whose son now plays football, struggles to balance safety against a certain necessary brutality, and BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith on why he br…
8 years, 11 months ago
The Two-State Solution, and a Standing Desk Problem
Episode 71
We take the temperature of the Middle East peace process. Plus, Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry, Run the Jewels’ oldster rap, and the lifesaving benefits …
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 65: High-Rise Lettuce Farms, and the First Woman President
Episode 70
Ian Frazier explores indoor farming; Dan Savage tells David Remnick a thing or two about sex; and Amy Davidson asks, Why Angela Merkel but not Hillar…
9 years ago
Episode 64: Self-Esteem for Owls, and Newt Gingrich on the Heroin Problem
Episode 69
Newt Gingrich talks about the opioid epidemic and Donald Trump’s Twitter habit; Patricia Marx tries to relax, and fails.
9 years ago
Episode 63: Late-Night Icon David Letterman and Songwriter Jason Isbell
Episode 68
David Letterman discusses life after late night and songwriter Jason Isbell talks about songwriting while sober.
9 years ago
Episode 62: Laura Poitras, David Bowie’s Last Band, and the Poet Brenda Shaughnessy
Episode 67
Laura Poitras turns surveillance into art, David Bowie’s jazz band, and more.
9 years ago
Episode 61: Jeanette Winterson’s Christmas and Obama’s Legacy
Episode 66
The New Yorker’s political reporters assess the successes and failures of Barack Obama’s Presidency; Jeanette Winterson celebrates Christmas; and a p…
9 years ago
Episode 60: What Is Trumpism?
Episode 65
A populist candidate hires an economic team from Goldman Sachs, and an English professor delivers a Hegelian analysis of Trump the disrupter. Plus, M…
9 years, 1 month ago