Reading the Globe #017: Democracy in Peril, Eric Adams’ Brother, Nukes in Vietnam
The Future of the Union The Economist’s January 1 issue features a bold lead editorial, entitled “Walking away,” about the…
Reading the Globe #016: Gotham, Didion, North Korea and Germany
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original production. Gotham in Decline Those of us who grew up in New York…
Reading the Globe #015: Alec Baldwin, Bangladesh violence, RIP Ed Shames, and Mario Vargas Llosa
Alec Baldwin Blames Everyone But Himself The shocking news that Alec Baldwin shot dead the cinematographer on the set of…
The D.B. Cooper Mystery at 50
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original production. On November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving, a man walks into…
Reading the Globe #013: Éric Zemmour, CRT, Book-Burning and the Tet Offensive
Zemmour Rising One of the most widely reported phenomena on the French political scene is the rise in opinion polls…
Reading the Globe #012: EU on Empty; Adams Backs the Blue; Curtains for Durst
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Whither the European Union? The reasons for voting…
Reading the Globe #011: Kishida Fumio; TNR Wallops Tucker Carlson; Facebook in Crisis; Literary Museum in Japan
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Japan’s New Leader The Economist magazine continues its…
Reading the Globe #010: Morocco Powers UK; Nauru Penitentiary; PG&E Charged; Singapore ’42
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The nation of Morocco, which recently established closer…
Book and Film Globe Launches Author Interviews with Jean Hanff Korelitz
Good news for the books and the people who stubbornly refuse to stop loving them. Our sister site Book and…
A runner takes on his greatest challenge: middle age
Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original production. In this AudioHopper production, Dan Friedman narrates his story about “Running to…