New Yorker: Outloud
A weekly conversation about what's new in The New Yorker.
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Simon Rich on funny writing.
This week, Simon Rich's new novella "Sell Out" is being ...
This week, Simon Rich's new novella "Sell Out" is being serialized on newyorker.com. It's the story of Simon Rich's great-great-grandfather, who falls into a pickle barrel and emerges, one hundred years later, into hipster Brooklyn. On the podcast this week, Rich reads excerpts from the first installment, and then talks with Susan Morrison about the inspiration for his novella, his experiences writing for Saturday Night Live, and his love of the comedic premise, as practiced by Roald Dahl, T. C. Boyle, Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.
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Adam Gopnik on 3-D sound studies.
This week in the magazine, Adam Gopnik tries to unravel ...
This week in the magazine, Adam Gopnik tries to unravel the science behind our love of music. Here Gopnik talks with managing editor Amelia Lester about how different his own early experiences with music were from those of his children, and why the shift from vinyl and hi-fi to MP3s and earbuds isnt such a bad thing. Also, an epic out-of-office message from S.N.L. writer Colin Jost.
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James Wood and Ann Goldstein on the novels of Elena Ferrante.
This week in the magazine, James Wood reviews the novels ...
This week in the magazine, James Wood reviews the novels of the mysterious Italian writer "Elena Ferrante." Ferrante writes under a pseudonymalmost nothing is known about her true identity. Here Sasha Weiss talks with James Wood and Ann Goldstein, Ferrante's English translator, about her intensely personal, often brutally honest writing. Also, Rebecca Mead on season three of "Downton Abbey."
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Rachel Aviv on the medicalization of child-porn users and pedophiles.
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv looks at the ...
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv looks at the medicalization of child-porn users and pedophiles. Here Aviv talks with Sasha Weiss about her interest in the subject, as well as about other articles she has written on socially marginalized, compromised, or despised people. Also, Gregory Buck compares the mathematics of winter to the mathematics of summer.
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Daniel Mendelsohn on the books that changed his life.
This week in the magazine, Mendelsohn writes about his boyhood ...
This week in the magazine, Mendelsohn writes about his boyhood correspondence with the novelist Mary Renault. Here Mendelsohn talks with Sasha Weiss about how Renault's novels helped him negotiate his own sexuality, and also led to his career as a writer and classicist. Mendelsohn also talks about how his own criticism, which brings a classicists perspective to bear on modern culture, shares similar goals as Renault's novelizations of ancient Greece.
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David Denby and Dexter Filkins discuss torture in the film “Zero Dark Thirty.”
Last week in the magazine, Dexter Filkins wrote a Talk ...
Last week in the magazine, Dexter Filkins wrote a Talk of the Town piece about Kathryn Bigelow, the director of "Zero Dark Thirty," and this week David Denby has a review of the film. Here, Denby and Filkins talk with Susan Morrison about the film and the controversy surrounding its depiction of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Also, Alex Koppelman on the best conspiracy theories of 2012.
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John Lahr talks with Deborah Treisman about his career as a theatre critic.
After twenty years as The New Yorker's senior drama critic, ...
After twenty years as The New Yorker's senior drama critic, John Lahr is stepping down (although he will still write Profiles for the magazine). Here Lahr talks with his editor Deborah Treisman about growing up in the showbiz world of his father, Bert Lahr; the role of theatre (and critics) in our culture; and the playwrights that have been important to him. Also: 2012 book recommendations from Louis Menand, Judith Thurman, and Marisa Silver.
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Ken Auletta and Amelia Lester on Elisabeth Murdoch
This week in the magazine, Ken Auletta profiles Elisabeth Murdoch, ...
This week in the magazine, Ken Auletta profiles Elisabeth Murdoch, the daughter of Rupert. Here Auletta talks with Amelia Lester and Nicholas Thompson about the phone-hacking scandal, Elisabeth's critical take on News Corp., and which of Rupert's children might win the Murdoch throne. Also, Thomas Beller on how smartphone photography is affecting our memory.
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Calvin Trillin and Amelia Lester on what our food says about our culture
This week in the magazine, Calvin Trillin writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Calvin Trillin writes about the eating pleasures to be had in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here, Trillin joins Lester and Sasha Weiss to talk about current food trends, what they look for in a restaurant, and how the Immigration Act of 1965 revolutionized eating in America. Also, Joan Acocella on why so many good novels end badly.
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Nick Paumgarten and Sasha Frere-Jones delve into the Grateful Dead archive
This week in the magazine, Nick Paumgarten explores the lure ...
This week in the magazine, Nick Paumgarten explores the lure and lore of the colossal Grateful Dead recording archive. Here Paumgarten talks with Sasha Frere-Jones and Sasha Weiss about his own history as a Grateful Dead fan and tape collector, and what it is about the recordings that still captivates him. Also, Avi Steinberg on the fear of floods in the age of global warming.
