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Best Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’

John Turturro stars in the new film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. To prepare, he... more

07 Nov 2026

49 MINS

49:01

07 Nov 2026


#299

Novelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western education

Min Jin Lee’s new novel American Hagwon is her first in nearly a decade. ‘Hagwon’ is the K... more

05 Nov 2026

44 MINS

44:09

05 Nov 2026


#298

Jordan Firstman captures the highs and lows of being a ‘Club Kid’

Firstman's new film, Club Kid, is about a gay party promoter whose life is upended when he... more

04 Nov 2026

43 MINS

43:35

04 Nov 2026


#297

The skyrocketing cost of elder care

A new AARP study finds family caregivers spend, on average, nearly a third of their househ... more

03 Nov 2026

44 MINS

44:42

03 Nov 2026


#296

John Turturro could pick your pocket (if he wanted to)

Lifting wallets and watches was part of Turturro's training for the new film, The Only Liv... more

02 Nov 2026

45 MINS

45:29

02 Nov 2026


#295

Best Of: Making ‘La Bola Negra’ / 'New Yorker' cartoonists lament their kitchens

Spanish filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (Los Javis) turned an unfinished play ... more

31 Oct 2026

49 MINS

49:52

31 Oct 2026


#294

Kazuo Ishiguro on ‘Klara and the Sun’

Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun is now a feature film,... more

30 Oct 2026

45 MINS

45:41

30 Oct 2026


#293

Who benefits when massive AI data centers come to town?

From Virginia to Kansas, the battle over data centers has reached the ballot box this midt... more

29 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:24

29 Oct 2026


#292

How the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided America

Jordan Neely, a Black unhoused man in crisis, was frightening fellow passengers on the New... more

28 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:19

28 Oct 2026


#291

Los Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with ‘La Bola Negra’

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — known as "Los Javis" — have turned four pages of an unf... more

27 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:00

27 Oct 2026


#290

'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to nightmare kitchens

New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein confess to the horrors lurking... more

26 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:54

26 Oct 2026


#289

Best Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty Gilpin

Singer, songwriter, and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello helped define the sound of neo-soul, b... more

24 Oct 2026

47 MINS

47:07

24 Oct 2026


#288

Platinum songwriter Jimmy Webb

Hall of Fame songwriter Jimmy Webb talks about writing some of the 1960s songs he’s best k... more

23 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:28

23 Oct 2026


#287

Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working

"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things that are kind of like a glea... more

22 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:04

22 Oct 2026


#286

Election experts share concerns about the midterms

Ahead of the midterms, we talk with two election experts about President Trump’s efforts t... more

21 Oct 2026

45 MINS

45:04

21 Oct 2026


#285

David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier

Ojibwe writer David Treuer’s new book, The Savage Mind: An American Legacy, is written as ... more

20 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:38

20 Oct 2026


#284

Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out

Grammy-winning singer, bassist, and composer Meshell Ndegeocello helped shape the sound th... more

19 Oct 2026

45 MINS

45:28

19 Oct 2026


#283

Best Of: Mahershala Ali / Writer Yiyun Li

In his new film, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali p... more

17 Oct 2026

48 MINS

48:15

17 Oct 2026


#282

Remembering Eva Marie Saint / 'Interview with the Vampire' turns 50

The actor Eva Marie Saint died last week at age 102. She won an academy award for her firs... more

16 Oct 2026

46 MINS

46:10

16 Oct 2026


#281

Inside the Musk/Bezos space race

Atlantic staff writer Josh Tyrangiel says Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos each want to colonize t... more

15 Oct 2026

42 MINS

42:45

15 Oct 2026