New Yorker Magazine July 26, 2021

This week Yianni and Willie discuss Russian's fighting back, a disturbing experiment in Germany's past, and the satirist Ishmael Reed, plus all the bits and bobs along the way. So sit back and enjoy because we've got it!

0:00 Cover by Christoph Niemann
2:15 Mailbag
2:47 The Talk of the Town
12:08 Hope Against Hope by Masha Gessen
19:43 Freezing by Paul Rudnick
21:45 "Uncharted Maui" by R. Kikuo Johnson
23:15 The Kentler Experiment by Rachel Aviv *Trigger warning: child sexual abuse*
43:55 I Ain't Been Mean Enough by Julian Lucas
58:48 Comic by William Haefeli
59:21 Comic by Amy Hwang
1:01:02 The Critics
1:01:12 Beyond Tears by Alex Ross
1:03:11 DL Recommends
1:13:22 A challenging crossword puzzle by Kameron Austin Collins

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