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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
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Sep 2, 2016 • 56min
Episode 46: Gary Johnson, Angel Olsen, and a Bee Stylist
In this episode, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson talks guns and marijuana, dead bees are beautified, and actor Reed Birney reads Donald Barthelme’s classic short story about the school year from hell.

Aug 30, 2016 • 16min
Special Preview: Gary Johnson’s Bid for the White House
The Libertarian Gary Johnson is an E.P.A.-supporting gun-rights advocate who appreciates a good edible, and he wants your vote for President.

Aug 26, 2016 • 56min
Episode 45: Father Pfleger, Larry David, and the History of Autism
Larry David vents, and a Chicago priest delivers a sermon to gang members.

Aug 19, 2016 • 56min
Episode 44: Russia Then and Now, and the Bard of Katonah
In this episode, a Nobel Prize winner talks about the pain of the fall of the Soviet Union, David Remnick remembers the coup the failed, and Hillary Clinton’s top policy advisor considers the problem of Putin

Aug 12, 2016 • 56min
Episode 43: Summer in the City
In this episode, F. Murray Abraham reads Arthur Miller’s essay about the sweltering summers of Miller’s youth; two writers talk fish and fiction; and a novelist recalls her childhood in idyllic Hong Kong.

Aug 5, 2016 • 56min
Episode 42: The Honorable John Lewis, and the Inimitable Paul Simon
In this episode, two living legends—the civil-rights leader John Lewis and the singer-songwriter Paul Simon—reflect on how far they’ve come.

Jul 29, 2016 • 56min
Episode 41: Hillary Makes History, and Archery Makes a Comeback
In this episode, Andy Borowitz explains how the D.N.C. is like a Phil Collins music video from the eighties, and Patricia Marx practices archery at home.

Jul 22, 2016 • 56min
Episode 40: Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter and a Poet Fighting Cancer
In this episode, the ghostwriter behind “The Art of the Deal” tells all, and Andy Borowitz reviews highlights of the Republican National Convention.

Jul 18, 2016 • 24min
Special Preview: Trump’s Remorseful Ghostwriter
Tony Schwartz spent more than a year with Trump back in 1986, ghostwriting his memoir. He hasn’t ever talked publicly about the experience of working with Trump—until now.

Jul 15, 2016 • 56min
Episode 39: The Gawker Sex-Tape Blowup, and George Saunders on Trump
The founder of Gawker on the “karmic justice” of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit; George Saunders on what makes Trump supporters tick; and Parker Posey on a camper from hell.


