New Yorker: Outloud
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Kelefa Sanneh on Kid Rock.
This week in the magazine, Kelefa Sanneh profiles the genre-jumping ...
This week in the magazine, Kelefa Sanneh profiles the genre-jumping musician Kid Rock, who got his start in hip-hop, went platinum with rap-rock, and then transitioned into country music. Here Sanneh listens to Kid Rock's music with Curtis Fox and talks about how his early years in Detroit's hip-hop scene shaped his identity as a country-rocker. Also, Donald Hall on what reading poetry has in common with oral sex (spoiler: vowels).
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Alex Ross and Hilton Als on gay culture
In this week's issue, Alex Ross reflects on the gay ...
In this week's issue, Alex Ross reflects on the gay community's extraordinary political progress in recent decades. For The New Yorker Out Loud, Ross and Hilton Als talk with Sasha Weiss about what increasing assimilation means for gay culture. Also, George Saunders confesses his love for Ayn Rand.
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Dexter Filkins and George Packer on the legacy of Iraq
In the current issue of The New Yorker, Dexter Filkins ...
In the current issue of The New Yorker, Dexter Filkins writes about an ex-Marine seeking forgiveness from the family of the Iraqi civilians his unit killed. Here Filkins talks with Nicholas Thompson and George Packer about the ongoing effects of the Iraq War on those who were there, and why the rest of the country has yet to deal with the legacy of a war we largely ignored. Also: Hilton Als on the Barbra Streisand persona.
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George Packer and Larissa MacFarquhar discuss the decline of America’s political culture
This week in the magazine, George Packer profiles the political ...
This week in the magazine, George Packer profiles the political operative Jeff Connaughton, whose long career in Washington provides an insider's view on how lobbyists and money drive the political process. Here Packer talks with Larissa MacFarquhar and Sasha Weiss about the underlying problems with our political culture and why Obama's bipartisan aspirations have completely failed. Also: the personal blog of Jean-Paul Sartre, and sexy Irish outlaws.
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Peter Schjeldahl and Evan Osnos on Ai Weiwei
In the current issue, Peter Schjeldahl reviews a retrospective of ...
In the current issue, Peter Schjeldahl reviews a retrospective of the work of Ai Weiwei, the international art star and political provocateur, at the Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington, D.C. Here Schjeldahl talks with Sasha Weiss and Evan Osnos, who profiled Ai Weiwei for the magazine two years ago. Also: What to do about dead cats, and David Sedaris on his stuffed dog.
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Larissa MacFarquhar and James Wood discuss Hilary Mantel.
This week in the magazine, Larissa MacFarquhar writes about novelist ...
This week in the magazine, Larissa MacFarquhar writes about novelist Hilary Mantel. Here she talks about why Mantel is such a remarkable writer with Sasha Weiss and James Wood, who reviewed Mantel last spring for the magazine. Also, George Saunders on his troubles keeping a diary.
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John Seabrook writes about the Korean pop-music industry.
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about the Korean pop-music industry. Here Seabrook talks with Sasha Weiss about why K-pop is so popular throughout Asia and why he was smitten by its cheerful vocals and synchronized dancing. Also, Paul Rudnick channels Mrs. Jesus Christ.
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Margaret Talbot on nineteen-thirties Hollywood.
This week in the magazine, Margaret Talbot writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Margaret Talbot writes about the Hollywood of her father, Lyle Talbot, who appeared in hundreds of films opposite the likes of Ginger Rogers and Carole Lombard. Here Talbot talks with Richard Brody and Michael Agger about Talbot's pre-code Hollywood films, why he never became a big star, and what it was like to grow up with a father in the movies. Also, Emily Nussbaum on "Treme."
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Robert Mankoff on Nipplegate.
In this week's New Yorker Out Loud podcast, the magazine's ...
In this week's New Yorker Out Loud podcast, the magazine's cartoon editor, Robert Mankoff, discusses the recent Nipplegate incident, in which a cartoon portraying Adam and Eve got the New Yorker temporarily banned from Facebook. Mankoff talks with Michael Agger and Mick Stevens, the cartoonist behind the offending cartoon, about the curious history of nipples in the magazine. Mankoff and Stevens also discuss the advantages of cartoon cliches like Adam and Eve, how cartoonists practice their art, and the evolution of the crash-test-dummy cartoon. Also, Peter Schjeldahl remembers Andy Warhol.
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D. T. Max on David Foster Wallace.
This week, D. T. Max has been writing on Page-Turner ...
This week, D. T. Max has been writing on Page-Turner about documents and artifacts he drew on for "Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story," his recently published biography of David Foster Wallace. Here Max talks with Sasha Weiss about the challenges of writing about Wallace, and how Wallace, who once described himself as "an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding" might feel about his biography.
