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The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a keen observer of American attitudes about race who’s not afraid to challenge the left. And, a performance from the folk musician Laura Marling. (article)
Nathan Lane made his name as a comic actor, but he’s playing the villain, Roy Cohn, in a new production of “Angels in America.” (article)
Nathan Lane is a great comic, but he’s playing the villain, Roy Cohn, in “Angels in America.” And Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about becoming American and discovering blackness. (episode)
Nathan Lane made his name as a comic actor, but he’s playing the villain, Roy Cohn, in a new production of “Angels in America.”
The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Nigeria, is a keen observer of American attitudes about race, but she’s not afraid to challenge leftist orthodoxy.
The British folk singer Laura Marling listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell growing up, and she went to California to find herself musically.
In the nineteen-twenties, a rebooted Ku Klux Klan brought white supremacy right to the heart of American government. What lessons can we learn? (article)
The master of the nature documentary shares lessons from a life spent observing life in every corner of the world. Plus, the nature poet Mary Oliver. (article)
David Remnick talks with the master of nature documentaries, David Attenborough, about rats, spiders, and weedy seadragons. And, a look at white supremacy in government—past and present. (episode)
In the nineteen-twenties, a rebooted Ku Klux Klan brought white supremacy to the heart of American government. What lessons can this teach us?
An observer of the alt-right explains exactly how that movement brings racist ideas from the fringes to the center of American discourse.
The master of the nature documentary shares lessons from a life spent observing life in every corner of the world.
Mary Oliver, who has been called America’s most beloved poet, conducts a spiritual search for meaning in the woods, by a pond, or anywhere she can closely observe nature.
The film and television critic, book critic, and fashion editor Troy Patterson shares three recent picks with David Remnick.
Examining immigration and deportation from the perspective of a Wisconsin dairy farm, a conservative Washington think tank, and a sanctuary church where a woman is hiding from ICE. (episode)
Amanda Morales Guerra, fleeing deportation, is hiding from ICE, and its officers know exactly where: at the Holyrood Episcopal Church, where the congregation has given her sanctuary.
The New Yorker staff writers Sarah Stillman and Jonathan Blitzer on immigration and deportation, the central issues of the Trump Presidency.
A conservative policy analyst argues for greatly increased deportations.
While the immigration debate rages, farm workers—and farm owners—ponder the fate of American agriculture.
Nelson fled the gangs of Honduras at seventeen, hoping for asylum in the U.S. Immigration authorities sent him back, and he didn’t live long.
The co-star of ABC’s “Black-ish” discusses the ways that black women are and aren’t allowed to be funny onscreen, plus Jon Hamm speaks with Susan Morrison about life after “Mad Men.” (article)
Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his childhood and the craft of comedy. (article)
Jerry Seinfeld runs down the anatomy of a joke, Tracee Ellis Ross pushes back on “lady chores,” and Jon Hamm mocks Don Draper, gently. (episode)
Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his childhood and the craft of comedy.
The co-star of ABC’s “Black-ish” discusses the ways that black women are and aren’t allowed to be funny onscreen.
Jon Hamm speaks with Susan Morrison about life after “Mad Men.”