November 13, 2023 - The New Yorker Magazine torrent

Category: Anthology, Art, Contemporary
Language: English
Keywords: Cultural Commentary Culture Current-affairs Fiction Humor Humour magazine News opinion Poetry Politics Reporting Weekly

Written by The New Yorker Magazine
Format: MP3
Abridged

As I advised last week, there’s now a delay between the release of The New Yorker, and compiling this audio. This gets you more of the magazine in audio format.

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Since its founding, in 1925, The New Yorker has evolved from a Manhattan-centric “fifteen-cent comic paper” — as its first editor, Harold Ross, put it — to a multi-platform publication known worldwide for its in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, and humor. The New Yorker continues to stand apart for its rigor, fairness, and excellence, and for its singular mix of stories that surprise, delight, and inform.

November 13, 2023 - Audio Contents

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Comment: Against despair, by David Remnick
Comb-over department: De-extincting, by Zach Helfand

AMERICAN CHRONICLES: The Organizer - Bayard Rustin’s principled pragmatism, by Adam Gopnik

DEPT. OF SCIENCE: Reinventing the Dinosaur - A documentary gives the extinct a new lease on life, by Rivka Galchen

PROFILES: Napoleon Complex - The triumphs and defeats of Ridley Scott, by Michael Schulman

ANNALS OF CRIME: Desert Captives - A people smuggler turned kidnapper, by Ed Caesar

FICTION: ‘Our Time Is Up’ by Clare Sestanovich

THE CURRENT CINEMA: ‘Priscilla’ ‘Dream Scenario’, by Anthony Lane

POEMS
‘Hell or High Water’ by Ada Limón
‘Obit’ by Mosab Abu Toha

David Remnick’s most recent trip to Israel was like nothing he’d seen before.

COVER: ‘Dumbo’ by Kadir Nelson

Only a selection of the long reads are available as audio. For remaining content, including cartoons, refer to the print version