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Episode 43: Summer in the City

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2016/08/12

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 a novelist recalls her childhood in idyllic Hong Kong.

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00:55:46

Episode 42: The Honorable John Lewis, and the...

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2016/08/05

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.

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Episode 41: Hillary Makes History, and Archery Makes...

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2016/07/29

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 home.

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Episode 40: Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter and a Poet...

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2016/07/22

In this episode, the ghostwriter behind “The Art of the Deal” tells all, and Andy Borowitz reviews highlights of the Republican National Convention.

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Special Preview: Trump’s Remorseful Ghostwriter

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2016/07/18

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 with Trump—until now.

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Episode 39: The Gawker Sex-Tape Blowup, and George...

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2016/07/15

The founder of Gawker on the “karmic justice” of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit; George Saunders on what makes Trump supporters tick; and Parker Posey on a camper from hell.

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Episode 38: The Wisdom of John McPhee, and the Agony...

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2016/07/08

In this episode, John McPhee reflects on a lifetime of writing; we explore the future of Brexit; and a reporter nearly loses everything after forgetting his iPod passcode.

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Special Preview: George Saunders on the Trump Campaign

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2016/07/05

Fiction writer George Saunders takes to the Trump campaign trail, and a new understanding of America emerges.

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Episode 37: El Chapo v. Flores Brothers, and Jack...

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2016/07/01

In this episode, Patrick Radden Keefe on the drug dealers who may help bring El Chapo to justice, and David Remnick talks to Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza.

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Episode 36: Fear and the NRA, and a Hymn for Orlando

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2016/06/24

In this episode, a gun blogger critiques the N.R.A., and a Presbyterian minister rewrites old hymns for new crises.

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Special Preview: How the N.R.A. Uses Fear to Sell Guns

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2016/06/22

A prominent gun blogger and lifelong NRA member explains how the organization uses fear to get its way.

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Episode 35: Samantha Bee’s Fury, and Staffing the...

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2016/06/17

Could Citizens United be overturned? Jeffrey Toobin and Pamela Karlan, a Stanford law professor, discuss what a Supreme Court dominated by Democratic appointees might do. Samantha Bee talks about how comedy hosts deal with tragedies like mass shootings. And the digital pioneer Jaron Lanier looks at how a utopian vision for the Internet went wrong.

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Episode 34: Cats vs. Dogs and the Late Zaha Hadid

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2016/06/10

When it comes to the war on terror, bomb-sniffing dogs are essential companions. When it comes to your sex life, no animal provides blissful privacy like a cat. So which is the superior domesticated animal? In this episode, the canine partisans Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell duke it out with the feline lovers Ariel Levy and Anthony Lane to settle the debate once and for all. Also, Lauren Collins talks with the British actor Damian Lewis about playing the part of an American on “Homeland” and

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Episode 33: Awkward Dog Banter, and the Marxist Who...

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2016/06/03

In 2014, the New Yorker staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman wrote about Kalief Browder, a teen-ager from the Bronx who spent three years jailed at Rikers Island without ever being convicted of a crime. After his release, Browder committed suicide. In excerpts from Gonnerman’s interviews with him, he speaks candidly about the psychological toll of solitary confinement, and what it meant to have the criminal-justice system take away years of his life. Also, the Public Theatre’s artistic director, Oskar

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Episode 32: Lena Dunham Turns Thirty, and Memorial...

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2016/05/27

Lena Dunham talks about turning thirty and backing Hillary Clinton when her peers are feeling the Bern; and Amy Davidson gives us a history lesson on political conventions gone wrong.

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Episode 31: Larry Wilmore on Presidential Comedians,...

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2016/05/20

David Remnick speaks to the comedian Larry Wilmore about performing at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he now-infamously referred to the President using the N-word. The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer explains how James O’Keefe, the undercover conservative activist, foiled his own mission. And a retired soldier leaves Iraq for truly unfamiliar territory: a small Northeastern liberal-arts college.

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Episode 30: The Politics of Genetics, Virtual...

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2016/05/13

As scientists learn more about how genes affect everything from hair color to sexual orientation and mental health, we’re faced with moral and political questions about how we allow science to intervene in the genetic code. In this episode, Siddhartha Mukherjee, the author of the new book “The Gene: An Intimate History,” talks with David Remnick about the intimate and global implications of modern genetic science, and speaks frankly about his own family history of mental illness. Plus, we visit the

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Episode 29: The Missing Boater, and Robert Glasper

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2016/05/06

On shows as varied as “Jessica Jones,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” and “Game of Thrones,” characters are confronting sexual violence in ways never shown before on television. Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic, thinks this is probably a good thing. Also, the jazz pianist Robert Glasper explains why sometimes there’s no need to take a solo; and a troubled man takes to the water for a series of adventures, like something out of Mark Twain. Originally aired

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Episode 28: Annie Dillard, Anohni’s New Sound, and...

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2016/04/29

A former prison counsellor discusses the abuse and torture of mentally ill inmates she suspected inside a Florida correctional institution—and the emotional price she paid for staying silent. Plus, Anohni, the former lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons, discusses her recent turn to pop music; Annie Dillard talks with David Remnick about a new collection of essays; and William Finnegan takes us surfing.

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Episode 27: Who Will Care for Our Parents, and the...

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2016/04/22

In this week’s episode, the activist Ai-jen Poo envisions a happier, more affordable alternative to nursing homes, and we meet a home health aide who’s formed a remarkable bond of friendship with her client. David Remnick talks with a rising star of the Democratic Party who is rumored to be a potential Vice-Presidential candidate; and, finally, the ugly truth about picture-perfect weddings.

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