James Taylor Will Teach you Guitar
Adam Gopnik talks with James Taylor and tries not to go all Chris Farley Show: “Remember when you wrote ‘Fire and Rain’? That was great.”
7 Jul 201737min
My Night at Mar-a-Lago
Taking the political temperature of Palm Beach at a swinging party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s palace away from home.
3 Jul 201728min
"Okja" and Other Strange Stories by Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson’s nonfiction has often seemed too strange to be true; in the screenplay for “Okja,” he goes all in for surreal fiction. Plus, Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
30 Jun 201728min
Ai Weiwei, and Doing Business with China
Ai Weiwei reflects on censorship and the refugee crisis, a congressman asks us to reconsider trade with China, and Chinese students explain the country’s Ivanka Trump fever.
23 Jun 201755min
Virtual Reality, and the Politics of Genetics
In this episode, Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the intimate and global implications of genetic science, and we look for the Orson Wells of VR.
16 Jun 201755min
Merchant Ivory’s Gay Love Story, and a Visit with Noriega
James Ivory talks about E. M. Forster’s “Maurice,” a gay love story with a happy ending. Plus, Jon Lee Anderson talks about the rise and fall of Manuel Noriega.
9 Jun 201755min
Wedding Hair on Fire, and William Barber’s Religious Politics
Kristen Wiig plays a bride whose idea for her wedding hair is out of control. And the Reverend William Barber tells David Remnick that politics needs to get religion again.
2 Jun 201755min
Jerrod Carmichael, and the Truth About Impeachment
The comedian Jerrod Carmichael explains why he simply will not give back to the community. And a former lawyer for Bill Clinton explains what it really takes to end a Presidency.
26 Mai 201755min
