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  • Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration December 31, 2021

    The young poet&rsquo;s reading at President Biden&rsquo;s Inauguration made her as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher. (episode)

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    • Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration December 31, 2021

      The young poet&rsquo;s reading at President Biden&rsquo;s swearing in made her about as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher.

    • The Power of Police Unions December 31, 2021

      William Finnegan on how police and their unions stymie the efforts of reform-minded politicians to bring change and rein in abuses.

  • Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration December 31, 2021

    The young poet&rsquo;s reading at President Biden&rsquo;s swearing in made her about as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher. (article)

  • For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them December 28, 2021

    Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars&rsquo; worth of paintings taken from a Paris museum. But that&rsquo;s where his troubles began. (article)

  • Rhiannon Giddens Plays Live, and an Epic Heist in Paris December 24, 2021

    A diva in the Americana scene shows her global side. Plus: a burglar took seventy million dollars&rsquo; worth of art from a French museum. Selling it was harder than stealing it. (episode)

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  • Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, Goes Global December 24, 2021

    A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the singer and banjo player talks with David Remnick and performs songs from her new album. (article)

  • When Snow Came to San Juan December 21, 2021

    How did children in Puerto Rico have a &ldquo;white Christmas&rdquo; &ndash; and why? WNYC&rsquo;s Alana Casanova-Burgess reports on a delivery of snow to the Caribbean, and what it means to Puerto Ricans. (article)

  • When Snow Came to Puerto Rico December 17, 2021

    How did San Juan children have a snowball fight&mdash;and why? Plus, a look at how poor students struggle to afford college, even on scholarship. (episode)

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    • Is the Gift of Tuition Enough? December 17, 2021

      &Eacute;lite universities want to diversify. A college senior explains how, even when schools give full scholarships, they may misunderstand the needs of the students they seek to recruit.

    • When Snow Came to San Juan December 17, 2021

      How did children in Puerto Rico have a &ldquo;white Christmas&rdquo; &ndash; and why? WNYC&rsquo;s Alana Casanova-Burgess reports on a delivery of snow to the Caribbean, and what it means to Puerto Ricans.

  • Is the Gift of Tuition Enough? December 17, 2021

    &Eacute;lite universities want to diversify. A college senior explains how, even when schools give full scholarships, they may misunderstand the needs of the students they seek to recruit. (article)

  • Millennial Writers Reflect on a Generation’s Despair December 14, 2021

    The New Yorker Radio Hour producer Ngofeen Mputubwele reports on a feeling of hopelessness pervading his peers&mdash;and on how they live with that feeling. (article)

  • Paul Thomas Anderson on “Licorice Pizza” December 10, 2021

    The filmmaker returns to his home terrain, where he set &ldquo;Boogie Nights&rdquo; and other movies. Plus, millennial writers reflect on the particular sense of despair in their generation. (episode)

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