Sarah Larson

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• Podcast Dept.

  “The Nod,” a Playful and Serious Podcast About Blackness

  

  The new podcast from Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings is at once smart, listenable, interesting, and important.

  By Sarah Larson

  September 28, 2017

• Podcast Dept.

  “Origins,” a Podcast About Great Beginnings, Begins with the Oral History of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

  

  The writer James Andrew Miller’s show tells stories from film, TV, music, and more in bountiful detail, in the words of the key players themselves.

  By Sarah Larson

  September 15, 2017

• Sarah Larson

  Remembering Michael Friedman

  The composer and lyricist, who died Saturday, at forty-one, was artistically ambitious and personally humble, exuberant, frantic, and funny.

  By Sarah Larson

  September 11, 2017

• Podcast Dept.

  “LBJ’s War” Lets Us Eavesdrop on a President’s Mighty Fall

  Using fascinating archival audio, much of it little heard, the podcast traces the story of how Johnson went so ruinously astray in Vietnam.

  By Sarah Larson

  September 6, 2017

• Podcast Dept.

  LeVar Burton Reads—to Adults

  The actor’s new podcast was conceived as “Reading Rainbow” for grownups. Whether you’re transported will depend on your taste—and, perhaps, on your relationship to Burton.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 31, 2017

• Culture Desk

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7 Finale Recap: A Dragon, a Wolf, and an About-Face

  This season was like getting older: suddenly, everything happens head-spinningly fast.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 28, 2017

• Podcast Dept.

  “Nocturne,” the Podcast That Explores the Night

  The show’s nocturnal mood, atmospheric and occasionally mysterious, feels just right between the hours of eleven and deepest dark.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 23, 2017

• Culture Desk

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7, Episode 6 Recap: You Don’t Understand

  In a North of the Wall-focussed episode, we got Khaleesi tears, a swinging-lantern surprise, and a knapsack full of gross intrigue.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 21, 2017

• Podcast Dept.

  “Ear Hustle” Listens to Prisoners

  In prison slang, “ear hustling” is eavesdropping, and the show covers day-to-day incarcerated life in almost tender detail.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 16, 2017

• Culture Desk

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7, Episode 5 Recap: The Book of Love

  This week’s “Game of Thrones” opens on the smoldering aftermath of hellfire, mirroring our national mood.

  By Sarah Larson

  August 14, 2017