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VERBATIM: 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…
19 hrs ago • Anand Giridharadas, Kiran Desai, and Leigh Haber
57:47
BOOK CLUB: Wrapping up 2025, and introducing our first read of 2026
Some final thoughts on Kiran Desai's "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," and introducing "Injustice," by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
Dec 22 • The Ink and Leigh Haber
51:34
BOOK CLUB: A celebration of writers
In praise of authors, and the company they keep, plus our Ink Book Club writers share their favorite reads of the year
Dec 21 • Leigh Haber
WEEKEND READS: Brighter days ahead
The best writing of the week for December 20, 2025
Dec 20 • The Ink
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Republicans in disarray?
With the Epstein files delayed and infighting out in the open, is MAGA facing a reckoning at last?
Dec 19 • The Ink
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Victims of success
How the White House is trying to bend medicine and industry to its will
Dec 18 • The Ink
WATCH: Andrew Ross Sorkin on the AI bubble, our oligarchic era, and what CEOs really fear
The DealBook editor and SquawkBox host talks about business journalism in the Trump years, market crashes past and future, and his new book, “1929”
Dec 17 • Anand Giridharadas and Andrew Ross Sorkin
43:57
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Asleep at the wheel
Is there anybody in charge at the White House?
Dec 17 • The Ink
Salman Rushdie on free thinking and its foes, from ayatollahs to billionaires to Trump
The author talks about his second shot at life, staying irreverent in an authoritarian era, and why books will outlast iPhones
Dec 16 • Anand Giridharadas and Salman Rushdie
56:36
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Political violence
Thirteen years on from Sandy Hook, another weekend of mass shootings -- and a void of solutions
Dec 16 • The Ink
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: No more heroes?
What does a damning photo have to say about who is willing to look away -- and how the rest of us look at them?
Dec 15 • The Ink
BOOK CLUB: A season of books
Let's raise a glass to our shared joy in reading, and to a 2026 filled with literary discoveries.
Dec 14 • Leigh Haber
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