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The Harper’s Podcast

The Harper’s Podcast

181 Episodes • By Harper’s Magazine • www.harpers.org
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From the Audio Archive: Rachel Kushner
Today we’re rerunning an episode from 2018 featuring... more
Sep 18 2023 57m
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Hamed Esmaeilion
Isolated for years by strict censorship laws, commun... more
Sep 11 2023 48m
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The Gen X Novel
Reviewing Zadie Smith’s The Fraud for the latest iss... more
Sep 5 2023 31m
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Generation X
In his September cover story for Harper’s, Justin E.... more
Aug 29 2023 44m
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Richard E. Maltby Jr.’s Cryptics
Stephen Sondheim may have brought the cryptic crossw... more
Aug 21 2023 1h 6m
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The Lost Child
In the spring of 2001, Benjamin Hale’s six-year-old ... more
Aug 14 2023 35m
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Joyce Carol Oates
In “The Return,” Joyce Carol Oates’s story for the l... more
Aug 8 2023 42m
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Scientism and COVID-19
In his August cover story for Harper’s Magazine, Jas... more
Jul 31 2023 40m
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Genetic Responsibility in Nigeria
An estimated one out of every four Nigerians is a si... more
Jul 24 2023 39m
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New Books
Christopher Carroll, the reviews editor at Harper’s,... more
Jul 18 2023 33m
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The Good Witches of Pennsylvania
Braucherei, a form of healing used in Amish and Menn... more
Jul 11 2023 45m
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The Doomsday Machine
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Cloc... more
Jul 3 2023 51m
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After the Titan
After the Titan submersible imploded last week, Matt... more
Jun 27 2023 37m
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The DIY Submariner
Exploring 2,000 feet below the sea’s surface is some... more
Jun 20 2023 58m
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The Kissinger Centennial
Only the good die young—no, really. The historian an... more
Jun 15 2023 23m
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Nancy Lemann
It’s a familiar story, but one no less tragic becaus... more
Jun 6 2023 38m
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The Writers’ Strike, or: the Writers Strike
On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America called ... more
May 30 2023 46m
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Tucker Carlson and National Conservatism
What is it about Tucker Carlson that unites the dive... more
May 22 2023 41m
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A “Native American Church” Without Native Americans
Do non-indigenous people have a right to perform or ... more
May 15 2023 49m
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On David Foster Wallace
“The reason it’s so hard to write a cruise piece is ... more
May 8 2023 1h 10m
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Panic Attack
Internet culture has made different types of neurodi... more
May 2 2023 35m
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The Crisis Of Work
In the May issue, Erik Baker and Hari Kunzru debunk ... more
Apr 24 2023 48m
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There’s Another Ex-President Who Needs to Be Arrested!
A little after the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War,... more
Apr 17 2023 44m
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Trump Arrested
The unprecedented has happened: a former president w... more
Apr 6 2023 52m
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The Enduring Allure of Pilgrimage
Lisa Wells, author of Believers: Making a Life at th... more
Mar 30 2023 40m
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