Robin Wright on the Eruption of Violence in Iran
In November, Iran announced new fuel rationing and price hikes, just at a time when U.S. sanctions are crippling the economy and especially the middle class. Protests broke out immediately, and the go...
3 Joulu 201915min
Rana Ayyub on India’s Crackdown on Muslims
In August, India suspended the autonomy of the state of Kashmir, putting soldiers in its streets and banning foreign journalists from entering. Dexter Filkins, who was working on a story about Narendr...
2 Joulu 201924min
Billy Porter Wears Many Hats
Billy Porter’s résumé is as impressive as it is difficult to categorize. His performance in the musical “Kinky Boots” won him a Tony Award and a Grammy, and, recently, he won an Emmy for his character...
29 Marras 201921min
Bon Iver Live at The New Yorker Festival
In the winter of 2007, a songwriter by the name of Justin Vernon returned to the Wisconsin woods, not far from where he grew up. Just a few months later, he emerged with “For Emma, Forever Ago”—his fi...
29 Marras 201928min
Jenny Slate Gets Dressed
Jenny Slate is on tour for her new book “Little Weirds.” It comprises short, strange essays, many of which involve clothing and how we present ourselves to the world. While Slate was in New York, the ...
22 Marras 201910min
Samantha’s Journey into the Alt-Right, and Back
Since 2016, Andrew Marantz has been reporting on how the extremist right has harnessed the Internet and social media to gain a startling prominence in American politics. One day, he was contacted by a...
22 Marras 201939min
Thomas Mallon on Impeachment, and Philip Pullman on “His Dark Materials”
As he opened public impeachment proceedings last week, Representative Adam Schiff invoked Watergate—which, after all, ended well for Democrats. To understand how that history applies, or doesn’t, to t...
15 Marras 201929min
A Progressive Evangelical, and Charlamagne Tha God
Eliza Griswold spoke recently with Doug Pagitt, a pastor from Minneapolis who is a politically progressive evangelical Christian. Pagitt left his church to found an organization called Vote Common Goo...
12 Marras 201927min
