Dave Grohl’s Tales of Life and Music
At The New Yorker Festival, Dave Grohl talked with Kelefa Sanneh about Grohl’s recent book, “The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music.” Grohl, who was the drummer for Nirvana before becoming the front...
2 Sep 202226min
A New Civil War in America?
Since the F.B.I. raid on former President Donald Trump’s home, Mar-A-Lago, the phrases “civil war” and “lock and load” have trended on right-wing social media. The F.B.I. and the Department of Homelan...
30 Aug 202232min
The Actor Jenifer Lewis: Mother, Activist, Hurricane
Jenifer Lewis is known as the “Mother of Black Hollywood” for good reason; her screen progeny have included Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, and Tupac Shakur. In her latest turn, she’s playing the alp...
26 Aug 202217min
What’s Driving Black Candidates to the Republican Party?
The Republican Party has recently attracted an almost unprecedented number of Black candidates to its fold—more than at any time since the Reconstruction era. “In a moment where the Party . . . has re...
23 Aug 202230min
Neil Gaiman on the Power of Fantasy in our Lives
Neil Gaiman, one of the great fantasy writers of our time, first started writing his comic series “The Sandman” in the nineteen-eightiess. Decades later, a TV adaptation is a huge hit on Netflix, topp...
19 Aug 202218min
Designing a Soundscape for the Cars of the Future
Electric cars, compared to cars with internal-combustion engines, are nearly silent, which can present a danger to cyclists and pedestrians. So car companies are turning to sound engineers to craft ar...
16 Aug 202222min
Elizabeth Kolbert on a Historic Climate Bill, Plus a Lesson from Kansas
The Inflation Reduction Act now before Congress is being celebrated as the most important piece of climate legislation in the history of this country—which is “a pretty low bar,” the staff writer and ...
12 Aug 202227min
A Trip to the Boundary Waters
Alex Kotlowitz is known as a chronicler of the city of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty and violence. His books set in Chicago include “An American Summer,” “There Are No Children Here,” ...
9 Aug 202224min
