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In this episode, Harry Belafonte discusses his lifelong activism; an isolated tribe emerges from the forest; and we try out a voice-recognition gadget that doesn’t know when to shut up. (episode)
Jelani Cobb talks with the musician and civil-rights icon Harry Belafonte about a life of activism
The Mashco Piro tribe is among the world’s most isolated people, but they have recently started coming out of the Amazon rainforest. Will contact with society be fatal?
When comedians like Amy Schumer make politics part of their act, how much should audiences demand of them?
Living with the voice-recognition program that is like living in “2001: A Space Odyssey” crossed with “The Golden Girls.”
In this episode, Colson Whitehead reimagines the Underground Railroad, Jill Lepore assesses the sorry state of political debate, and Sharon Horgan finds humor in “Divorce.” (episode)
“I’m sending myself a video of me showing you how I can send myself a video. How on Earth did we ever live without these things?”
Arguing about politics is something that we learn from hearing other people do it. Right now, we’re lacking great examples.
Sharon Horgan, the creator of the new HBO series “Divorce,” talks with David Remnick about our culture’s changing attitudes toward marriage.
The New Yorker’s music critic, Alex Ross, shares a few of his current favorites in culture, including a “Finnegans Wake” Twitter account.
The author of the new novel “The Underground Railroad” visits sites in New York City that played a role in helping slaves escape to freedom.
In this episode, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, high-fashion hijabs, and the tragic life of guitar legend John Fahey. (episode)
The creator of “Transparent” channels her fascination with gender into a new show, “I Love Dick.”
Nailah Lymus’s high-fashion hijabs dispel the idea that Islam and modern fashion are incompatible.
Let’s make sure the objectives are actionable from a budgetary standpoint—then let’s rip off our clothes and fight to the death.
John Fahey, the inventor of fingerstyle guitar, adapted folk and blues techniques into something entirely new. His influence was as great as his life was difficult.
In this episode, Ariel Levy investigates ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with David Remnick about the mortality rates of athletes. (episode)
Jenny Allen recites meditative verses for dealing with shmucks at work.
David Remnick talks with the writer, history buff, and master of the skyhook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The world through the eyes of the acclaimed cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.
New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan on an ancient fable that describes China’s politics.
Ariel Levy investigates ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogen that is the drug of choice for the age of kale.
A biologist explains why ants are more interesting than people
In this episode, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson talks guns and marijuana, dead bees are beautified, and Barthelme’s classic short story about the school year from hell. (episode)
The Libertarian Gary Johnson is an E.P.A.-supporting gun-rights advocate who appreciates a good edible—and he wants your vote for President.
Melody Doering, a sixty-four-year-old knitting buff, has an unusual job: she prepares insects for storage at the American Museum of Natural History.
Should we go to Mars?
Kelefa Sanneh speaks with one of his favorite musicians, Angel Olsen, about a song from her latest album, “My Woman.”
Reed Birney reads Donald Barthelme’s short story “The School,” about a grade-school class faced with a series of deaths.