Critics at Large | 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.
Latest Episode
Our Romance with Jane Austen (25.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- The Year of the Broken Mirror
- “Wake Up Dead Man” and the Whodunnit Renaissance
- Does “Hamlet” Need a Backstory?
- After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?
- In “Pluribus,” Utopia Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
- The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist
- Critics at Large Live: Padma Lakshmi’s Expansive Taste
- Why Horror Still Haunts Us
- In the Dark: Blood Relatives, Episode 1
- Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- I Need a Critic: October, 2025, Edition
- How the Trad Wife Took Over
- One Paul Thomas Anderson Film After Another
- What's Cooking?
- “The Paper,” “The Lowdown,” and the Drama of Journalism
- Why We're All In on Gambling
- Our Fads, Ourselves
- How to Watch a Movie
- Les Américains à Paris
- How Zohran Mamdani Became the Main Character of New York City
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