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6 AUG

Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder

We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day of the killings. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.

6 Aug

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41 min
22 AUG

The Irresistible Myth of Las Vegas

Cities have always been romanticized, but few of them have embraced—or actively engineered—their reputations as thoroughly as Las Vegas. On the second in a series of Critics at Large interview episodes, Alexandra Schwartz talks with her fellow staff writer Nick Paumgarten about how the desert town first branded itself as an entertainment capital, and how that image has been reified in pop culture ever since. The two consider seminal Vegas texts, from Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” to the bro comedy “The Hangover,” and Paumgarten reflects on his recent pilgrimage to see Dead & Company, the latest iteration of the Grateful Dead, during the band’s residency at the Sphere. In theory, a Vegas residency should be a career high—but the expectations around them can also leave an artist trapped in amber. It’s a danger that applies to places as much as people. “How do you reinvent yourself when you’ve achieved this cultural-icon status?” Schwartz asks. “In some ways, I wonder if that’s also a question for the city itself.” Read, watch, and listen with the critics: “Reckoning with the Dead at the Sphere,” by Nick Paumgarten (The New Yorker) “Swingers” (1996) “Double or Quits,” by Dave Hickey (Frieze) “Learning from Las Vegas,” by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, and Denise Scott Brown “Viva Las Vegas” (1964) “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995) “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” by Hunter S. Thompson “The Hangover” (2009) “Viva Las Vegas: Elvis Returns to the Stage,” by Ellen Willis (The New Yorker) “Elvis” (2022) “Hacks” (2021—) “Sex and the City” (1998-2004) “Friends” (1994-2004) “Seinfeld” (1989-1998) New episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts.

22 Aug

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43 min
10 FEB

Can Joe Biden Squash Concerns About His Age?

The Washington Roundtable: The special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, Robert Hur, released a report Thursday that describes the President as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Biden will not face charges for “willfully” retaining classified documents, but the report has reignited concerns about the President’s mental acuity. In a late-night press conference, Biden forcefully pushed back against the report’s findings, declaring, “My memory is fine.” But the incident could be “incredibly damaging” to the President, the staff writer Jane Mayer says, because people recognize it as “potentially true and potentially a giant campaign issue.” Another octogenarian politician, the Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, also had a bad week in Washington. The long-awaited bipartisan deal on border security and Ukraine aid collapsed, with Senate Republicans turning on their own leader. The New Yorker staff writers Susan B. Glasser and Evan Osnos join Mayer to weigh in.

10 Feb

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41 min
11 OCT

The Astonishing Rise—and Uncertain Odds—of Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign

Though historically unpopular as a Vice-President, Harris unified the Democratic Party around her. Evan Osnos reports on her emergence as a contender for the White House.

11 Oct

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27 min
23 AUG

From In the Dark: What Happened That Day in Haditha?

A new series from the award-winning investigative podcast examines the killing of twenty-four Iraqi civilians by U.S. marines, and why no one was ever brought to justice.

23 Aug

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44 min
19 JAN

Polling, Money, Trump Fatigue: Your 2024 Election Questions

The Washington Roundtable: The 2024 election season has kicked off. Former President Donald Trump took the Iowa caucuses in a landslide, and the New Hampshire primary is just around the corner. In recent weeks, The Political Scene’s listeners have sent in questions about American politics. Some themes emerged: How should the media cover a potential Trump-Biden rematch? Are polls reliable? How will fatigue and dread influence this election? “It’s not just the candidates; it's who’s behind them, who’s around them, what’s the money, what’s the religious organization, how does the media ecosystem work,” the New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer says. Susan B. Glasser and Evan Osnos join Mayer to answer these questions, and more. If you have questions about this political season you would like Glasser, Mayer, and Osnos to answer, please send them to themail@newyorker.com.

19 Jan

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36 min
16/07/2011

ZZ Packer Reads Stuart Dybek

ZZ Packer reads Stuart Dybek's "Paper Lantern," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Paper Lantern" was published in the November 27, 1995, issue of The New Yorker, and was reprinted in "The Best American Short Stories 1996." ZZ Packer is the author of the short-story collection "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere."

16/07/2011

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47 min
02/11/2015

Lydia Davis Reads Robert Gorham Davis

Lydia Davis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Robert Gorham Davis's “Then We’ll Set it Right,” from a 1943 issue of the magazine.

02/11/2015

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45 min
20 NOV

What Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America?

The New Yorker staff writers Dexter Filkins and Clare Malone join Tyler Foggatt to examine Donald Trump’s appointments of former congressman Matt Gaetz and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to his Cabinet.Gaetz, who has been nominated for Attorney General, is one of Trump’s most vociferous defenders and the former subject of a sex-trafficking investigation run by the Department of Justice. (Gaetz has denied all allegations.) Trump has chosen Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, giving one of the world’s most prominent anti-vaccine activists broad powers over public health. How would these men reshape the legal and medical infrastructures of our federal government? And will they even be confirmed? This week’s reading: “How Far Would Matt Gaetz Go?,” by Dexter Filkins “R.F.K., Jr.,’s Next Move,” by Clare Malone “Why Is Elon Musk Really Embracing Donald Trump?,” By John Cassidy “Trump’s Cabinet of Wonders,” by David Remnick “The Most Extreme Cabinet Ever,” by Susan B. Glasser To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com.

20 Nov

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47 min
7 NOV

How Trump Took Back America

Four years after refusing to accept defeat and encouraging a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Donald J. Trump has once again been elected President of the United States. The former President, who in the past year alone has been convicted of a felony and has survived two assassination attempts, campaigned largely on a platform of mass deportations, trade wars, and retribution for his detractors. On Tuesday, he secured the Presidency thanks to a surge of rural voters, high turnout among young men, and unprecedented gains with Black and Latino populations. What does a second Trump term mean for America? Clare Malone and Jay Caspian Kang, who’ve been covering the election for The New Yorker, join Tyler Foggatt to discuss how we got here, and the uncertain future of the Democratic Party. This week’s reading: “Donald Trump’s Revenge,” by Susan B. Glasser The Americans Prepping for a Second Civil War, by Charles Bethea What’s the Matter with Young Male Voters?, by Jay Caspian Kang Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.

7 Nov

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33 min

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