Podcasts
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The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Post-Pandemic Dress Code
A scholar on the symbolic value of business casual. Plus, Atul Gawande on the state of COVID-19, and Hilton Als on the portraits of Alice Neel.
Are U.F.O.s a National-Security Threat?
After more than seventy years, the government is publicly acknowledging that mysterious sightings can no longer be dismissed. Plus, Dorothy Wickenden on three revolutionary women.
The Children of Morelia
Nearly a century ago, five hundred Spanish children were sent away from violence and hunger for a new life in Mexico. Plus, Jelani Cobb on the conviction of Derek Chauvin.
Why Has China Targeted Minorities in Xinjiang?
The staff writer Raffi Khatchadourian explains how Xi Jinping’s government used an obsession with “stability” to justify a genocide against ethnic Uyghurs and Kazhaks.
Rickie Lee Jones on the Road
The songwriter talks about her chaotic early life and her inability to settle down. Plus, in our annual tradition, the critic Richard Brody gives out his own slate of film awards.
Politics and More
A High-School Cheerleader, the Supreme Court, and the First Amendment
A free-speech case before the Court could change the way schools regulate students’ self-expression.
Three Women Who Changed the World
The story of three small-town neighbors who fought for both abolition and women’s rights in the nineteenth century—a time when women weren’t supposed to fight for anything.
MeToo, 2021
What the case of Blake Bailey tells us about the state of the crusade against sexual misconduct.
The Children of Morelia
Nearly a century ago, hundreds of children were sent from war-torn Spain to a Mexican orphanage. The granddaughter of one of those children tells her family’s story.
The Politics of the Pandemic Oscars
A difficult year in Hollywood yields one of the most diverse collection of nominees in Academy Award history.
The Writer’s Voice
Thomas McGuane Reads “Balloons”
The author reads his story from the May 10, 2021, issue of the magazine.
Margaret Atwood Reads “Old Babes in the Wood”
The author reads her story from the April 26 & May 3, 2021, issue of the magazine.
Clare Sestanovich Reads “Separation”
The author reads her story from the April 12, 2021, issue of the magazine.
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain Reads “Featherweight”
The author reads his story from the April 5, 2021, issue of the magazine.
Fiction
Téa Obreht Reads Thomas McGuane
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Gallatin Canyon,” by Thomas McGuane, which appeared in a 2003 issue of the magazine.
Weike Wang Reads Lara Vapnyar
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Katania,” by Lara Vapnyar, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine.
Douglas Stuart Reads Kevin Barry
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Fjord of Killary,” by Kevin Barry, which appeared in a 2010 issue of the magazine.
Hisham Matar Reads Colm Tóibín
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “One Minus One,” by Colm Tóibín, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine.
Chang-rae Lee Reads Steven Millhauser
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Coming Soon,” by Steven Millhauser, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine.
Poetry
“To Claim What Has Tried to Claim Me”: A Roundtable on Asian-American Poetics
In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Kimiko Hahn, Monica Youn, Paul Tran, and Megan Fernandes join Kevin Young to read their work and to discuss the role of poetry in our tumultuous times.
Toi Derricotte Reads Tracy K. Smith
Toi Derricotte joins Kevin Young to discuss “We Feel Now a Largeness Coming On,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “I give in to an old desire.”
Margaret Atwood Reads Saeed Jones
Margaret Atwood joins Kevin Young to discuss “A Stranger,” by Saeed Jones, and her own poem “Flatline.”
Arthur Sze Reads Robert Hass
Arthur Sze joins Kevin Young to discuss “The Problem of Describing Trees,” by Robert Hass, and his own poem “Vectors.”
Joy Harjo Reads Sandra Cisneros
Joy Harjo joins Kevin Young to discuss “Still-Life with Potatoes, Pearls, Raw Meat, Rhinestones, Lard, and Horse Hooves,” by Sandra Cisneros, and her own poem “Running.”