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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 201755min
Fear and the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham on the end of "Girls"
In this episode, a gun blogger critiques the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham bids goodbye to “Girls.”
19 Maj 201755min
