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    The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936

    The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936

    A track star’s gender transition in the nineteen-thirties, and the response of Olympic officials, foreshadowed today’s culture-war battles over gender and sports.

    • 19 min
    Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”

    Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”

    Though rooted in the jazz tradition, the singer's interests and repertoire reach across eras, languages, and continents.

    • 31 min
    Ilana Glazer on Motherhood and Friendship, On- and Off-Screen

    Ilana Glazer on Motherhood and Friendship, On- and Off-Screen

    Glazer’s new movie, “Babes,” delves into the absurd, paradoxical, graphic realities of pregnancy and parenthood.

    • 23 min
    Love Is Blind, and Allegedly Toxic

    Love Is Blind, and Allegedly Toxic

    Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit.

    • 27 min
    Miranda July’s New Novel Takes on Marriage, Desire, and Perimenopause

    Miranda July’s New Novel Takes on Marriage, Desire, and Perimenopause

    While the filmmaker, writer, and artist was writing her new book, “All Fours,” the character she created was influencing her own life.

    • 20 min
    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away

    David Remnick asks R.F.K., Jr., where his run for President and his beliefs are coming from.

    • 29 min

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