Politics and Justice at the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
In August, 2020, during a period of civil unrest after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the seventeen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people, killing two and maiming the ...
11 Nov 202115min
Will the Office Survive the Pandemic?
Cal Newport, the author of “A World without Email” and other books, has been writing about how the shutdown has affected businesses and the culture of work. Remote operation, he says, has raised funda...
8 Nov 202115min
Was Last Week Really So Bad for the Democrats?
This week, the Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated the Democrat Terry McAuliffe to become the next governor of Virginia. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, the Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly won a gubernatorial ...
4 Nov 202122min
The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook
The roughly ten thousand company documents that make up the Facebook Papers show a company in turmoil—and one that prioritizes its economic interests over known harms to public interest. Among other t...
1 Nov 202113min
Is the Virginia Governor’s Race a Preview of the 2022 Midterms?
Next Tuesday, Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, choosing between the Democrat Terry McAuliffe and the Republican Glenn Youngkin. Pundits have been describing the race as an...
28 Okt 202116min
How a Girls’ School Fled Afghanistan as the Taliban Took Over
In the summer, Shabana Basij-Rasikh came on the Radio Hour to speak with Sue Halpern about founding the School of Leadership Afghanistan—known as SOLA—which was the country’s only boarding school for ...
25 Okt 202118min
The Complicated Legacy of Colin Powell
Colin Powell was a Vietnam War veteran, a four-star general, and—among other high-level positions in the U.S. government—the Secretary of State under George W. Bush. Powell was well known for his conv...
21 Okt 202119min
Jon Stewart: “That’s Not Cancel Culture”
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” defined an era. For more than sixteen years, Stewart and his many correspondents skewered American politics. At the 2021 New Yorker Festival, Stewart spoke with David...
18 Okt 202121min
