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THE RISE OF AOC: Attention!
How the youngest woman in Congress learned to leverage sudden, explosive visibility — and what she taught the Democratic Party
 • Anand Giridharadas
THE RISE OF AOC: The crucible
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to her very particular theory of persuasion and power. Part two of my portrait of her rise
 • Anand Giridharadas
THE RISE OF AOC: Beginnings
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shook up American politics when she landed on the political scene -- and continues to shake it up. In part one of my in-depth…
 • Anand Giridharadas
I didn’t like my friend’s intervention. He was right
I became a reporter because I wanted to understand people different from me. Then I gave in to a culture that tells us to reduce others. One day, my…
 • Anand Giridharadas
Dave Eggers to lonely Americans: Leave your house
In our second conversation with the author, he offers a deceptively simple remedy to a loneliness epidemic in an age of screens
 • The Ink
51:51
Dave Eggers didn't want to give Trump another four years of his life
The author on creativity in a time of crisis, doing the work you love versus the work that the times demand, and the AI threat
 • The Ink
40:20
What Abdul El-Sayed believes
From the archives: My reflections on a Michigan Senate candidate's ideas
 • Anand Giridharadas
How a con man hacked death row
My conversation with Pamela Colloff, author of the gripping new book "Catch the Devil," about a giant loophole she found in our justice system, and how…
 • Anand Giridharadas and Pamela Colloff
46:46
Interview: Abdul El-Sayed makes his case
My conversation with the Michigan Senate candidate
 • Anand Giridharadas

July 2026

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