Trying to Save U.S. Allies in Afghanistan
Twelve years ago, David Rohde, then a reporter for the New York Times, was kidnapped by the Taliban outside of Kabul. Seven months later, he escaped confinement alongside the Afghan journalist Tahir L...
19 Aug 202120min
A Progressive Parent Confronts Segregated Schooling
As a new arrival in Oakland, California, Courtney Martin wondered why there were no white kids on the playground of her nearby elementary school. That school, other white parents told her euphemistica...
16 Aug 202119min
The “Unequivocal” Human Effect on the Climate
This week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report confirming what a summer of wildfires, floods, and record temperatures had suggested: the planet is warming f...
12 Aug 202122min
Atul Gawande Discusses the COVID-19 Resurgence
For a few brief moments this summer, in places where the vaccination rate was high, we could imagine life after COVID-19: restaurants and theatres were filling up, gatherings of all kinds were taking ...
9 Aug 202114min
How Arizona Became Ground Zero for Conservative Disinformation About Voter Fraud
After Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020, Donald Trump began complaining, contrary to fact, that voter fraud took place there and across the country, stealing the election from him. Four audits have since ...
5 Aug 202121min
John Kerry on the Battle Against Climate Change
With the world overheating, glaciers melting, and landscapes in flames, it’s difficult to think of a harder or more important job than John Kerry’s. The former senator and Secretary of State is now th...
2 Aug 202114min
Can “Alternative Facts” Survive the January 6th Investigation?
In the immediate aftermath of January 6th, politicians from both parties vilified the mob’s assault. But Republicans scuttled plans for an independent commission to investigate the riot, and the selec...
29 Jul 202121min
Eric Adams Talks with David Remnick
The New York City mayoral primary, which culminated in a vote held in June, was full of surprises, including the introduction of ranked-choice voting to a confused electorate, and the presence of Andr...
25 Jul 202123min
