Podcasts
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Mass Incarceration, Then and Now
Mass incarceration has been profoundly harmful to communities of color. Ten years after “The New Jim Crow” helped to identify the problem, how much headway have we made?
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Stephen Miller, the Immigration Extremist in the White House
How one adviser almost single-handedly engineered the Trump Administration’s nativist policies. Plus: a conversation with Pam Grier, the first action heroine of blaxploitation cinema.
The Ascendance of Bernie Sanders, and the Novelist Gish Jen
Democratic Party centrists have their hair on fire over the idea of Sanders as the Presidential front-runner. Is he the Party’s future or an electoral disaster? Plus, Gish Jen on baseball and artificial intelligence.
Louis C.K.’s Return to the Stage
Hilton Als talks about what a performer who committed misconduct owes to his audience. And, in the Presidential race, will any of the Democratic front-runners attract enough black voters to win?
N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft, and a Tumultuous Week in Impeachment
The science-fiction author grapples with the racism at the foundation of the genre; and a Washington correspondent considers the impact of John Bolton.
The Alternative Oscars, 2020 Edition
Richard Brody shares his list of the best films of 2019, and two prison abolitionists explain the vision of a future of decarceration.
Politics and More
Does It Really Matter Who the Democratic Nominee Is?
The political scientist Rachel Bitecofer joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the best way for Democrats to win the Presidency, and Congress, in 2020.
A Teen-Age Trump Tries to Win His High School’s Election
A civics project goes off the rails when high-school students run a simulation of the 2020 primaries.
After Two Primary Contests, What’s Ahead for the Democratic Race?
Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Eric Lach to discuss what the results in Iowa and New Hampshire do and don’t say about the future of the Democratic Presidential primary.
The Black Vote in 2020
Black voters may be key to who wins the Democratic nomination—and the general election. Will any of the white front-runners get the turnout they need?
Disasters at America’s Polling Places
Sue Halpern joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the meltdown at the Iowa caucuses, the recent history of malfunctions at voting booths, and whether the 2020 election can be saved.
Fiction
David Rabe Reads John Updike
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Other Side of the Street,” by John Updike, from a 1991 issue of the magazine.
Andrea Lee Reads Haruki Murakami
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami, from a 1992 issue of the magazine.
A Decade of the <em>New Yorker</em> Fiction Podcast
The past decade’s episodes have offered an unrivalled opportunity to dive into the thinking both of the authors of the stories and of the writers who chose them.
Ann Beattie Reads Mavis Gallant
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Dédé,” by Mavis Gallant, from a 1987 issue of the magazine.
Garth Greenwell Reads Jean Stafford
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Shorn Lamb,” by Jean Stafford, from a 1953 issue of the magazine.
Poetry
Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Vijay Seshadri joins Kevin Young to discuss “The Moon and the Yew Tree,” by Sylvia Plath, and his own poem “Cliffhanging.”