84 Episodes

  1. Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms

    Published: 12/26/2024
  2. Critics at Large Live: The Year of the Flop

    Published: 12/19/2024
  3. After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?

    Published: 12/12/2024
  4. The Modern-Day Fight for Ancient Rome

    Published: 12/5/2024
  5. Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?

    Published: 11/21/2024
  6. The Value—and Limits—of Seeking Comfort in Art

    Published: 11/14/2024
  7. Critics at Large Live: Julio Torres’s Dreamy Surrealism

    Published: 10/31/2024
  8. Help, I Need a Critic!

    Published: 10/24/2024
  9. A Controversial Trump Bio-pic and the Villains We Make

    Published: 10/10/2024
  10. “The Substance” and the New Horror of the Modified Body

    Published: 10/3/2024
  11. The Fate of the Finance Bro

    Published: 9/26/2024
  12. Sally Rooney’s Beautiful Deceptions

    Published: 9/19/2024
  13. Was Abraham Lincoln Gay . . . And Should We Care?

    Published: 9/12/2024
  14. The Trap of the Trad Wife

    Published: 9/5/2024
  15. Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking

    Published: 8/29/2024
  16. The Irresistible Myth of Las Vegas

    Published: 8/22/2024
  17. Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and the Unstable Hierarchy of Pop

    Published: 8/15/2024
  18. Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has

    Published: 8/8/2024
  19. The Kamala Harris Vibe Shift

    Published: 8/1/2024
  20. From Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty”: Can Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood Dream Last?

    Published: 7/25/2024

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Critics at Large is a weekly culture podcast from The New Yorker. Every Thursday, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss current obsessions, classic texts they’re revisiting with fresh eyes, and trends that are emerging across books, television, film, and more. The show runs the gamut of the arts and pop culture, with lively, surprising conversations about everything from Salman Rushdie to “The Real Housewives.” Through rigorous analysis and behind-the-scenes insights into The New Yorker’s reporting, the magazine’s critics help listeners make sense of our moment—and how we got here.