New Yorker: Outloud

Ben McGrath on doomsaying

Ben McGrath talks about predictions of economic and social collapse, ...

Ben McGrath talks about predictions of economic and social collapse, the history of doomsaying, and the future of the American Dream.

Judith Thurman on Scrabble

Judith Thurman talks about the importance of Scrabble to her ...

Judith Thurman talks about the importance of Scrabble to her own family, and her adventures playing online.

Martin Schoeller and Steve Pyke on photography

Martin Schoeller and Steve Pyke discuss photography.

Ariel Levy on The Joy of Sex

Ariel Levy discusses The Joy of Sex and its relevancy.

Zadie Smith on her family

Zadie Smith writes about comedy and her family.

Wendell Steavenson on Georgia and Russia

Wendell Steavenson discusses the tensions between Georgia and Russia, and ...

Wendell Steavenson discusses the tensions between Georgia and Russia, and how Georgia has changed since she lived there, in the late nineteen-nineties.

Larissa MacFarquhar on Naomi Klein

Larissa MacFarquhar discusses Naomi Klein and her book "The Shock ...

Larissa MacFarquhar discusses Naomi Klein and her book "The Shock Doctrine."

James Wood on V. S. Naipaul

James Wood discusses V. S. Naipaul.

Strange Brews

Burkhard Bilger talks about the rise of extreme beer.

George Packer on President Obama

George Packer on what to look for in the next ...

George Packer on what to look for in the next Administration, and whether the Internet's pro-Obama movement will continue to support him as President.