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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
Episode 41: Hillary Makes History, and Archery Makes a Comeback
Episode 44
In this episode, Andy Borowitz explains how the D.N.C. is like a Phil Collins music video from the eighties, and Patricia Marx practices archery at h…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 40: Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter and a Poet Fighting Cancer
Episode 43
In this episode, the ghostwriter behind “The Art of the Deal” tells all, and Andy Borowitz reviews highlights of the Republican National Convention.
9 years, 7 months ago
Special Preview: Trump’s Remorseful Ghostwriter
Episode 42
Tony Schwartz spent more than a year with Trump back in 1986, ghostwriting his memoir. He hasn’t ever talked publicly about the experience of working…
9 years, 7 months ago