David Remnick’s conversation with Leonard Cohen, from the last months of the musician’s life. Plus, Amy Davidson and George Packer grapple with the Trump Presidency.
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Springsteen discusses why he waited decades to put out a memoir, and more.
Smith discusses her new novel, a conservative keeps the faith in the age of Trump, and a Thanksgiving side dish speaks out.
David Remnick’s conversation with Leonard Cohen, from the last months of the musician’s life. Plus, Amy Davidson and George Packer grapple with the Trump Presidency.
The challenges of adapting the election into a screenplay, and the left-wing porn actor who supports Trump.
This special hour examines the effects of Syria’s civil war, from both inside the White House and on the ground in Aleppo.
In this episode, Atul Gawande talks with the musician Andrew Bird, and a panel of experts discusses what a Trump Presidency would look like.
Mikhail Baryshnikov talks about playing the revolutionary choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, and T. C. Boyle shares a blues musician he discovered on a college radio station.
In this episode, Obama’s former campaign strategist talks Clinton and the Cubs, a mathematician rocks out, and the creator of “Black-ish” vents a little.
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In the exhibit “Forced from Home,” visitors face the same awful choices as refugees who flee for their lives.
David Frum was a “Never Trump” Republican, and he thinks the establishment should fight the President-elect every step of the way.
Matt Lewis and Kelefa Sanneh join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how competing visions of the Republican Party are shaping the new Administration.
George Packer and Amy Davidson join David Remnick to discuss the outcome of the 2016 election and what it means for the future.
Jill Lepore and Evan Osnos join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss moments of radical social upheaval in American history and the populist movements behind them.
Students in a high-school mock election step into Clinton’s and Trump’s shoes. Can they play their parts without getting suspended?
Rebecca Solnit joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how women are taking revenge on sexual harassers and predators, through social media and in the voting booth.
President Obama is haunted by the humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in Syria under his watch, but he doesn’t want another Iraq War.
George Packer joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the Democratic Party lost a key constituency, and whether a Clinton Administration could win it back.
With the American government’s system of checks and balances, how much could a hypothetical President Trump actually accomplish? Short answer: plenty.
The political novelist Thomas Mallon joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss why Hillary Clinton would make a compelling protagonist, but Donald Trump wouldn’t.
After decades of silence, German children who lived through the Second World War are beginning to talk about their experiences.
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“The schoolmarm’s just showing off again, making their brains ache, unrepentant criminal that she is.”
“What is it about me that people need breaks from? she asks the dog, who looks as though she wants to say something but, out of innate gentleness, refrains.”
"In a room at GenLab, Connie and I were presented with an exhaustive menu of just how our chromosomes could be made to match up."
“Jeb could hear almost everything that went on in her house, he’d figured out, if he listened carefully from his basement window.”
“It’s the sort of thing that could get me in a lot of trouble around here,” he said. “Who’ll know?” she said.
“Lidor looks at me like I’m some kind of a superhero. There’s nothing greater than to have your kid look at you that way.”
“I like and admire Hayley; she is a team player. I don’t judge. But I have of late been tempted to judge.”
“He explained to them, politely, that there were certain obligatory regulations, and they shot him.”
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Ben Marcus reads and discusses “A Dream of Men,” by Mary Gaitskill.
Karen Russell reads “From the Fifteenth District,” by Mavis Gallant.
Alice Mattison reads “The First American,” by Lore Segal.
Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John Berger’s “Woven, Sir,” from a 2001 issue of the magazine.
Karl Ove Knausgaard joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss V. S. Naipaul’s “Jack’s Garden,” from a 1986 issue of the magazine.
Dana Spiotta joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Joy Williams’s “Chicken Hill,” from a 2015 issue of the magazine.
Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Frank O’Connor’s “The Masculine Principle,” from a 1950 issue of the magazine.
Jonathan Franzen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss David Means’s “The Spot,” from a 2006 issue of the magazine.
Kevin Barry joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Brian Friel’s “The Saucer of Larks,” from a 1960 issue of the magazine.
Rivka Galchen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Cafeteria," from a 1968 issue of the magazine.
Andrew O’Hagan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Edna O’Brien’s “The Widow,” from a 1989 issue of the magazine.
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Jonathan Galassi joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Frederick Seidel’s “Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin,” and his own poem “Lunch Poem for F.S.”
Amit Majmudar joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Christopher Reid’s “The Confusions,” and his own poem “Invocation.”
Myles joins the magazine’s poetry editor to read and discuss James Schuyler’s “White Boat, Blue Boat,” and her own poem “Dissolution.”
Joyce Carol Oates joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss John Updike’s “A Lightened Life,” and her own poem “This Is the Season.”
Billy Collins joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Eamon Grennan’s “Sea Dog,” and his own poem “Table Talk.”
Jana Prikryl joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Anne Carson’s “Stanzas, Sexes, Seductions,” and her own poem “Thirty Thousand Islands.”
Nick Laird joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Moose,” and his own poem “Feel Free.”
Monica Youn joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Afaa Michael Weaver’s “Passing Through Indian Territory,” and her own poem “Goldacre.”
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Alex Ross and Richard Brody join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss the particular genius of Orson Welles, and his evolving legacy.
Nicholas Dawidoff and Adam Gopnik join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss why we sports fans love the teams we love.
Carrie Battan and Kelefa Sanneh join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss R. & B. artists from the Weeknd to Aretha Franklin.
Nicola Twilley and Joshua Rothman discuss our complicated relationship with all things icky.
In light of a new biography of Joan Didion, Louis Menand and Thessaly La Force join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss her influence.
Sarah Larson and Andrew Marantz join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss self-help, podcasting, and how the two have converged.
Nick Paumgarten and Reeves Wiedeman join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss the stars of the U.S. Open.
Bianca Bosker and Rachel Arons join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss the language of wine.
Adam Gopnik, Sarah Larson, Amelia Lester, and David Haglund talk about how children’s books have evolved and why they’re worth revisiting as adults.
Hua Hsu and Karan Mahajan join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss the MTV documentary “White People.”
Joshua Rothman and Nicholas Thompson join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss just how scared we should be of robots.
Richard Brody and Sarah Larson join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss “Trainwreck” and the comedy of Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow.
