Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare
Probably far more people have now seen Judi Dench as M—the intelligence chief who’s the boss of James Bond—than anything she’s done in Shakespeare. With that unmistakably rich voice, she played royal...
23 Apr 202421min
Jonathan Haidt on the Plague of Anxiety Affecting Young People
Both anecdotally and in research, anxiety and depression among young people—often associated with self-harm—have risen sharply over the last decade. There seems little doubt that Gen Z is suffering i...
19 Apr 202430min
Maya Hawke on the Fear of “Missing Out,” and Jen Silverman on “There’s Going to Be Trouble”
At a band rehearsal in Brooklyn, Rachel Syme talks to Maya Hawke about switching gears between acting and music. In “Stranger Things,” Hawke plays Robin Buckley, a band geek who cracks a Russian code ...
16 Apr 202431min
How a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban
Texas has multiple abortion laws, with both criminal and civil penalties for providers. They contain language that may allow for exceptions to save the life or “major bodily function” of a pregnant pa...
12 Apr 202419min
The Film Critic Justin Chang on What to See in 2024
The New Yorker’s newest staff member, Justin Chang, shares three films that he’s excited to see released in 2024: “Janet Planet,” the début feature film directed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrig...
8 Apr 202413min
The Attack on Black History, with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jelani Cobb
Across much of the country, Republican officials are reaching into K-12 classrooms and universities alike to exert control over what can be taught. In Florida, Texas, and many other states, laws now r...
5 Apr 202436min
Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, on Cultivating the Black Roots of Country Music
By the standards of any musician, Rhiannon Giddens has taken a twisting and complex path. She was trained as an operatic soprano at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and then fell almost ...
2 Apr 202415min
Alicia Keys Returns to Her Roots with Her New Musical, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Alicia Keys’ new musical is opening on Broadway about a ten-minute walk from where she grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. She describes the New York City neighborhood in the eighties as a “place where anyone ...
29 Mar 202434min
