Episode 18: Maria Bamford, and Fighting for Baltimore

Episode 18: Maria Bamford, and Fighting for Baltimore

This week, two stories out of Baltimore: “The Wire” creator David Simon drives the city with Jelani Cobb, and David Remnick talks to the thirty-year-old mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson. Also, Maria Bamford discusses mental illness and comedy, and the engineering evangelist Limor Fried tries to convince you—yes, you—to build some electronics.

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Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party

Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party

The author and podcaster Ezra Klein may be only forty-one years old, but he’s been part of the political-culture conversation for a long time. He was a blogger, then a Washington Post columnist and ed...

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The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books

The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books

Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her ...

23 Sep 202511min

Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger?

Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger?

“The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections,” the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. “It gives the President no [such] power.” Yet, almost one year...

19 Sep 202537min

Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante

Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante

Kevin Young is the poetry editor for The New Yorker, and the author of many books of his own poetry. His newest work, “Night Watch,” focusses on death, while also drawing upon his wide view of history...

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How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster

How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster

For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to co...

12 Sep 202538min

Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”

Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”

Jeff Tweedy is best known as the front man of Wilco, the rock band he formed in Chicago in 1994. In recent years, he’s been working more often as a solo artist, putting out records under his own name ...

9 Sep 202528min

Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue

Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue

Speculation, analysis, and commentary circulated all summer, after the announcement, in June, that Anna Wintour would step back from her role as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue. This changing of...

5 Sep 202539min

Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects”

Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects”

The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t sound-eff...

2 Sep 202518min

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