Episode summary: Mary Gaitskill’s knack for writing about the social and physical world with unapologetic clarity has led to her style being described both as “.” Tyler considers her works , , and to be some of the best and most insightful American fiction in…

Episode summary: Avery Trufelman’s Articles of Interest is back!

Episode summary: Katy Hessel is an art historian, broadcaster and curator dedicated to celebrating women artists from all over the world. How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? In her new book, THE STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN, Katy Hessel challenges the canon as we know it and showc...

Episode summary: This week, China released its third quarter GDP figure. At 3.9%, its rate of economic growth is better than many analysts expected, but still significantly short of the 5.5% target the Chinese government had set itself. There was an unprecedented delay in releasing this particular G...

Episode summary: Jody Rosen joins us to talk about the evolution of the bicycle, how it became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1800s, then a symbol of protest, and a lightning rod for political controversy. And we’ll find out what’s next for the bike, in a world built for cars.

Episode summary: Colin McEnroe: The Orson Welles of Public Radio

Episode summary: When the FBI executed a search warrant on his home, Trump and his lawyers filed their complaints in a district where they thought they’d get sympathetic treatment from Judge Aileen Cannon, who Trump appointed. The assignment of a particular judge is not up to Trump, but in this case...

Episode summary: A US government lawyer recently caused a stir in the publishing world when he said during a high profile legal trial that half of all new trade titles – books aimed at a general audience - sell a dozen copies or less. Tim Harford investigates with the help of Kristen McLean from the...

Episode summary: In this news, Rosemary and David look into non-continous automations and how breaking up a process can improve your automation abilities.

Episode summary: On Halloween night, in 1992, an unusual television special aired on the BBC. Nobody expected what happened next. “The technicians were looking up at the big screen in the lobby, saying to each other, ‘My God, what’s going on in Studio One?’” Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instag...