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☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

Russia’s Accidental No-Good, Very Failed Coup

— July 3rd 2023 at 10:00
The Russia experts Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the aftermath of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed mutiny.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The Dark-Money Supreme Court

— July 1st 2023 at 00:42
Our political roundtable looks at the Supreme Court’s conservative tilt as another term concludes, this one marked by ethics scandals and landmark rulings.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

As Trump Faces Charges, Who Is in Control of the Republican Party?

— April 7th 2023 at 22:43
With Donald Trump facing thirty-four felony counts and the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, recoveringfrom a concussion, our political roundtable looks at who is currently leading the G.O.P.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The Mood Inside the Courtroom Where Trump Was Arraigned

— April 5th 2023 at 22:08
Eric Lach recounts the proceedings of the first time in history that a former President was brought before a court to face criminal charges.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

Trump’s Potential Trials Are a One-Man “Stress Test of the Legal System”

— March 24th 2023 at 23:04
As the country braces for an indictment in Manhattan, our political roundtable looks at the precedents and politics behind the many criminal investigations into the former President.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

Donald Trump Braces for an Indictment in the Stormy Daniels Case

— March 23rd 2023 at 00:24
As the public awaits a possible indictment of the former President by a New York grand jury, Amy Davidson Sorkin examines the strange particulars of the case.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

Masha Gessen on the War Against Trans Rights

— March 13th 2023 at 10:00
The right’s fixation on gender reminds the writer of Putin’s Russia, which targeted L.G.B.T.Q. people. Gessen explains why the message of rolling back social change is powerful.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The “Woke History” Wars

— March 8th 2023 at 23:43
Emma Green discusses a major debate in academia about whether contemporary politics are shaping our understanding of the past too much.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The Russian Activist Maria Pevchikh on the Fate of Alexey Navalny

— March 6th 2023 at 22:00
Navalny, the opposition leader, survived poisoning and now languishes in prison. His colleague Maria Pevchikh talks about the Oscar-nominated documentary “Navalny.”
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The Fox News Defamation Lawsuit: “Money, Ideology, Truth, Lies—It’s All Right There”

— March 4th 2023 at 01:39
Our political roundtable explores the fallout from the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against one of the most powerful TV networks in America.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

How ChatGPT Will Strain a Political System in Peril

— March 1st 2023 at 23:33
Joshua Rothman discusses how artificial intelligence will change the nature of all communication on the Internet—including how politics is practiced.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

A Year of War in Ukraine

— February 20th 2023 at 11:00
David Remnick talks with the historian Stephen Kotkin and the Kyiv-based journalist Sevgil Musaieva about a year of disaster, and what a Ukrainian victory would look like.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

The Glass Ceiling, Still Intact: Women and Power in Washington

— February 18th 2023 at 03:11
Our political roundtable discusses Senator Dianne Feinstein’s retirement, Nikki Haley’s announcement, and Vice-President Kamala Harris’s political headwinds.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

A Historic Earthquake in Turkey, and the Saga of a Spy Balloon

— February 15th 2023 at 21:00
Ben Taub unravels two of the biggest stories in the news this week: a humanitarian crisis in a war zone, and an espionage mystery.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

What Biden Didn’t Say in the State of the Union

— February 10th 2023 at 23:29
Our political roundtable discusses the scant attention paid to abortion rights, China, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the President’s address.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

A New Primary Calendar Changes the Race for the Presidency

— February 8th 2023 at 20:33
Benjamin Wallace-Wells discusses the eclipse of the Iowa caucuses by a primary in South Carolina, and the powerful alliance between Joe Biden and James Clyburn.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

Chuck D on How Hip-Hop Changed the World

— February 7th 2023 at 23:28
The Public Enemy front man talks with Kelefa Sanneh about the history of hip-hop. The documentary he co-produced, “Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World,” is airing now on PBS.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

An “Anger Olympics” Between Trump and the Rest of the 2024 Republican Field

— February 4th 2023 at 00:00
With Nikki Haley’s campaign announcement forthcoming, our political roundtable looks at the state of the Presidential race.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

How the Memphis Police Controlled the Narrative of Tyre Nichols’s Killing

— February 1st 2023 at 23:35
Doreen St. Félix, a writer and critic, discusses the public’s relationship to police brutality videos, and law enforcement’s illusion of transparency.
☐ ☆ ✇ The New Yorker

What Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did the Term Become So Powerful?

— January 30th 2023 at 21:00
For many on the right, the problems America faces mostly stem from wokeness, a word that means . . . what? David Remnick talks with a linguist of slang to unpack the power of a word.
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