The Democratic Candidates Respond to the Conflict with Iran
Next week’s debate, in Des Moines, was likely going to focus on health care and other domestic issues, but the agenda will probably be dominated by the Trump Administration’s killing of Iran’s General...
10 Jan 202031min
Terry Gross Talks with David Remnick
David Remnick has appeared as the guest of Terry Gross on “Fresh Air” a number of times over the years, talking about Russia, Muhammad Ali, and other subjects. Hosting “Fresh Air” for nearly forty-fiv...
3 Jan 202025min
Dexter Filkins on the Air Strike that Killed Qassem Suleimani
Qassem Suleimani was Iran’s most powerful military and intelligence leader, and his killing, in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Thursday night, will likely be taken as an act of war by Tehran. Dexter ...
3 Jan 202018min
Patty Marx Conducts an Orchestra
Patricia Marx is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and has contributed pieces for thirty years. Still, it might not be too late to try out a new career. “There are some jobs and endeavors that look im...
27 Dec 201923min
Kelly Slater’s Perfect Wave Brings Surfing to a Crossroads
In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kelly’s Wave,” it showed Kelly Slater—arguably the best pro surfer in history—unveiling a secret project h...
27 Dec 201923min
The Hyperpartisan State
North Carolina is a relatively purple state, where voting between the two major parties tends to be close. That might suggest a place of common ground and compromise, but it’s quite the opposite. “A c...
20 Dec 201927min
Peter Dinklage on Cyrano, and Life After “Thrones”
In the classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a romantic with an exceptionally large and ugly nose pines after an unattainable woman. “As a person who looks like me, whenever I would watch a version of ‘C...
20 Dec 201921min
Helen Rosner Takes the Office-Fridge Challenge
Helen Rosner is known for her high degree of resourcefulness in the kitchen: she once broke the Internet with an article about the ingenious use of a hair dryer to help roast a chicken. So the staff o...
17 Dec 201913min
