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Ramadan Dabash risks his life to run for a seat on Jerusalem’s city council. Plus Calvin Trillin, Super-8 auteur. (article)
A Palestinian community leader risks his life to run for a seat on Jerusalem’s city council. Plus: Curtis Sittenfeld at the grocery store; and Calvin Trillin, Super 8 auteur. (episode)
Ramadan Dabash is taking his life in his hands to run for the city council in Jerusalem, which Palestinians have long boycotted.
One of the nation’s most prominent preachers explains his support for the President.
The novelist on her love for the St. Louis grocery chain Schnucks.
The acclaimed writer talks about another side of his career, as the screenwriter of movies performed by his children, grandchildren, and their friends.
David Simon talks about the underestimated influence of porn on our society, and Nick Lowe talks about getting old in rock and roll. (article)
Edwin Raymond says that quotas for police activity—which are no longer legal—are still being targeted at minorities. (article)
Edwin Raymond called out the police for systemic racism—and lived to tell the tale. And David Simon says that America has yet to reckon with the impact of pornography. (episode)
Edwin Raymond says that quotas for police activity—which are no longer legal—are still being targeted at minorities.
David Simon is sympathetic to the sex workers he depicts in “The Deuce,” but unambiguously critical of porn’s effect on America.
Yiyun Li’s life has taken her from Beijing to Oakland. She visits the city’s Mountain View Cemetery to absorb the history of her adopted home.
Aging and mortality are on the singer-songwriter’s mind, and he wants to make great rock and roll out of them.
The actors behind President Whitmore, President Payton, and President Grant on how to convincingly play the leader of the free world. (article)
The comedian and late-night host talks about finding his lane on “Saturday Night Live” and his tortured history with Donald Trump. (article)
The late-night host and “Saturday Night Live” alum recounts his strange relationship with the President, and a panel of experts considers what it means to act “Presidential.” (episode)
The comedian and late-night host talks about finding his lane on “Saturday Night Live” and his tortured history with Donald Trump.
The actors behind President Whitmore, President Payton, and President Grant on how to convincingly play the leader of the free world.
The Queen of Soul grew up with music all around her. (article)
A writer’s surprising misadventure with Parker Posey, the actress and memoirist. (article)