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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.
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The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week
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May 15, 2025 |
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I Need a Critic: May 2025 Edition
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May 08, 2025 |
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How “Sinners” Revives the Vampire
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May 01, 2025 |
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War Movies: What Are They Good For?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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“The Studio” Pokes Fun at Hollywood’s Existential Struggle
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Gossip, Then and Now
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Joe Rogan, Hasan Piker, and the Art of the Hang
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Critics at Large Live: The Right to Get It Wrong
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Our Modern Glut of Choice
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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How “The Pitt” Diagnoses America's Ills
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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In “Severance,” the Gothic Double Lives On
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Staying Power of the “S.N.L.” Machine
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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How Romantasy Seduces Its Readers
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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David Lynch’s Unsolvable Puzzles
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The Splendor of Nature, Now Streaming
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The New Western Gold Rush
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Elusive Promise of the First Person
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Critics at Large Live: The Year of the Flop
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The Modern-Day Fight for Ancient Rome
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The Value—and Limits—of Seeking Comfort in Art
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Critics at Large Live: Julio Torres’s Dreamy Surrealism
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Help, I Need a Critic!
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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A Controversial Trump Bio-pic and the Villains We Make
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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“The Substance” and the New Horror of the Modified Body
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The Fate of the Finance Bro
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Sally Rooney’s Beautiful Deceptions
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Was Abraham Lincoln Gay . . . And Should We Care?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Trap of the Trad Wife
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The Irresistible Myth of Las Vegas
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and the Unstable Hierarchy of Pop
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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The Kamala Harris Vibe Shift
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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From Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty”: Can Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood Dream Last?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Alice Munro’s Fall from Grace
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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The Changing World of Nature Documentaries
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Summer Obsessions
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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The Therapy Episode
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Is Travel Broken?
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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The Many Faces of the Hit Man
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The Rising Tide of Slowness
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May 30, 2024 |
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The New Midlife Crisis
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May 23, 2024 |
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Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and the Benefits of Beef
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May 16, 2024 |
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Our Collective Obsession with True Crime
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May 09, 2024 |
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Why the Sports Movie Always Wins
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May 02, 2024 |
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“Civil War” ’s Unsettling Images
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the Art of the Finale
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Kate Middleton and the Internet’s Communal Fictions
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Is Science Fiction the New Realism?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The New Coming-of-Age Story
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Why We Love an Office Drama
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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The Politics of the Oscar Race
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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How Usher, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift Build Their Own Legacies
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Painful Pleasure of “Wretched Love”
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Why We Can’t Quit the Mean Girl
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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What Is the Comic For?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Case for Criticism
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Can Slowness Save Us?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Portraits of the Artist
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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From The New Yorker Radio Hour: a Conversation with Dolly Parton
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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The Year of the Doll
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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George Santos and the Art of the Scam
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Period Drama
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Samantha Irby Knows How to Be Funny
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Is “The Golden Bachelor” Too Good to Be True?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Why We Dine Out (or Don’t)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Britney Spears Tells Her Horror Story
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Martin Scorsese’s America
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Are Straight Couples O.K.?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Spies, Sex, and John le Carré
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift Is Everywhere All at Once
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The Myth-Making of Elon Musk
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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What Is Cringecore, and Why Is It Everywhere?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Introducing: Critics at Large
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Sep 21, 2023 |