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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-sce...
Episodes (144)
How to Watch a Movie
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Les Américains à Paris
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How Zohran Mamdani Became the Main Character of New York City
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Late Night's Last Laugh
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“Eddington” and the American Berserk
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“Materialists,” “Too Much,” and the Modern Rom-Com
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Why We Travel
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The Diva Is Dead, Long Live the Diva
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Why We Turn Grief Into Art
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Our Romance with Jane Austen
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“Mountainhead” and the Age of the Pathetic Billionaire
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Lessons from “Sesame Street”
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The Season for Obsessions
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The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week
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I Need a Critic: May 2025 Edition
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How “Sinners” Revives the Vampire
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War Movies: What Are They Good For?
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“The Studio” Pokes Fun at Hollywood’s Existential Struggle
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Gossip, Then and Now
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Joe Rogan, Hasan Piker, and the Art of the Hang
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Critics at Large Live: The Right to Get It Wrong
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Our Modern Glut of Choice
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How “The Pitt” Diagnoses America's Ills
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In “Severance,” the Gothic Double Lives On
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The Staying Power of the “S.N.L.” Machine
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How Romantasy Seduces Its Readers
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David Lynch’s Unsolvable Puzzles
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The Splendor of Nature, Now Streaming
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The New Western Gold Rush
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The Elusive Promise of the First Person
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms
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Critics at Large Live: The Year of the Flop
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After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?
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The Modern-Day Fight for Ancient Rome
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Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?
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The Value—and Limits—of Seeking Comfort in Art
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Critics at Large Live: Julio Torres’s Dreamy Surrealism
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Help, I Need a Critic!
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A Controversial Trump Bio-pic and the Villains We Make
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“The Substance” and the New Horror of the Modified Body
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The Fate of the Finance Bro
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Sally Rooney’s Beautiful Deceptions
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Was Abraham Lincoln Gay . . . And Should We Care?
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The Trap of the Trad Wife
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Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking
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The Irresistible Myth of Las Vegas
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Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and the Unstable Hierarchy of Pop
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Why We Want What Tom Ripley Has
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The Kamala Harris Vibe Shift
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From Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty”: Can Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood Dream Last?
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