New Yorker Magazine Aug 2, 2021

This week Yianni and Willie discuss a husband and his planes, Girl Boss grandmasters, the trials and tribulations of affirmative action, photos to prove that NYC isn't dead, and we also reveal the New Yorker Issues mission statement, plus all the bits and bobs along the way. Take this issue with you to the beach and enjoy.

0:00 Cover by Diana Ejaita
2:35 Mailbag
5:16 The Talk of the Town
7:40 Flight Plan by Ann Patchett
15:27 May Not Cause Side Effects by Bill Scheft
17:30 Queenside by Louisa Thomas
32:03 The Diversity Verdict by Nicholas Lemann
51:53 Going Public by Matthew Pillsbury with Zach Helfand
58:25 The Critics
58:39 The Red and the Pink by Hua Hsu
1:03:28 Mission Impossible by Jill Lepore
1:11:20 Cartoons
1:12:07 Cartoon by Will McPhail
1:12:56 Cartoon by Elisabeth McNair
1:13:18 Cartoon by Suerynn Lee
1:13:50 Cartoon by Brendan Loper
1:15:01 A moderately challenging crossword puzzle by Erik Agard

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