New Yorker: Outloud

Calvin Trillin on poutine

Calvin Trillin and Blake Eskin visit the New York restaurant ...

Calvin Trillin and Blake Eskin visit the New York restaurant T Poutine to sample and discuss poutine, a Canadian concoction of French fries, gravy, and cheese curds.

Margaret Talbot on nightmares

Margaret Talbot discusses imagery-rehearsal therapy, which helps patients to edit ...

Margaret Talbot discusses imagery-rehearsal therapy, which helps patients to edit their nightmares into more benign dreams

Lawrence Wright on Israel and Hamas

Lawrence Wright talks to Blake Eskin about the violent conflict ...

Lawrence Wright talks to Blake Eskin about the violent conflict between Israel and Hamas and the difficulties he faced in reporting.

Robert Mankoff and Zachary Kanin on cartoons

Robert Mankoff and Zachary Kanin discuss Cartoon Kit, the Caption ...

Robert Mankoff and Zachary Kanin discuss Cartoon Kit, the Caption Contest, vampires, and how both guests found their voices as cartoonists.

Sasha Frere-Jones on hip-hop

Sasha Frere-Jones discusses the future of hip-hop.

Rebecca Mead and Daniel Zalewski on children’s books

Rebecca Mead and Daniel Zalewski discuss books for children and ...

Rebecca Mead and Daniel Zalewski discuss books for children and young adults.

Jill Lepore on scientific management

Jill Lepore talks about the pioneers of scientific management, Frederick ...

Jill Lepore talks about the pioneers of scientific management, Frederick Winslow Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth.

Robert Polidori on the UN

Robert Polidori discusses the General Assembly Hall of the United ...

Robert Polidori discusses the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations.

Adam Gopnik on Alfred Dreyfus

Adam Gopnik talks about Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army officer ...

Adam Gopnik talks about Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army officer arrested in 1894 for espionage in France.

Critics on fall highlights

John Lahr, Peter Schjeldahl, and Nancy Franklin discuss the fall ...

John Lahr, Peter Schjeldahl, and Nancy Franklin discuss the fall season's theatre, art, and television highlights.