Ressa, a Filipino American journalist, discusses the revelations that Facebook knows just how dangerous it is. Plus, the Nigerian literary giant Wole Soyinka on political activism and art.
The primatologist on what she has learned about being human from studying our relatives. Also, the head of a Kabul girls’ school on evacuating as the Taliban took over.
The comedian speaks about his new show, the potential return of Donald Trump, and controversy in comedy. Plus, Daniel Craig ends his fifteen-year run as 007.
The author of “The Orchid Thief” on her fascination with how we communicate across species. And Jane Mayer asks the Attorney General about prosecuting the January 6th rioters.
The novelist on his deliberate evolution away from literary formalism and “po-mo hijinks”; plus, two critics on a record-breaking season for Black playwrights on Broadway.
Andreas Malm insists that, instead of waiting on the Glasgow climate conference, environmentalists target fossil-fuel infrastructure. Also, a new report documents the lack of Latino stories in media and entertainment.
The director and one of the stars of the new film, which is about the writers of a magazine, explain the fictional publication’s uncanny similarities to The New Yorker.
In the long wake of 9/11, the writer meditates on the tragedies that shaped her life. Plus, Jia Tolentino on seeing live music for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
The actor and rapper discusses his new film, which he co-wrote. Plus, Senator Michael Bennet on the child tax credit’s monthly cash payments, a revolution in American politics.
Our guest host Vinson Cunningham looks at the joys of summer reading. Plus, Bill McKibben on a climate-change novel that tries to imagine how things might begin to turn around.
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