WNYC's THE TAKEAWAY Urban Safari: Denver Denver, a town that has epitomized American urban sprawl, is trying hard to reinvent itself. This week, it's the host city for the Congress on New Urbanism. June 10, 2009 June 11, 2009 June 12, 2009
WNYC's THE TAKEAWAY Re-Making Times Square Segments of Broadway are now closed to cars. Matt Dellinger looks at why New York is taking this step, and what it might mean for cities around the U.S. (5:24) May 25, 2009
WNYC's THE TAKEAWAY High Speed Trains in the U.S.? Recently, President Obama expressed his vision for high-speed passenger rail. Matt Dellinger sizes up the possibilities. (5:38) April 17, 2009
WNYC's THE TAKEAWAY People Are Driving Less... Driving is declining and ridership on public transportation is up. Are Americans' travel habits changing for good? (7:39) December 15, 2008
WNYC's THE TAKEAWAY The Road Ahead As part of the America’s Briefing Book series, Matt Dellinger explains what President-elect Obama needs to know about Infrastructure. (7:10) November 11, 2008
THE NEW YORKER OUT LOUD Speaking for the Trees Raffi Khatchadourian explains how an illegally harvested tree in Russia can become a toilet seat in an American home. (11:29) October 6, 2008
Role Call Ariel Levy on Cindy McCain and the women of the 2008 election. (15:01) September 15, 2008
The Face of the Surge Steve Coll discusses General David Petraeus’s counterinsurgency work in Iraq and how well his ideas might work elsewhere. (15:43) September 8, 2008
Prime Time The New Yorker's television critic, Nancy Franklin, discusses the Beijing Olympics. (14:27) September 1, 2008
Getting in Tune The composer John Adams discusses his career. (17:05) August 25, 2008
Emotional Profit David Grann talks about the French con man Frédéric Bourdin. (15:30) August 11, 2008
The Dissident Kelefa Sanneh discusses Tavis Smiley and the Obama candidacy. (13:03) August 4, 2008
The California Dream David Samuels talks about medical marijuana. (10:24) July 28, 2008
Little Trouble Jill Lepore and Roger Angell talk about the battle over E. B. White's "Stuart Little." (15:38) July 21, 2008
Can't Stop Atul Gawande talks about the science behind itching. (16:45) June 30, 2008
Mouthing Off Peter J. Boyer talks about the MSNBC host Keith Olbermann. (14:58) June 23, 2008
Perfect Pitch Sasha Frere-Jones talks about Auto-Tune, a pitch-correction software program used in pop music. (10:08) June 9, 2008
Soup Course Ian Frazier talks about his experiences running a writers' workshop at a Chelsea soup kitchen. (14:41) May 26, 2008
Battle Scars Sue Halpern talks about Virtual Iraq, a treatment for traumatized veterans. (12:46) May 19, 2008
Word Bird Margaret Talbot talks about the scientist Irene Pepperberg and her work with Alex the parrot. (13:20) May 12, 2008
The End of the Road Burkhard Bilger talks about the history of field recording, and introduces samples from recordings by folklorists Art Rosenbaum and Lance Ledbetter. (14:35) April 28, 2008
Toy Story Jonathan Franzen talks about his journey to China. (13:24) April 21, 2008
Insecurities James Surowiecki and John Cassidy on the collapse of Bear Stearns. (12:47) March 31, 2008
Extra Innings Ben McGrath on retired baseball player Lenny Dykstra and his new magazine, The Players Club. (12:40) March 24, 2008
Take a Card Adam Gopnik on the meaning of magic. (14:06) March 17, 2008
Cape Crusader Michael Chabon analyzes superhero couture. (13:31) March 10, 2008
Confessions Honor Moore talks about her father's public service and private life. (16:10) March 3, 2008
Counting Carbon Michael Specter on using economics to cut emissions. (15:42) February 25, 2008
From Page to Stage George Packer on his play, "Betrayed." (13:25) February 18, 2008
Words to Sing Paul Muldoon on rock and roll and the state of poetry. (17:10) February 4, 2008
Armed and Dangerous Steve Coll on the growing violence in Pakistan. (18:42) January 28, 2008
What We Know Lawrence Wright on the U.S. intelligence community. (18:03) January 21, 2008
Salvage City Burkhard Bilger talks about the mysterious past and future of 211 Pearl Street, the man who tried to save the building, and preserving old New York. (15:20) January 7, 2008
Between Pauses John Lahr talks about what he learned from the playwright Harold Pinter, and how Pinter changed theatre. (14:41) December 24, 2007
Gray Matter Malcolm Gladwell on race and I.Q. (15:48) December 17, 2007
Freshman Slump Nick Paumgarten on Eliot Spitzer's difficult first year as Governor, and whether he's likely to change. (13:08) December 10, 2007
Friends and Enemies Jon Lee Anderson talks about how the troop surge is working in the Baghdad suburb of Ghazaliya. (16:54) November 19, 2007
The Green Pirates Raffi Khatchadourian talks about high-seas vigilante Paul Watson and his thirty-year crusade to save the oceans. (15:30) November 5, 2007
Lost Soul Sasha Frere-Jones talks about the loss of miscegenation in American music, with clips of relevant songs. (14:59) October 22, 2007
Waiting to Secede William Finnegan discusses the recent history of Kosovo and the outlook for the region's independence. (16:37) October 15, 2007
Too Good to Be True Mark Singer talks about the incredible career of the pianist Joyce Hatto, with clips of music and archival interviews. (15:40) September 17, 2007
The Dragon-Slayer Peter J. Boyer talks about the unique appeal of Rudy Giuliani. (14:20) August 20, 2007
Bearish on Bees Elizabeth Kolbert talks about her back-yard hive and the fate of the honeybee. (8:30) August 6, 2007
Beyond the Red Mosque William Dalrymple discusses Pakistan's uncertain future. (11:07) July 23, 2007
Afghan Ambush Jon Lee Anderson talks about a battle with the Taliban in the poppy fields of Afghanistan. (11:35) July 9, 2007
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Voices from the 2008 ACLU Membership Conference Interviews with twenty-two conference participants including filmmakers Alex Gibney and Peter Gilbert; actor Kal Penn; writers Glenn Greenwald, Eric Lichtblau, and Arial Dorfman; attorney David Nevin; two freed prisoners; and numerous plaintiffs and activists. June, 2008 Listen and Download on iTunes
