“D Is for Despair” Didn’t Sound So Good: A Conversation Between Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert
For Earth Day, Bill McKibben speaks with Elizabeth Kolbert about climate change and her new book “H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z.”
For Earth Day, Bill McKibben speaks with Elizabeth Kolbert about climate change and her new book “H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z.”
Arise (2023), paper beads on barkcloth, 57 7/8 x 66 1/8 inches; Granary (2023), paper beads on barkcloth, 75 x 64 1/2 inches. Images courtesy of Karma and Sanaa Gateja.
Dorothy Berry reviews Laura Helton’s “Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History.”
Robert P. Crease reviews Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson’s “The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience.”
Shoshana Olidort reviews Mireille Gansel’s “Soul House.”
A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation.
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A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation.
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Brittany Menjivar reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Dashiel Carrera reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Manan Kapoor reviews “Songs of an Eastern Humanist” by Edward Said.
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
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Maya Chen attends “Funny Girl” to find the music that makes her dance, even with a sprained ankle.
Office-core hyperobjects give Chase Bucklew the technocreeps at Katherine Behar’s UC Irvine solo exhibition.
Jazz group Outside World leads Tosten Burks to self-reflection at their Hollywood release show.
Woo-hoo! Brittany Menjivar gets her head checked by a jumbo jet at Blur’s pre-Coachella warm-up show in Pomona.
A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation.
Kate Wolf speaks with the poet Victoria Chang about her latest collection of poems, “With My Back to the World.”
Eric Newman speaks with director Morgan Neville about his new film “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces.”
On this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman talk about the ethics and politics of memoir in the wake of several recent...