Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio’s draconian abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or...
6 Elo 202225min
Notes from a Warming World
Much of the globe has seen record-breaking temperatures in recent heat waves that seem increasingly routine. Dhruv Khullar, a contributor and a practicing physician, looks at the effects of extreme he...
2 Elo 202232min
Jamie Raskin on the Facts of January 6th, and the Danger Ahead
Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on Congress’s Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. He spoke with David Remnick about the effort to demonstrate Donald ...
29 Heinä 202217min
Jason Isbell on Songwriting While Sober
Jason Isbell got into the music business early; he had a publishing deal when he was twenty-one. But he really came into his own as a songwriter around ten years ago, as he was getting sober from year...
26 Heinä 202236min
New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion clini...
22 Heinä 202213min
The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio
Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Superman; from Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump. The video...
19 Heinä 202227min
The Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of the “Most Free Slaves”
Until very recently, Dmitry Bykov was a huge presence on the Russian literary scene. He is a novelist, a poet, a biographer, and a critic. He was a frequent presence on Echo of Moscow, the liberal rad...
15 Heinä 202222min
The Comedian Hannah Gadsby Renounces Comedy, and Patricia Marx Tries to Relax
The comedian Hannah Gadsby has been touring this summer with a show called “Body of Work.” She came to wide attention in 2018, with the Netflix special “Nanette.” It was a full-length comedy show, and...
12 Heinä 202226min
