December 18, 2023 - The New Yorker Magazine

Written by The New Yorker Magazine
Format: MP3
Abridged

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.

December 18, 2023 - Audio Contents

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Comment: Sleepwalking into dictatorship, by David Remnick
The Pictures: Paul Briganti tells the ‘Please Don’t Destroy’ guys how it’s done, by Naomi Fry

ANNALS OF MEDICINE: Sleeper Cells - Finding cancer’s hidden catalysts, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

SHOUTS & MURMURS: Folding the Earth in Half, by Ian Frazier

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS: Terms of Aggrievement - A rising star of Gen Z standup, by Rebecca Mead

A REPORTER AT LARGE: What Makes a Murder? The injustices of a peculiarly American legal idea, by Sarah Stillman

PROFILES: Watch This Space - Invader’s world-spanning mosaics, by Lauren Collins

THE CRITICS: BOOKS - Briefly Noted
• Correction, by Ben Austen (Flatiron)
• The Manuscripts Club, by Christopher de Hamel (Penguin)
• Treacle Walker, by Alan Garner (Scribner)
• The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters (Catapult)

POEMS
‘DISINHIBITOR’ by Ariana Reines
‘Here Are Ambiguities’ by John Kinsella

COVER: ‘Let There Be Lights’ by Olimpia Zagnoli

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