The race for tech supremacy: The U.S. vs. China
China produces at least 70% of the world’s drones, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries and solar cells. And with the U.S. stockpile of munitions diminished from the Iran war, would the U.S. have ...
12 Elo 45min
‘Spider-Man’ director Destin Daniel Cretton
Cretton grew up in Hawaii, and says movies expanded his perspective: “That is how I traveled. That is how I was exposed to other cultures. That's how I understand how kids grew up in high school on th...
11 Elo 45min
Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. D...
10 Elo 46min
Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin
Seven years ago, New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino coined the term “Instagram Face.” Now we talk about how current beauty standards are changing our relationship to reality. “It seems more explici...
8 Elo 49min
Remembering ‘The Man Who Listens to Horses’
The internationally acclaimed horseman Monty Roberts defied the conventional method of breaking horses and developed his own gentler approach — based on horses' non-verbal language. He died on July 31...
7 Elo 45min
Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert
Claire Vaye Watkins' new novel, 'Yellow Pine,' is about a group of misfits and activists in the Mojave desert, fighting a corporate solar development. Living in the desert is "not for everybody," she ...
6 Elo 46min
How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion last year
New York Times reporter Eric Lipton discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations into Trump’s conflicts of interest and whether he’s exploiting the power of the presidency for self-enrichment. ...
5 Elo 46min
Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’
The fifth and final season of the HBO comedy series ‘Hacks’ is nominated for 24 Emmys, including one for Smart as best actress in a comedy series. The writers “raised the bar every single season," Sma...
4 Elo 45min
