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Episode 51: David Axelrod on the Cubs and the Candidates, and Kenya Barris on “Black-ish”
Episode 54
In this episode, Obama’s former campaign strategist talks Clinton and the Cubs, a mathematician rocks out, and the “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris v…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 49: The State of Debate and Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad
Episode 53
In this episode, Colson Whitehead reimagines the Underground Railroad, Jill Lepore assesses the sorry state of political debate,and Sharon Horgan fin…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 48: High-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death
Episode 52
In this episode, Jill Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” goes after the patriarchy; a Muslim designer unveils high-fashion hijabs; and we look at…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 47: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Ups and Downs of Ayahuasca
Episode 51
In this episode, Ariel Levy investigates ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with David Remnick about the mor…
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 46: Gary Johnson, Angel Olsen, and a Bee Stylist
Episode 50
In this episode, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson talks guns and marijuana, dead bees are beautified, and actor Reed Birney reads Donald…
9 years, 4 months ago
Special Preview: Gary Johnson’s Bid for the White House
Episode 49
The Libertarian Gary Johnson is an E.P.A.-supporting gun-rights advocate who appreciates a good edible, and he wants your vote for President.
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 45: Father Pfleger, Larry David, and the History of Autism
Episode 48
Larry David vents, and a Chicago priest delivers a sermon to gang members.
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 44: Russia Then and Now, and the Bard of Katonah
Episode 47
In this episode, a Nobel Prize winner talks about the pain of the fall of the Soviet Union, David Remnick remembers the coup the failed, and Hillary …
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 43: Summer in the City
Episode 46
In this episode, F. Murray Abraham reads Arthur Miller’s essay about the sweltering summers of Miller’s youth; two writers talk fish and fiction; and…
9 years, 5 months ago
Episode 42: The Honorable John Lewis, and the Inimitable Paul Simon
Episode 45
In this episode, two living legends—the civil-rights leader John Lewis and the singer-songwriter Paul Simon—reflect on how far they’ve come.
9 years, 5 months ago