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    Critics at Large is a weekly culture podcast from The New Yorker. Every Thursday, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss current obsessions, classic texts they’re revisiting with fresh eyes, and trends that are emerging across books, television, film, and more. The show runs the gamut of the arts and pop culture, with lively, surprising conversations about everything from Salman Rushdie to “The Real Housewives.” Through rigorous analysis and behind-the-scenes insights into The New Yorker’s reporting, the magazine’s critics help listeners make sense of our moment—and how we got here. Share your thoughts on...

  • Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?

  • The Value—and Limits—of Seeking Comfort in Art

  • Critics at Large Live: Julio Torres’s Dreamy Surrealism

  • Help, I Need a Critic!

  • A Controversial Trump Bio-pic and the Villains We Make

  • “The Substance” and the New Horror of the Modified Body

  • The Fate of the Finance Bro

  • Sally Rooney’s Beautiful Deceptions

  • Was Abraham Lincoln Gay . . . And Should We Care?

  • The Trap of the Trad Wife

  • Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking

  • The Irresistible Myth of Las Vegas

  • Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and the Unstable Hierarchy of Pop

  • Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has

  • The Kamala Harris Vibe Shift

  • From Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty”: Can Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood Dream Last?

  • Alice Munro’s Fall from Grace

  • The Changing World of Nature Documentaries

  • From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV

  • Summer Obsessions

  • The Therapy Episode

  • Is Travel Broken?

  • The Many Faces of the Hit Man

  • The Rising Tide of Slowness

  • The New Midlife Crisis

  • Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and the Benefits of Beef

  • Our Collective Obsession with True Crime

  • Why the Sports Movie Always Wins

  • “Civil War” ’s Unsettling Images

  • “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the Art of the Finale

  • Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has

  • Kate Middleton and the Internet’s Communal Fictions

  • Is Science Fiction the New Realism?

  • The New Coming-of-Age Story

  • Why We Love an Office Drama

  • The Politics of the Oscar Race

  • How Usher, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift Build Their Own Legacies

  • The Painful Pleasure of “Wretched Love”

  • Why We Can’t Quit the Mean Girl

  • From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses

  • What Is the Comic For?

  • The Case for Criticism

  • Can Slowness Save Us?

  • Portraits of the Artist

  • From The New Yorker Radio Hour: a Conversation with Dolly Parton

  • The Year of the Doll

  • George Santos and the Art of the Scam

  • Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms

  • The Past, Present, and Future of the Period Drama

  • Samantha Irby Knows How to Be Funny

  • Is “The Golden Bachelor” Too Good to Be True?

  • Why We Dine Out (or Don’t)

  • Britney Spears Tells Her Horror Story

  • Martin Scorsese’s America

  • Are Straight Couples O.K.?

  • Spies, Sex, and John le Carré

  • Taylor Swift Is Everywhere All at Once

  • The Myth-Making of Elon Musk

  • What Is Cringecore, and Why Is It Everywhere?

  • Introducing: Critics at Large

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