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On Democracy’s Front Lines - George Packer - October 2022 20.09.2022 59:50

How ordinary Ukrainians rallied to save their nation—and defend the values Americans claim to hold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cursive is History - Drew Gilpin Faust - October 2022 20.09.2022 14:08

Gen Z never learned to read cursive. How will they interpret the past? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Roberts’s Long Game - Linda Greenhouse - October 2022 20.09.2022 18:08

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who Do The Benin Bronzes Belong To? - David Frum - October 2022 20.09.2022 1:01:23

Thousands of pieces of art were looted by the British in what is now Nigeria, and are held in mostly Western museums. What to do with them is a harder question than it might seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Diagnosis Trap - Jordan Kisner - October 2022 20.09.2022 20:52

Doctors have their stories to tell about mental illness. But what about the stories we tell ourselves? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Myopia Generation - Sarah Zhang - October 2022 20.09.2022 22:57

Why do so many kids need glasses now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ode to Being Read To - James Parker - October 2022 20.09.2022 4:14

Bedtime stories aren’t just for children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Redshirt the Boys - Richard Reeves - October 2022 20.09.2022 21:11

Why boys should start school a year later than girls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Unlovable, Irresistible John Donne - James Parker - September 2022 16.08.2022 9:37

The Elizabethan poet and divine was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit.an poet and divine was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mohsin Hamid’s Empty Parable - Namwali Serpell - September 2022 16.08.2022 24:06

The author’s novel about race transformation fails to take an old idea to new places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That’s It. You’re Dead to Me. - Kaitlyn Tiffany - September 2022 16.08.2022 21:13

Suddenly everyone is “toxic.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let Brooklyn Be Loud - Xochitl Gonzalez - September 2022 16.08.2022 15:34

The sound of gentrification is silence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘We Need to Take Away Children’ - Caitlin Dickerson - September 2022 16.08.2022 3:13:51

The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is She a Fluke? A Token? A Trailblazer? - Amy Weiss-Meyer - September 2022 16.08.2022 1:30

When women enter the frame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don’t Call Them Trash - Sophie Gilbert - September 2022 16.08.2022 20:48

Romance novels celebrate female pleasure and aspiration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rez Life - David Treur - September 2022 16.08.2022 32:58

Sterlin Harjo’s genre-mixing, cliché-exploding series captures coming of age as a Native kid like no TV show before it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The Greatest Talker of His Time’ - Justin Driver - September 2022 16.08.2022 20:49

Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Is it time for a reappraisal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wedding Present - Cynthia Ozick - September 2022 16.08.2022 44:36

As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after World War II. I’ve been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Escape from the Taliban - Bushra Seddique - September 2022 16.08.2022 31:09

When Kabul fell, my sister and I almost didn’t get out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ode to Being in a Band - James Parker - September 2022 16.08.2022 4:17

I can’t believe how good we sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hotel Earth - James Longenbach - September 2022 16.08.2022 1:48

This poem appears in the September 2022 print edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American Rasputin - Jennifer Senior - July/August 2022 24.06.2022 1:06:07

Steve Bannon is still scheming. And he’s still a threat to democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to Chagos - Cullen Murphy - July/August 2022 24.06.2022 52:58

Half a century ago, the British government forcibly removed 2,000 people from a remote string of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They’ve never stopped struggling to return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vindication of Jack White - Spencer Kornhaber - July/August 2022 24.06.2022 24:18

An obsessive protector of rock’s past could hold the key to its future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure Hunters - Chris Heath - July/August 2022 24.06.2022 54:41

“I’m going to find out what the hell the FBI did and I’m going to expose it to the world.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices