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The Chronicles of Now

The Chronicles of Now

16 Episodes • By Pushkin Industries • chroniclesnow.com/
Short fiction torn from today’s headlines. Each week, our favorite authors write an original story inspired by the news. Featuring Curtis Sittenfeld, Roxane Gay, Colum McCann, Carmen Maria Machado and more. Because in a world gone haywire, sometimes art is the only thing to make sense of it all. Hos ...more
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Becoming King from Where There’s a Will
Sharing a preview of a new Pushkin show, Where There... more
Nov 17 2022 11m
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Presenting Story of the Week with Joel Stein: Billionaires Prepping for the Apocalypse
Here's a preview of a new podcast from Pushkin Indus... more
Oct 20 2022 11m
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Introducing Black & Published
We're sharing a preview of the Black & Published pod... more
Feb 23 2022 4m
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A Literary Kickback with Well-Read Black Girl
Sharing a new show from Pushkin, the team behind Chr... more
Feb 1 2022 5m
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The Chronicles of Now Presents: Storybound
The Chronicles of Now presents a special episode fro... more
Dec 8 2020 38m
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Tommy Orange: Reopening
As schools reopen across the country, parents are fa... more
Sep 2 2020 20m
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Dantiel W. Moniz: What You Make It
As protests erupted across the nation this summer, h... more
Aug 26 2020 17m
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Laura van den Berg: 3D
Now that Joe Biden has selected a female VP and fina... more
Aug 19 2020 18m
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Curtis Sittenfeld: Breeze Point
The most uplifting news of the past six months? Two ... more
Aug 12 2020 18m
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Hannah Lillith Assadi: The People of Music
The New York Times recently revealed a top-secret Pe... more
Aug 5 2020 23m
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John Wray: Status Report
In late June, President Trump visited Yuma, Arizona ... more
Jul 29 2020 13m
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J. Courtney Sullivan: Proof
Three billion birds have gone missing in North Ameri... more
Jul 22 2020 17m
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Ben Fountain: Rules of Special Measures
What if instead of dropping off our stereos, cocktai... more
Jul 13 2020 18m
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Manuel Gonzales: The Extinction Show
Who knew extinction could be the hottest ticket in t... more
Jul 8 2020 12m
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Roxane Gay: String Theory
Covid-19 has made us all prisoners of our homes. And... more
Jul 8 2020 19m
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Jess Walter: The Ponz
Michael Cohen, Trump's infamous fixer, was just rele... more
May 27 2020 18m
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