Podcast Extra: The State of The Union Songbook Live
Michael Friedman performs his State of The Union Songbook live — songs that capture the confusion, hope, and despair of the strangest presidential election in American history.
3 Nov 20161h 6min
Episode 54: Syria, the World’s Nightmare
This special hour examines the effects of Syria’s civil war, the worst humanitarian crisis of the twenty-first century, from both inside the White House and on the ground in Aleppo.
28 Okt 201655min
Episode 53: Putting Trump in the White House, Playing Andrew Bird in the O.R.
In this episode, the surgeon Atul Gawande talks with the musician Andrew Bird, and a panel of experts discusses what a Trump Presidency would look like.
21 Okt 201655min
Episode 52: Mikhail Baryshnikov, T.C. Boyle, and Germany's Kriegskinder
Mikhail Baryshnikov talks about the playing the revolutionary choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, and T.C. Boyle shares a blues musician he discovered on a college radio station.
14 Okt 201655min
Episode 51: David Axelrod on the Cubs and the Candidates, and Kenya Barris on “Black-ish”
In this episode, Obama’s former campaign strategist talks Clinton and the Cubs, a mathematician rocks out, and the “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris vents a little.
7 Okt 201655min
Episode 49: The State of Debate and Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad
In this episode, Colson Whitehead reimagines the Underground Railroad, Jill Lepore assesses the sorry state of political debate,and Sharon Horgan finds humor in “Divorce.”
23 Sep 201655min
Episode 48: High-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death
In this episode, Jill Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” goes after the patriarchy; a Muslim designer unveils high-fashion hijabs; and we look at the tragic life and lasting influence of the guita...
16 Sep 201655min
Episode 47: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Ups and Downs of Ayahuasca
In this episode, Ariel Levy investigates ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with David Remnick about the mortality rates of athletes.
9 Sep 201655min
