# Critics at Large | The New Yorker

A podcast by The New Yorker. 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.

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## Latest episodes

- [“You Can See Everything” and the Nathan Fielder Effect](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/2a25baa1789f) (2026-10-22, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8369951622.mp3
- [“The Social Reckoning” Shows How It All Went Wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/55c5f099d369) (2026-10-08, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4429155046.mp3
- [Tom Cruise-a-Palooza](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ea08e1817c9e) (2026-10-01, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3690664305.mp3
- [What Survival Stories Tell Us (and Should We Listen?)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/c164765d4e52) (2026-09-24, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3936939409.mp3
- [Introducing: “The Journey,” from In the Dark](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/6b1717cc9ba5) (2026-09-20, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1435708313.mp3
- [That Back-to-School Feeling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/85c3eb906234) (2026-09-17, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6533812672.mp3
- [Remembering Dolly Parton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/7a71da8b1f72) (2026-09-03, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9614731808.mp3
- [What is Gen Z Afraid Of?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/39f3360e9633) (2026-08-27, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4782267003.mp3
- [Critics’ Cult Classics: Emily Nussbaum on “Slings & Arrows”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/d4abb76233b3) (2026-08-20, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4584334646.mp3
- [Critics’ Cult Classics: Hannah Goldfield on the Food World’s Secret Tastemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/f98d45419360) (2026-08-13, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6698730202.mp3
- [Critics’ Cult Classics: Hanif Abdurraqib on Camp Lo’s “Uptown Saturday Night”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/8041bca98cdb) (2026-08-06, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3379724655.mp3
- [The Irony and the Ecstasy of Colson Whitehead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ad36b575937a) (2026-07-30, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2952919361.mp3
- [The Golden Age of the American Idiot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/31c6f9392bd4) (2026-07-23, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3787407799.mp3
- [Who Owns the Odyssey?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/7945404cdbc3) (2026-07-16, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1701340258.mp3
- [An American Playlist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ca0377298642) (2026-07-02, 60 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9711006487.mp3
- [From The Political Scene: The Politics of the Big Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/2c1a1df3cb7f) (2026-06-25, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9445312614.mp3
- [Steven Spielberg’s Blockbusters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/30251d88afaa) (2026-06-18, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4977501347.mp3
- [Why We Cling to the Animal Kingdom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/12e2c7384a36) (2026-06-11, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9824660553.mp3
- [I Need a Critic: June, 2026, Edition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/d2bffd282128) (2026-06-04, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9090888845.mp3
- [Our Modern Glut of Choice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/21ed2da0b5f3) (2026-05-28, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9608563814.mp3
- [Where Do Men Go from Here?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/f77dc6e7f0a5) (2026-05-21, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3727885837.mp3
- [How Romantasy Seduces Its Readers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/9df71a5183e0) (2026-05-14, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9686694019.mp3
- [The Met Gala, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and the State of Style](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/3ddf7e54ea58) (2026-05-07, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7988934407.mp3
- [What “Michael” Tries to Show—or Hide](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/6635445288f5) (2026-04-30, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9434546868.mp3
- [Why Earnestness is Everywhere](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/49d2b3912067) (2026-04-23, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3736309008.mp3
- [“Beef,” “The Drama,” and the New Marriage Plot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/bb5b1eefa766) (2026-04-16, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4963971770.mp3
- [The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/e0c2e7b434cb) (2026-04-09, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8112385616.mp3
- [“DTF St. Louis” and the New Story of the Suburbs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/205b41898ee1) (2026-04-02, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1418054660.mp3
- [The Soft Power of BTS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/6c8bd5712fae) (2026-03-26, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4482263150.mp3
- [“Love Story” and Why We Cling to the Kennedy Myth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/574e3e674149) (2026-03-12, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2996273815.mp3
- [The Hall of Fame—and of Shame—of Oscars Hosts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/4d4c1c635390) (2026-03-05, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9426302201.mp3
- [Critics at Large Live: “Wuthering Heights” and Its Afterlives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/c0cc6dd4e738) (2026-02-26, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7201158781.mp3
- [The Truth of Toni Morrison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/c8881fe5f8f7) (2026-02-19, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8202797428.mp3
- [Charli XCX Misses the Moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/0394d1a46b0a) (2026-02-12, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5898332710.mp3
- [“Heated Rivalry,” “Pillion,” and the New Drama of the Closet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/38d5f2b10bd2) (2026-01-29, 59 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1541178329.mp3
- [I Need a Critic: One-Hundredth-Episode Edition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/722aa6c459c3) (2026-01-22, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5521188739.mp3
- [Why Football Matters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/00baeabf26a8) (2026-01-15, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7059898726.mp3
- [Do We Need Saints?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ac1c3b7c087b) (2026-01-08, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2671193236.mp3
- [Our Romance with Jane Austen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/1751d1a1d90d) (2025-12-25, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9524759472.mp3
- [The Year of the Broken Mirror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/70ce8260a0b7) (2025-12-18, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7183851913.mp3
- [“Wake Up Dead Man” and the Whodunnit Renaissance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ef15771b28ee) (2025-12-11, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5297848093.mp3
- [Does “Hamlet” Need a Backstory?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/896612352c8c) (2025-12-04, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4031846600.mp3
- [After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/63a41b46b4f5) (2025-11-27, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1973869634.mp3
- [In “Pluribus,” Utopia Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/2b4f535c2f8d) (2025-11-20, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6432909625.mp3
- [The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/6f26ce12c08d) (2025-11-13, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8147393726.mp3
- [Critics at Large Live: Padma Lakshmi’s Expansive Taste](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/52da8f920447) (2025-11-06, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9491165477.mp3
- [Why Horror Still Haunts Us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/3d6a5c52f82e) (2025-10-30, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6027350952.mp3
- [In the Dark: Blood Relatives, Episode 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/7910da445299) (2025-10-28, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1421667892.mp3
- [Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/ae87212bc09e) (2025-10-23, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7301486159.mp3
- [I Need a Critic: October, 2025, Edition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704902371/df22c044fcbf) (2025-10-16, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3584660439.mp3

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