Wole Soyinka on His New Satire of Corruption and Fundamentalism
Wole Soyinka is a giant of world literature. A Nobel laureate, he’s written more than two dozen plays, a vast amount of poetry, several memoirs, and countless essays and short stories—but, up until re...
2 Nov 202119min
The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook
The roughly ten thousand company documents that make up the Facebook Papers show a company in turmoil—and one that prioritizes its economic interests over known harms to public interest. Among other t...
29 Okt 202130min
Jane Goodall Talks with Andy Borowitz
Jane Goodall is as revered a figure as modern science has to offer, though she prefers to call herself a naturalist rather than a scientist. Goodall learned a great deal about being human by studying ...
26 Okt 202128min
How a Girls’ School Fled Afghanistan as the Taliban Took Over
In the summer, Shabana Basij-Rasikh came on the Radio Hour to speak with Sue Halpern about founding the School of Leadership Afghanistan—known as SOLA—which was the country’s only boarding school for ...
22 Okt 202119min
Jon Stewart: “That’s Not Cancel Culture”
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” defined an era. For more than sixteen years, Stewart and his many correspondents skewered American politics. At the 2021 New Yorker Festival, Stewart spoke with David...
19 Okt 202121min
Daniel Craig Takes Off the Tux
Daniel Craig made his career as an actor in the theatre and in British indie films. When he showed up in Hollywood, it was usually in smaller roles, often as a villain. So, in 2005, when Craig was cas...
15 Okt 202128min
Kara Walker Talks with Thelma Golden
Kara Walker is one of our most influential living artists. Walker won a MacArthur Fellowship (the “genius” grant) before she turned thirty, and became well known for her silhouettes, works constructed...
13 Okt 202117min
An Interview with Merrick Garland, and Susan Orlean on Animals
At The New Yorker Festival, the renowned investigative journalist Jane Mayer asked Attorney General Merrick Garland about the prosecution of January 6th insurrectionists, the threat of domestic terror...
8 Okt 202133min
