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The New Yorker Radio Hour

Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

Copyright: © WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

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Episode 52: Mikhail Baryshnikov, T.C. Boyle, and Germany's Kriegskinder Oct 14, 2016

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Mikhail Baryshnikov talks about the playing the revolutionary choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, and T.C. Boyle shares a blues musician he discovered on a college radio station.

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Episode 51: David Axelrod on the Cubs and the Candidates, and Kenya Barris on “Black-ish” Oct 07, 2016

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In this episode, Obama’s former campaign strategist talks Clinton and the Cubs, a mathematician rocks out, and the “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris vents a little.

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Episode 49: The State of Debate and Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad Sep 23, 2016

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In this episode, Colson Whitehead reimagines the Underground Railroad, Jill Lepore assesses the sorry state of political debate,and Sharon Horgan finds humor in “Divorce.”

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Episode 48: High-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death Sep 16, 2016

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In this episode, Jill Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” goes after the patriarchy; a Muslim designer unveils high-fashion hijabs; and we look at the tragic life and lasting influence of the guitar legend John Fahey.

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Episode 47: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Ups and Downs of Ayahuasca Sep 09, 2016

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In this episode, Ariel Levy investigates ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with David Remnick about the mortality rates of athletes.

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Episode 46: Gary Johnson, Angel Olsen, and a Bee Stylist Sep 02, 2016

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In this episode, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson talks guns and marijuana, dead bees are beautified, and actor Reed Birney reads Donald Barthelme’s classic short story about the school year from hell.

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Special Preview: Gary Johnson’s Bid for the White House Aug 30, 2016

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The Libertarian Gary Johnson is an E.P.A.-supporting gun-rights advocate who appreciates a good edible, and he wants your vote for President.

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Episode 45: Father Pfleger, Larry David, and the History of Autism Aug 26, 2016

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Larry David vents, and a Chicago priest delivers a sermon to gang members.

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Episode 44: Russia Then and Now, and the Bard of Katonah Aug 19, 2016

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In this episode, a Nobel Prize winner talks about the pain of the fall of the Soviet Union, David Remnick remembers the coup the failed, and Hillary Clinton’s top policy advisor considers the problem of Putin

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Episode 43: Summer in the City Aug 12, 2016

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In this episode, F. Murray Abraham reads Arthur Miller’s essay about the sweltering summers of Miller’s youth; two writers talk fish and fiction; and a novelist recalls her childhood in idyllic Hong Kong.

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