New Yorker: Out Loud
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Joan Acocella on how believers talk to God.
This week in the magazine, Joan Acocella reviews T. M. ...
This week in the magazine, Joan Acocella reviews T. M. Luhrmann's "When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God." Here Acocella talks to Blake Eskin about Luhrmann's scientific yet sympathetic approach to intense religious experience, and how Acocella first started writing about religion.
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John Seabrook on the producers and writers behind Top 40 stars
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about how ...
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about how Top Forty songs are produced. Here Seabrook talks with Blake Eskin about the producer duo Stargate and the songwriter Ester Dean, who've created hit singles for Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, among others, as well as about who controls the radio dial in Seabrook's car.
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Francisco Goldman on the legacy of Argentina’s Dirty War
This week in the magazine, Francisco Goldman writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Francisco Goldman writes about the heirs to the Argentine media company Clarín, and the attempt to establish whether they are the biological children of those who were disappeared in the country's Dirty War. Here Goldman talks with Blake Eskin about the Dirty War, the decades-long search for the children of the disappeared, and what finding them has meant for the children and for the country as a whole.
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Michael Specter on the dangers of studying bird flu
This week in the magazine, Michael Specter writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Michael Specter writes about the Dutch scientist Ron Fouchier, who created a virulent strain of bird flu. Here Specter talks with Blake Eskin about Fouchier's scientific goals, why some critics think his research shouldn't be published, and why suppressing such research could be more dangerous.
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Nicholas Schmidle on an international arms dealer
This week in the magazine, Nicholas Schmidle writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Nicholas Schmidle writes about the capture and trial of the arms trafficker Viktor Bout. Here Schmidle talks with Blake Eskin about Bout's rise and fall, how Bout sees the world, and what draws Schmidle to write about criminals like Bout.
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Julia Ioffe on a Russian Billionaire’s Presidential Campaign
This week in the magazine, Julia Ioffe writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Julia Ioffe writes about the presidential campaign of the Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. Here Ioffe talks with Blake Eskin about Prokhorov's entry into politics, the recent outbreak of anti-Putin protests, and reporting from Russia in interesting times.
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Jonathan Franzen on Edith Wharton’s New York
This week in the magazine, Jonathan Franzen writes about three ...
This week in the magazine, Jonathan Franzen writes about three of his favorite Edith Wharton novels. Here Franzen talks with Blake Eskin about Wharton's biography, her fascination with money and beauty, and her influence on Franzen's own writing.
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Emily Nussbaum on the renaissance in children’s programming.
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum writes about "Miffy ...
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum writes about "Miffy and Friends," "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan," "Phineas and Ferb," and other children's television shows. Here Nussbaum talks with Blake Eskin about the boom in creative new programming for children, the differences between childish and adult tastes, and the trouble with having a television policy.
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The pianist Jeremy Denk on recording an album.
This week in the magazine, the pianist Jeremy Denk writes ...
This week in the magazine, the pianist Jeremy Denk writes about recording Charles Ives's "Concord" Sonata. Here he talks with Blake Eskin about the joys and frustrations of recording music, and listens to some alternate takes from the Ives sessions.
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Jonah Lehrer on how to stimulate group creativity
This week in the magazine, Jonah Lehrer looks at the ...
This week in the magazine, Jonah Lehrer looks at the science behind teamwork. Here Lehrer talks with Blake Eskin about why brainstorming doesn't work, and why encouraging criticism and coffee breaks does.
