New Yorker: Outloud
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Nicholas Lemann on city living
This week in the magazine, Nicholas Lemann writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Nicholas Lemann writes about the blurry line between city and suburbs. Here Lemann talks with Blake Eskin about what the recent enthusiasm for cities misses, and what--if anything--makes cities special.
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Susan Morrison, Nick Paumgarten, and Lizzie Widdicombe on The Talk of the Town
"The Talk of the Town: 50 Interesting People" is available ...
"The Talk of the Town: 50 Interesting People" is available on newsstands and on the New Yorker app for the iPad. Here Blake Eskin talks with the editor of the section, Susan Morrison, and Talk writers Nick Paumgarten and Lizzie Widdicombe, about different types of Talk piecesthe Visit, the Amateur Ichthyologist, the Past Sports Lives of Important Political Figuresand why there aren't more Talk stories about hockey.
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The translators Brian Boyd and Olga Voronina on Nabokov’s correspondence with his wife
This week's magazine has a selection of letters written by ...
This week's magazine has a selection of letters written by Vladimir Nabokov to his wife, Vera, while on a college lecture tour in 1942, translated by Brian Boyd and Olga Voronina. Here Blake Eskin talks with Boyd and Voronina about how Nabokov's letters compare to his fiction, and why letter writing was an essential part of the Nabokovs' long marriage.
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Ariel Levy on Italian men, women, and prime ministers
This week in the magazine, Ariel Levy writes about Italian ...
This week in the magazine, Ariel Levy writes about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is embroiled in a growing sex scandal. Here Levy talks with Blake Eskin about Berlusconi's rise to power, gender politics in Italy, and why disclosures about the Italian leader's decadent parties and sexual behavior may have finally exhausted the tolerance of the nation.
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Rachel Aviv on patients who deny their mental illness
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv chronicles the story ...
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv chronicles the story of Linda Bishop, a mentally ill woman who would not admit she was sick. Here Aviv talks with Blake Eskin about the relationship between insight--acknowledging ones mental illness--and health, the dangers of insisting on such acknowledgments, and the challenges of writing about Bishop and the mentally ill.
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Michael Specter on lab-grown meat
This week in the magazine, Michael Specter writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Michael Specter writes about the progress scientists have made in developing in-vitro meat. Here he talks to Blake Eskin about the strong arguments in favor of lab meat and overcoming initial reactions to the concept.
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John Seabrook on obesity and snacking
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about Indra ...
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about Indra Nooyi, the C.E.O. of PepsiCo. Here Seabrook talks with Blake Eskin about how the country's largest food and beverage company is trying to make healthier snacks and soft drinks, and whether the company is primarily concerned with the health of consumers or with its own longevity.
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Kelefa Sanneh on reality television
This week in the magazine, Kelefa Sanneh writes about reality ...
This week in the magazine, Kelefa Sanneh writes about reality television. Here Sanneh talks with Blake Eskin about the evolution of the genre from "An American Family" to "The Bad Girls Club," why unscripted television gets so little respect, and what reality shows reveal about society.
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Lauren Collins on the British royal wedding
This week in the magazine, Lauren Collins writes about the ...
This week in the magazine, Lauren Collins writes about the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Here Collins talks with Blake Eskin about whether the British are more excited about the wedding or getting a long weekend, and how American attitudes toward the Royal Family and toward the Middletons differ from British ones.
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Alex Ross listens to Wagner’s “Die Walkure”
This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about Richard ...
This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about Richard Wagner's "Ring," focussing in on ten haunting measures from Act II of "Die Walküre," the second opera of the four-part cycle. Here Ross listens to the mysterious interlude with Blake Eskin and discusses some of its possible meanings, and how the music demonstrates the humanistic side of the controversial composer.
