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Richard Brody and Emily Nussbaum on depicting sex onscreen.
The French film "Blue is the Warmest Color" has been ...
The French film "Blue is the Warmest Color" has been the subject of a lot of critical discussion, partly for its explicit depictions of lesbian sex. Here, Sasha Weiss talks with Richard Brody and Emily Nussbaum about their reactions to the film and what makes for good and bad sex in television and film. Brody, who has blogged about "Blue is the Warmest Color," thought the use of sex in the film was masterful. Nussbaum had a more mixed reaction and pointed to scenes from HBO's "Girls" and "The Big Chill" as examples of sex scenes she found more affecting. Also on the podcast, Ethan Kuperberg does stand-up therapy.
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Peter Hessler on writing about small towns.
In this week's issue, Peter Hessler writes about how the ...
In this week's issue, Peter Hessler writes about how the Egyptian revolution has played out Abydos, a small village in Upper Egypt. Here Sasha Weiss speaks with Hessler about why he likes to report from small towns, and how his years in China have helped him understand life in Egypt more clearly. Hessler explains how political power is expressed on the village level in both Egypt and China, and why we haven't seen a Chinese version of the Arab Spring. Weiss also asks about his piece on a small-town pharmacist in Colorado, and how he approaches writing about individuals and communities. Separately, Jeffrey Eugenides does his best Texan accent.
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Dan Chiasson on Marianne Moore.
This week in the magazine, Dan Chiasson reviews Linda Leavell's ...
This week in the magazine, Dan Chiasson reviews Linda Leavell's new biography of the modernist poet Marianne Moore, "Holding On Upside Down." Here Chiasson talks with Sasha Weiss and Giles Harvey about Moore's poetry and her mother, with whom Moore lived for most of her life, and who was intimately involved in the creation of her greatest poems. Also, Ian Crouch peeks behind George Lucas's curtain. Audio of Marianne Moore in this podcast is excerpted from the Poetry Center Digital Archive, which is made available under a Creative Commons license.
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Lauren Collins and Dana Goodyear on adventurous eating.
This week in the magazine, Lauren Collins reports on the ...
This week in the magazine, Lauren Collins reports on the quest for the world's hottest pepper, and Dana Goodyear examines the food taboos surrounding whale and horse meat. Here they talk with Amelia Lester about the strangest foods they've ever eaten (including abalone and unhatched duck embryos), how gender roles shape eating habits, and what's behind our food taboos. Also, Richard Brody discusses baseball beards.
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D. T. Max and Nathan Heller on San Francisco.
In recent issues of the magazine, D. T. Max Profiled ...
In recent issues of the magazine, D. T. Max Profiled Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter, and Nathan Heller wrote about the values and lifestyles of young San Francisco entrepreneurs. Here, they both talk with Sasha Weiss about why the cultural center of gravity may have shifted west to San Francisco, how the economic and creative force of the tech industry is changing the city, and what it means for the rest of the country. Also on the podcast, why the poet Brad Leithauser finds some words unusable.
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Louis Menand and Richard Brody on Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer died six years ago, and, already, five biographies ...
Norman Mailer died six years ago, and, already, five biographies have been written about him. The most recent is J. Michael Lennon's "Norman Mailer: A Double Life," which is a springboard for an essay on Mailer by Louis Menand in this week's issue. Here, Menand and the film critic Richard Brody talk about Mailer's life and legacy with the literary editor of the New Yorker's Web site, Sasha Weiss. Also on the podcast, Deborah Treisman explains why Alice Munro's first story in the magazine in 1977 caused an in-house ruckus.
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Jeremy Denk on Bach’s “Goldberg Variations”
In this week's issue of the magazine, the Money Issue, ...
In this week's issue of the magazine, the Money Issue, pianist Jeremy Denk revisits a kitschy musician-for-hire gig from early in his career. Denk was just awarded a fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation, and he's on tour now to promote his latest album, "J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations." He spoke with Leo Carey and Sasha Weiss about the challenges of playing music that everybody knows, what he loves about the Goldberg Variations, and how writing fits into his musical career. Also on the podcast, one man's personal debt ceiling.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont on Philip Roth
This week in the magazine, Claudia Roth Pierpont examines the ...
This week in the magazine, Claudia Roth Pierpont examines the long career of novelist Philip Roth and his many literary friendships. Here, Pierpont talks with Sasha Weiss about Roth's relationships with Saul Bellow and John Updike, the portrayal of women in Roth's novels, and why people confuse his characters with the writer himself. Also on the podcast, Peter Schjeldahl on the cats and controversial girls of Balthus.
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Emily Nussbaum and Jelani Cobb on “Key & Peele”
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum reviews the third ...
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum reviews the third season of the sketch-comedy show "Key & Peele." Jelani Cobb writes frequently about race and culture for newyorker.com, and his essay on Dave Chapelle and African-American comedy is collected in his book "The Devil and Dave Chappelle." Here, Sasha Weiss talks with Nussbaum and Cobb about how Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele's biracial identities allow them to cross lines other comics might avoid, and how their humor moves past mockery towards empathy. Also on the podcast, Simon Parkin on why we're about to hear a lot more about video game violence.
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Susan Morrison and Rebecca Mead on work clothes.
In the September 23rd issue of the magazine, the Style ...
In the September 23rd issue of the magazine, the Style Issue, Rebecca Mead profiles Andrew Rosen, the C.E.O. of the fashion company Theory. The company found success in the nineties by making stylish and comfortable work clothes for women. Here, Mead talks with Susan Morrison, who edited the issue, and Sasha Weiss, the literary editor of newyorker.com. They discuss the effort it takes to look effortless, how the codes of dressing for work have changed over the years, and why people who work at The New Yorker are sometimes referred to as "the Waltons." Also, Ethan Kuperberg has an S.A.T. test for adults.
