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Abridged
Since its founding, in 1925, The New Yorker has evolved from a Manhattan-centric “fifteen-cent comic paper” 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.
December 18, 2023 - Audio Contents
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Comment: Sleepwalking into dictatorship, by David Remnick
The Pictures: Paul Briganti tells the ‘Please Don’t Destroy’ guys how it’s done, by Naomi Fry
ANNALS OF MEDICINE: Sleeper Cells - Finding cancer’s hidden catalysts, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
SHOUTS & MURMURS: Folding the Earth in Half, by Ian Frazier
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS: Terms of Aggrievement - A rising star of Gen Z standup, by Rebecca Mead
A REPORTER AT LARGE: What Makes a Murder? The injustices of a peculiarly American legal idea, by Sarah Stillman
PROFILES: Watch This Space - Invader’s world-spanning mosaics, by Lauren Collins
THE CRITICS: BOOKS - Briefly Noted
• Correction, by Ben Austen (Flatiron)
• The Manuscripts Club, by Christopher de Hamel (Penguin)
• Treacle Walker, by Alan Garner (Scribner)
• The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
POEMS
‘DISINHIBITOR’ by Ariana Reines
‘Here Are Ambiguities’ by John Kinsella
COVER: ‘Let There Be Lights’ by Olimpia Zagnoli
Only a selection of the long reads are available as audio. For remaining content, including cartoons, refer to the print version