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What If Andrew Yang Wins? - Annie Lowrey - May 2021 20.04.2021 16:42

His proposals are radical. He’s obsessed with robots. He’s never even worked in government. And next year he might be running New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served - Eric Scigliano - May 2021 20.04.2021 14:37

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Americans Are Turning Spare Bedrooms Into Giant Closets - Amanda Mull - May 2021 20.04.2021 15:03

As stores disappear, shopping in your own wardrobe becomes the ultimate luxury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Very American Photographs’ - Syreeta McFadden - May 2021 20.04.2021 2:07

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Hormone Monsters - Megan Garber - May 2021 20.04.2021 12:25

Television turns to magical realism to explore the trials of early adolescence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Power of the First Lady - Liza Mundy - May 2021 20.04.2021 18:09

How Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan advanced their husbands’ ambitions—and their own Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The True Costs and Benefits of Fracking - Sarah Smarsh - May 2021 20.04.2021 18:09

New York is getting more out of the domestic oil boom than North Dakota ever will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Awful Wisdom of the Hostage - Graeme Wood - May 2021 20.04.2021 13:29

What a new memoir reveals about endurance—and extreme remorse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ode to the Left Hand - James Parker - May 2021 20.04.2021 3:12

Get in touch with your nondominant side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beautiful Things - Elizabeth Spires - May 2021 20.04.2021 1:12

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Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene - Caitlin Flanagan - April 2021 22.03.2021 48:25

Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID - Meghan O'Rourke - April 2021 22.03.2021 48:52

A growing number of clinicians are on an urgent quest to find treatments for a frighteningly pervasive problem. They’ve had surprising early success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire - Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev - April 2021 22.03.2021 51:23

Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American Special Ops Forces Are Everywhere - Mark Bowden - April 2021 22.03.2021 34:06

They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America Without God - Shadi Hamid - April 2021 22.03.2021 17:50

As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen. Will the quest for secular redemption through politics doom the American idea? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Person of Korea - Paul Yoon - April 2021 22.03.2021 32:49

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What Your T-Shirt Says About You - Amanda Mull - April 2021 22.03.2021 13:53

How merch became a staple of the pandemic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Blast - Rania Abouzeid - April 2021 22.03.2021 18:15

Last summer’s explosion in Beirut devastated much of the city. My efforts to repair my apartment reveal a lot about how Lebanon works—and doesn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, Really, Are We Rome? - Cullen Murphy - April 2021 22.03.2021 16:52

History suggests that corrosive change can be hard to see while it’s happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Bug’s Life - Sabrina Imbler - April 2021 22.03.2021 2:20

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The Relentless Philip Roth - James Parker - April 2021 22.03.2021 9:43

In his life as in his fiction, the author pursued the shameful, the libidinous, the repellent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Happened to Jordan Peterson? - Helen Lewis - April 2021 22.03.2021 26:49

Adored guru and reviled provocateur, he dropped out of sight. Now the irresistible ordeal of modern cultural celebrity has brought him back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Radiant Inner Life of a Robot - Judith Shulevitz - April 2021 22.03.2021 18:21

Kazuo Ishiguro returns to masters and servants with a story of love between a machine and the girl she belongs to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Did Following Recipes Become a Personal Failure? - Laura Shapiro - April 2021 22.03.2021 13:57

Sam Sifton’s exciting, but daunting, invitation to improvise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ode to Not Meditating - James Parker - April 2021 22.03.2021 3:39

Uncross those aching legs, solemn sitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices