{"podcast":{"title":"Critics at Large | The New Yorker","slug":"critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611","podcast_index_feed_id":6612611,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/5868/critics-at-large","website_url":"https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/5868/images/d31d50f8-9222-4f9e-85c3-069b023d7612/CAL-TILE-FINAL.jpg","author":"The New Yorker (audio_production@condenast.com)","episode_count":136,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T18:19:04.282547+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611"},"episode":{"title":"I Need a Critic: June, 2026, Edition","slug":"i-need-a-critic-june-2026-edition","published_at":"2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611/i-need-a-critic-june-2026-edition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_5868_9d792a7c-e3ee-467e-8c55-780c0d9ec0b8&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F5868%2Fcritics-at-large","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/cf3795/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/dovetail.prxu.org/5868/9d792a7c-e3ee-467e-8c55-780c0d9ec0b8/tnycriticsatlarge_060426_ineedacritic_june26_v3.mp3","summary":"This week, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz kick off the summer months with a new installment of the Critics at Large advice series. Listeners’ questions run the gamut: a high-school economics teacher seeks films for his students which aren’t set in the world of finance; a caller from Iran looks for cultural works to help endure periods of extreme uncertainty; and two friends on the cusp of college graduation ask for recommendations to guide them in their next chapter. “Art is not a thing separate from our troubles or from our awareness of the insane contingencies of life,” Cunningham says. “It’s meant as a companion and a response to those. I think that’s shining through in some of these questions.” Read, watch, and listen with the critics: “Sorry to Bother You” (2018) “My Architect: A Son’s Journey” (2003) “Les dites cariatides” (1984) “ Twenty Minutes in Manhattan ,” by Michael Sorkin The photography of Eugène Atget The music of the Notorious B.I.G., Heavy D, Fat Joe, and Big Pun “ Sentimental Education ,” by Gustave Flaubert Václav Havel’s “ Audience ” “ The Best of Everything ,” by Rona Jaffe “ How to Murder Your Life ,” by Cat Marnell “ Becoming a Centenarian ,” by Calvin Tomkins ( The New Yorker ) “ This Old Man ,” by Roger Angell ( The New Yorker ) “ Tabula Rasa ,” by John McPhee ( The New Yorker ) “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979) “ Divorcing ,” by Susan Taubes Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels “ Ghost World ,” by Daniel Clowes “Frances Ha” (2012) “Asparagus” (1979) Roger Payne’s “Songs of the Humpback Whale” “ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ,” by J. D. Salinger The poetry of Sylvia Plath, particularly “ Tulips ” Tony Kushner’s “ Angels in America ” “I Will,” by the Beatles “St. Judy’s Comet,” by Paul Simon “Sai…","meta_description":"This week, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz kick off the summer months with a new installment of the Critics at Large advice series. L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2971,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611/episodes/i-need-a-critic-june-2026-edition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critics-at-large-the-new-yorker-6612611/i-need-a-critic-june-2026-edition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}