Podcast

Emily Bernard and Mychal Denzel Smith

By Harper’s Magazine, on March 11, 2019

How to get there from here: two authors discuss their recent work and breaking out of the limits on the public discourse around race

Catechism of the Waters

By Harper’s Magazine, on March 4, 2019

No easy way out: the overpopulation of sea lions in Oregon demonstrates the need for humanity to live sustainably

The Myth of White Genocide in South Africa

By Harper’s Magazine, on February 25, 2019

An ongoing racial and economic crisis in a republic that reflects our own

Going to Extremes

By Harper’s Magazine, on February 7, 2019

In sickness, only: on mercy killings, and the crisis in our health care system

Without a Trace

By Harper’s Magazine, on January 17, 2019

The story of one man’s search for his brother speaks to the pain of hundreds of thousands of missing migrants’ families

Machine Politics

By Harper’s Magazine, on January 10, 2019

Rather than creating a more equal society, the internet has given rise to a new age of authoritarianism

The Gatekeepers

By Harper’s Magazine, on December 20, 2018

Unknown knowns: the limits of racial discourse in a system almost exclusively controlled by white people

John Cleese and Iain McGilchrist

By Harper’s Magazine, on December 13, 2018

Two-brain solution: two nights of insightful conversation with the esteemed comedian and the internationally renowned psychiatrist

How to Save the Internet

By Harper’s Magazine, on November 29, 2018

There’s no Command+S shortcut for ethically preserving the web

Checkpoint Nation

By Harper’s Magazine, on November 15, 2018

Not satisfied with toeing the line, US Customs and Border Protection agents are expanding their reach into the country’s interior

The Tragedy of Ted Cruz

By Harper’s Magazine, on November 8, 2018

Is any victory great enough for the man we all love to hate?

The Progressive Case for States’ Rights

By Harper’s Magazine, on October 25, 2018

Can’t live with ’em? Maybe we can live without ’em

Fall Books and Rachel Kushner

By Harper’s Magazine, on October 12, 2018

On Lacy M. Johnson’s The Reckonings, Rebecca Traister’s Good and Mad, and Kristen M. Ghoddsee’s Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism; plus: an interview with the author of The Mars Room

Thomas Frank: Rendezvous with Oblivion

By Harper’s Magazine, on September 20, 2018

The author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal’s latest collection of essays offers a revealing tour of America

They Told Us Not to Say This

By Harper’s Magazine, on September 13, 2018

A reading of Jenn Alandy Trahan’s short story from the September issue “They Told Us Not to Say This,” and interview with the author Read More

From the People Who Brought You the Weekend

By Harper’s Magazine, on September 6, 2018

In the wake of Janus, don’t mourn, organize!

The Deportation Racket

By Harper’s Magazine, on August 30, 2018

The story of one asylum seeker’s shakedown by notario fraudsters points to untold thousands more

How to Start a Nuclear War

By Harper’s Magazine, on August 16, 2018

Any day could be doomsday—and why that’s bad

Living in the Vanguard of Climate Change

By Harper’s Magazine, on July 13, 2018

How mega-fires—and the blinkered perspectives demanding flawed management of them—are raising the stakes for everyone

Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

By Harper’s Magazine, on July 6, 2018

Unfit for trial: a discussion of Alisa Roth’s book Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

The Death of New York City

By Violet Lucca, on June 28, 2018

In this inaugural episode of The Harper’s Podcast, Kevin Baker and Jeremiah Moss discuss the decline of New York City

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