The New Yorker Radio Hour

Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare

Jonathan Haidt on the Plague of Anxiety Affecting Young People

This episode explores the impact of smartphones and social media on the mental health of young people, particularly those born after 1995, dubbed "the anxious generation," featuring social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Haidt argues that the introduction of smartphones and social media around 2010-2015 has led to a "grea...

Maya Hawke on the Fear of “Missing Out,” and Jen Silverman on “There’s Going to Be Trouble”

How a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban

The Film Critic Justin Chang on What to See in 2024

The Attack on Black History, with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jelani Cobb

Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, on Cultivating the Black Roots of Country Music

Alicia Keys Returns to Her Roots with Her New Musical, “Hell’s Kitchen”

Percival Everett and the Reinvention of Mark Twain’s Jim

Trump’s Authoritarian Pronouncements Recall a Dark History

March Madness 2024: College Basketball at a Crossroads

Judith Butler Can’t “Take Credit or Blame” for Gender Furor

In “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close

Bradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”

What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election

Kara Swisher on Tech Billionaires: “I Don’t Think They Like People”

Lily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood. Plus, the Brody Awards

Ty Cobb on Trump, Putin, and the Death of Alexey Navalny

For Brontez Purnell, “Memoir Is Fiction—I Don’t Care What Anyone Says”

“Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett on Trump: “The Threat of Jail Time Sharpens the Mind”