January 22, 2024 - The New Yorker Magazine

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

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In addition, if nobody strokes my ego with a thank you, and nobody steps up to seed, this will be the last New Yorker audio edition I give you.

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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.

January 22, 2024 - Audio Contents

A REPORTER AT LARGE: Do No Harm - An addiction initiative in Oregon, by E. Tammy Kim

LETTER FROM ISRAEL: Hostages - As Gaza burns, Netanyahu clings to power, by David Remnick

FICTION
‘Chance the Cat’ by David Means

POEMS
‘Dragonflies’ by Gregory Pardlo
Night Sea, 1963′ by Victoria Chang

Cord Jefferson talks to Jelani Cobb about his film ‘American Fiction’ being nominated for five Academy Awards, why race is so ‘fertile’ for comedy, and upending Hollywood conventions about Blackness.

Roz Chast started as a cartoonist at the New Yorker in 1978; she spoke with Shumita Basu about following her artistic intuition, the popularity of New Yorker cartoons, being a woman cartoonist, and her latest book, ‘I Must Be Dreaming’.

COVER
‘Winter Sun’ by Pascal Campion

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