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Critics at Large is a weekly culture podcast from The New Yorker. Every Thursday, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss current obsessions, classic texts they’re revisiting with fresh eyes, and trends that are emerging across books, television, film, and more. The show runs the gamut of the arts and pop culture, with lively, surprising conversations about everything from Salman Rushdie to “The Real Housewives.” Through rigorous analysis and behind-the-scenes insights into The New Yorker’s reporting, the magazine’s critics help listeners make sense of our moment—and how we got here.
Episodes


“The Social Reckoning” Shows How It All Went Wrong

Tom Cruise-a-Palooza

What Survival Stories Tell Us (and Should We Listen?)

Introducing: “The Journey,” from In the Dark

That Back-to-School Feeling

Remembering Dolly Parton

What is Gen Z Afraid Of?

Critics’ Cult Classics: Emily Nussbaum on “Slings & Arrows”

Critics’ Cult Classics: Hannah Goldfield on the Food World’s Secret Tastemakers

Critics’ Cult Classics: Hanif Abdurraqib on Camp Lo’s “Uptown Saturday Night”

The Irony and the Ecstasy of Colson Whitehead

The Golden Age of the American Idiot

Who Owns the Odyssey?

An American Playlist

From The Political Scene: The Politics of the Big Game

Steven Spielberg’s Blockbusters

Why We Cling to the Animal Kingdom

I Need a Critic: June, 2026, Edition

Our Modern Glut of Choice
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