New Yorker: Out Loud
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Donald Hall looks at his barn, and back through time
This week in the magazine, Donald Hall writes about growing ...
This week in the magazine, Donald Hall writes about growing old in the New Hampshire farmhouse where his family has lived since the end of the Civil War. Here he talks with Blake Eskin about how this place inspires his writing, why he's stopped writing poetry, and what it's like living among so many memories and stories.
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John Seabrook on the future of video and television
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook looks at how ...
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook looks at how YouTube is trying to grow. Here Seabrook talks to Blake Eskin about YouTube's new initiative to foster original programming, and what it might mean for the future of television.
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Peter Hessler on an American crime reporter in Japan
This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler profiles Jake Adelstein, ...
This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler profiles Jake Adelstein, an American who reports on organized crime in Japan. Here Hessler talks with Blake Eskin about the yakuza, and how his own experiences as a reporter abroad compare to Adelstein's.
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Blake Eskin on his favorite Out Loud podcasts from 2011
Blake Eskin surveys some of his favorite Out Loud podcasts ...
Blake Eskin surveys some of his favorite Out Loud podcasts from the past twelve months.
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Burkhard Bilger on desertification.
This week in the magazine, Burkhard Bilger travels to Africa ...
This week in the magazine, Burkhard Bilger travels to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to see some of the techniques people are using to fight desertification. Here Blake Eskin talks with Bilger about his visit to the Sahel, and how farmers there are using agroforestry to grow crops and keep the Sahara at bay.
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Alex Ross on Don Carlo Gesualdo
This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about the Renaissance prince and composer Don Carlo Gesualdo. Here Ross talks to Blake Eskin about Gesualdo's visionary music and violent life, with excerpts from "Felice Primavera," performed by Marco Longhini and Delitiae Musicae, "Moro, lasso," performed by Concerto Italiano, and the Responsoria cycle, performed by the Hilliard Ensemble.
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David Denby on the best and worst films of the season
This week in the magazine, David Denby reviews "The Adventures ...
This week in the magazine, David Denby reviews "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Here Denby talks with Blake Eskin about those films and other end-of-year releases looking for adult audiences and award nominations.
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Walking About Town
The Going On About Town section of the The New ...
The Going On About Town section of the The New Yorker is now available as a free app for iPhone and Android smart phones. Along with event listings and reviews, the Goings On app also includes audio tours. Here Blake Eskin previews excerpts of Calvin Trillin's eating tour of lower Manhattan, Patricia Marx's tour of the vintage shops of SoHo, Peter Schjeldahl at the Frick Collection, and Paul Goldberger on the High Line.
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Emily Nussbaum on the pleasures of television
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum writes about Whitney ...
This week in the magazine, Emily Nussbaum writes about Whitney Cummings, who stars in the television show "Whitney," and is also the co-creator of "2 Broke Girls." Here Nussbaum talks with Blake Eskin about what doesn't work about these two shows, and why she loves writing about television.
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Thomas Mallon on alternative history in fiction
This week in the magazine, Thomas Mallon writes about alternative ...
This week in the magazine, Thomas Mallon writes about alternative history--fiction in which the South wins the Civil War, and J.F.K. lives. Here Mallon talks with Blake Eskin about how writing alt-history can be more challenging than writing a historical novel, and which moment from the past Mallon would most like to change.
