Episodes
In “A Climate Change?,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about climate change and the new age of extinction.
Published 09/23/19
Published 09/23/19
In "Trust Me," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how last week's debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidates are prepared to be.
Published 09/16/19
In "This Is a Test," Jelani Cobb delves into the clashes over the New York City school system's reforms.
Published 09/09/19
In "Another Race to Run," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the complexities of the Senate race.
Published 09/03/19
In "Hong Kong on the March," Evan Osnos reports on how the mass demonstrations are in bold defiance of Chinese authority, but a crackdown could be incalculably costly.
Published 08/27/19
In "See Nothing," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on the failure to see what Jeffrey Epstein was doing.
Published 08/19/19
In "Words and Wounds," David Remnick writes about how President Trump is bearing out Toni Morrison's warnings about the violence of language.
Published 08/12/19
In "Lost in Translation," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Muller's testimony.
Published 07/29/19
In "No Going Back," Jelani Cobb writes about Trump's racist agenda.
Published 07/22/19
In "The Health-Care Defense," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the battle for healthcare.
Published 07/15/19
In "Margin Call," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the Democratic Party's moving margins.
Published 07/08/19
In "Belligerence," Robin Wright delves into Donald Trump's four Iran options.
Published 06/24/19
In "The Don and Joe Show," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what a Biden-Trump presidential race might look like.
Published 06/17/19
In "Continental Shift," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the European elections.
Published 06/03/19
In "No Mercy," Margaret Talbot writes about the fate of immigrant children at the border.
Published 05/28/19
In "The Threat to Roe," Jeffrey Toobin writes about the abortion fight and the pretense of precedent. 
Published 05/20/19
In "Last Chances," Elizabeth Kolbert reports on climate change and the new age of extinction. 
Published 05/13/19
In "No Rules," Margaret Talbot writes about Trump, Barr, and the rule of law.
Published 05/06/19
In "What Mueller Found," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Donald Trump's brush with accountability.
Published 04/22/19
In "Partners in Division," David Remnick writes about the Trump-Netanyahu alliance.
Published 04/15/19
In "Barr Review," Jeffrey Toobin writes about attorney general William Barr's choices. 
Published 04/08/19
In What's The Story, Steve Coll writes that the Attorney General’s summary reported no conspiracy, but serious newsrooms and journalists did the job they are supposed to do. 
Published 04/01/19
The special counsel’s report is in, and other investigations are accelerating. And yet it is impossible to imagine the President changing his behavior, much less giving up his office. In "It's Mueller Time," David Remnick writes about what comes next, now that the report is finally out. 
Published 03/25/19
The next two weeks will test how deeply a nation can immerse itself in self-delusion. In "Last Exit to Brexit," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the magical thinking around the upcoming deadline. 
Published 03/18/19