The New Yorker Political Scene Scene
by Russ Finklestein
This podcast covers what is discussed each week by the brain geniuses who host The New Yorker's podcast The Political Scene.
Podcast episodes
Season 1
Ep. 18 What is Wrong with Us? (w/ Tomos Lewis)
My friend Tomos Lewis joins me to discuss the election and it's relationship with journalism. A stranger in a strange land, this intrepid Welshman is in Wisconsin, trying to explain our presidential election to listeners of the BBC's Welsh service and of Monocle radio. You can keep up with Tom's goings on on Elon Musk's app X: https://x.com/tomosdlewis As well as on Monocle Radio: https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/ Welsh speakers can also see and hear his reporting on the BBC's Welsh Language Service.
Ep. 16 - Evan Osnos on the Forefront of Kamalalalogy
Russ covers the past two weeks of NYPS episodes + David Remnick's interview with Evan Osnos about Harris on the New Yorker Radio Hour. It had seemed that the NYPS hosts were sort of phoning it in these past couple of months, but they are finally back with some real humdingers. Did you know Kamala Harris was a Brahmin? As in, India's caste system. Find out that and more about Osnos' hagiography of Harris.
Ep. 15 - What is Lebanon? (w/ Dalal Mawad)
Russ has an in-depth conversation with his good friend, the Lebanese journalist Dalal Mawad. He also follows up on Ta Nehisi Coates' goings on, including an unhinged "interview" by CBS anchor Tony Dekoupil which you can watch in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt-QcPYMo&ab_channel=CBSMornings But most importantly, Dalal and Russ get into Lebanon's political system, it's modern history and previous and present wars between Hezbollah and Israel. This is Dalal's recent article about martyred Hezbollah fighters and the mothers they leave behind: https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/hezbollah-fighters-stories-as-told-by-their-mothers/ Dalal's book on the 2020 Beirut blast and the toll it's taken on women. Dalal reads the audio book herself: https://www.amazon.com/All-She-Lost-Explosion-Collapse/dp/1399406256?asc_campaign=ded1ba29e9767f0f6b1bed48903c12c8&asc_source=01H1P39M5ZSG9J6WR6B1HBK9M0&tag=namespacebran492-20 Follow Dalal on X: https://x.com/dalalmawad And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalalmawad/