Podcasts

The young poet’s reading at President Biden’s Inauguration made her about as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher.

A diva in the Americana scene shows her global side. Plus: a burglar took seventy million dollars’ worth of art from a French museum. Selling it was harder than stealing it.

How did San Juan children have a snowball fight—and why? Plus, a look at how poor students struggle to afford college, even on scholarship.

The filmmaker returns to his home terrain, where “Boogie Nights” and many of his other movies were set. Plus, millennial writers reflect on the particular sense of despair in their generation.

“The New Jim Crow” helped identify the profound harms that mass incarceration inflicts on communities of color. A dozen years later, how much headway have we made?

The young poet’s reading at President Biden’s swearing-in made her about as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher.

As we approach the end of a difficult year, four of our political writers talk about under-covered stories that give them hope.

How did children in Puerto Rico have a “white Christmas”—and why? WNYC’s Alana Casanova-Burgess reports on deliveries of snow to the Caribbean, and what they meant to Puerto Ricans.

Messages that Trump’s chief of staff handed over to Congress shed new light on the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Will they affect the investigation into the former President’s involvement?

The New Yorker Radio Hour producer Ngofeen Mputubwele reports on a feeling of hopelessness pervading his peers—and on how they live with that feeling.

The author reads her story from the January 3 & 10, 2022, issue of the magazine.

The author reads his story from the December 27, 2021, issue of the magazine.

The author reads her story from the December 20, 2021, issue of the magazine.

The author reads his story from the December 13, 2021, issue of the magazine.

The author reads her story from the December 6, 2021, issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Family Man,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in a 1977 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Falls,” by George Saunders, which was published in a 1996 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “In the Name of Bobby,” by Julio Cortázar, which was published in a 1979 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme, which was published in a 1966 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey,” by Haruki Murakami, which was published in a 2020 issue of the magazine.

Amanda Gorman joins Kevin Young to discuss “Declaration,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “Ship’s Manifest.”

Aria Aber joins Kevin Young to discuss “Half-Light,” by Frank Bidart, and her own poem “Dirt and Light.”

Forrest Gander joins Kevin Young to discuss “Privacy,” by Ada Limón, and his own poem “Post-Fire Forest.”

In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Kimiko Hahn, Monica Youn, Paul Tran, and Megan Fernandes join Kevin Young to read their work and to discuss the role of poetry in our tumultuous times.

Toi Derricotte joins Kevin Young to discuss “We Feel Now a Largeness Coming On,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “I give in to an old desire.”