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WATCH: Kiran Desai on the gift of loneliness
The author of "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" on the curse and blessing of being alone, her 20-year road to making a masterpiece, and how her Indian…
12 hrs ago • 
Anand Giridharadas
, 
Kiran Desai
, and 
Leigh Haber
57:47
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: About that affordability crisis…
How long can Donald Trump ignore reality on rising costs?
17 hrs ago • 
The Ink
BOOK CLUB: The many forms of exile
“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” author Kiran Desai joins us today to talk process, alienation, and whether love can make it all OK
20 hrs ago • 
Leigh Haber
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: "You're fired!"
Is the Supreme Court ready to dismiss the administrative state?
Dec 9 • 
The Ink
Love, time, and the things we keep
My grandfather died last week in Delhi, at 101. This is my eulogy. It's about what he suffered and what he made, about what history steals from us and…
Dec 9 • 
Anand Giridharadas
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Trump world order
A new statement of national purpose recalls an imperial moment
Dec 8 • 
The Ink
BOOK CLUB: Exquisite loneliness
Kiran Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” offers insight into the human condition -- and an antidote to the short attention span
Dec 7 • 
Leigh Haber
Rebels, dissenters, strikers, and weirdos
WEEKEND READS for December 6, 2025
Dec 6 • 
The Ink
WATCH: The Epstein emails and the inhumanity of the elites
A conversation with former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on the failures of the Epstein class and the problem of letting people who don't understand human…
Dec 5 • 
The Ink
WATCH: How the homeless crisis was built
Author and advocate Patrick Markee on the policies that have left record numbers of people unhoused, why American politics still fails poor people, and…
Dec 5 • 
The Ink
 and 
Patrick Markee
1:04:20
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The real Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scandal
The Food and Drug Administration moves to make America unhealthy, again
Dec 4 • 
The Ink
WATCH: Remythologizing America
Author Julian Brave NoiseCat on storytelling, theater, tribal politics, and how we understand who we are
Dec 3 • 
Michael Berk
, 
Leigh Haber
, 
Julian Brave NoiseCat
, and 
The Ink
58:07
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