October 9, 2023 - The New Yorker Magazine

Written by The New Yorker Magazine
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 56 Kbps
Abridged

For last week’s edition, two of the files corrupted a little on upload. As you only lost some blurb at the end of one extra, and got a bit of static on a different file, I didn’t bother re-uploading.

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Since its founding, in 1925, The New Yorker has evolved from a Manhattan-centric “fifteen-cent comic paper” — as its first editor, Harold Ross, put it — 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.

October 9, 2023 - Audio Contents

U.S. JOURNAL: Cabin Fever - Revels and politics at the Neshoba County Fair

A REPORTER AT LARGE: The Group That Overturned Roe - How the right’s legal juggernaut picks its targets.

ANNALS OF INQUIRY: Big Little Lies - Did academics researching dishonesty fabricate data?

POEMS
‘After My Father’s Cremation’ by Pablo Medina
‘Hares’ by A. E. Stallings

The Myth-Making of Elon Musk: The staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss a recent biography of Musk, by Walter Isaacson. “There’s no longer this blind belief that the tech founder is a genius who should be wholly admired with no reservations.”

COVER: ‘On the M Train’ by Nicole Rifkin

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