September 23, 2021
Mann the Magician
September 16, 2021
Moonshot Economics
It’s hard not to notice that we’re flunking tests, right and left, and running out of strategies against global-size troubles. COVID, we said, was our...| More
September 9, 2021
Tragic Architecture
Those twin towers of the World Trade Center wrote two epic stories into the skyline of Manhattan: rise and fall. Most of us saw the...| More
September 2, 2021
The Joy and Genius of Erroll Garner
This show first aired on December 17, 2020. Erroll Garner, the jazz pianist, is undergoing an upward revaluation of the sort that artists dream of:...| More
August 26, 2021
The End of the War
The war for Afghanistan is over: the Taliban won in a walk. We’re shocked, more than surprised, but then what? Is this our American empire at...| More
August 19, 2021
Tarantino’s 9th
This show first aired on August 8, 2019. Spoiler alert! (Really.) The big movie to reckon with this summer may be as much about the...| More
August 12, 2021
Into the Feel Tank
This mood we’re in: stuck, anxious, alone, desperate for an exit ramp, even to another bad stop on the same old highway. COVID, climate, chaos—or...| More
August 5, 2021
JFK in the American Century
This show was first broadcast on October 22, 2020. A bold new life of JFK cues Emerson’s line: “there is no history, only biography,” particularly...| More
July 29, 2021
A Tale of Two Deltas
That blood-red full moon of July looked for sure to be on fire, but only because we saw it through smoke that had drifted thousands...| More
July 22, 2021
Five Stones for Goliath
You can’t help noticing the badge of success in American business has changed. Robber barons a century ago built monopolies, then palaces. In our second...| More
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