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Long Live the King

Ahead of his latest novel’s release, Stephen King divulges his writing routine and explains why social media is a “poison pill”

To Catch a Con

Rogue Agent dramatized one of the strangest criminal cases in recent British history. Its release helped lead to an international manhunt

Moving Mountains

Catcher in the Wry

Eight questions with Christopher Buckley, ranging in subject from his comic pandemic novel and George Bush 41 to what his parents would have made of Trump

Some Strings Attached

The little-known story of a wartime British ambassador who appeased Adolf Hitler but saw the error of his ways

Tales of Two Grifters

From Jared Kushner to an impostor M.I.5 agent, this week’s podcast has plenty of bad behavior—and more than a few laughs, thanks to Christopher Buckley

The Yellow and the Blue

Led by their American music director Hobart Earle, the Odessa Philharmonic flies Ukraine’s colors in Berlin

Re-writing the History Books

In an interview, Maggie O’Farrell discusses how she resurrects women in her historical fiction

Biography of a Wallflower

Smells Like Team Spirit

From Hollywood to Wales—a charming new documentary follows actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on their quest to revive Britain’s unluckiest football club

From East Africa, with Love and Loss

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Owen Kline

The actor’s directorial debut, a film about a young cartoonist finding his way, reflects his own childhood spent studying comic books and haunting video stores

Birkin’s Baggage

On the occasion of her new album, Jane Birkin looks back on old love

Songs in the Key of Life

Holding Still

Is The Rehearsal the Strangest Show Ever?

Errol Morris stops by this week’s podcast to share his view

Weird Science

Are the people in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal knowing participants—or guinea pigs in a mad behavioral experiment?

Life on the Orient Express

She is remembered as the incarnation of her most beloved character, the elderly, provincial Miss Marple. In reality, the adventurous, globe-trotting Agatha Christie was the opposite

Crisis Control

Eight questions with Jonathan Darman, whose new book explores how polio prepared F.D.R. for the presidency—and saved his marriage

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

London’s 34th Billy Elliot

Caught live at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 2014, Elliott Hanna makes a legendary part his own

Long Live the King

Ahead of his latest novel’s release, Stephen King divulges his writing routine and explains why social media is a “poison pill”

Gone to Waste