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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Reining in the gish gallop
Donald Trump’s weave doesn't hold up in court -- can it still sway the people?
4 hrs ago • The Ink
WATCH: Telling the truth about America
Writer John Jeremiah Sullivan on the craft of narrative nonfiction, the importance of holding complexity in times that call for clarity, and the dream…
Dec 11 • Anand Giridharadas and John Jeremiah Sullivan
1:03:32
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Monetizing the American Dream
The Trump Gold Card is available now to qualifying oligarchs -- operators are standing by!
Dec 11 • The Ink
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…
Dec 10 • 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?
Dec 10 • 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
Dec 10 • 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
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