The Volcker Rule

Obama’s economic adviser and his battles over the financial-reform bill.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 26, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,605 words)

The Mark of a Masterpiece

The man who keeps finding famous fingerprints on uncelebrated works of art.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 1, 2010
Length: 64 minutes (16,034 words)

Prodigal Son

Is the wayward Republican Mike Huckabee now his party’s best hope?

Author: Ariel Levy
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 28, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,377 words)

No Secrets

WikiLeaks and Julian Assange’s mission for total transparency. “Assange is an international trafficker, of sorts. He and his colleagues collect documents and imagery that governments and other institutions regard as confidential and publish them on a Web site called WikiLeaks.org. Since it went online, three and a half years ago, the site has published an extensive catalogue of secret material, ranging from the Standard Operating Procedures at Camp Delta, in Guantanamo Bay, and the ‘Climategate’ e-mails from the University of East Anglia, in England, to the contents of Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo account. The catalogue is especially remarkable because WikiLeaks is not quite an organization; it is better described as a media insurgency. It has no paid staff, no copiers, no desks, no office. Assange does not even have a home.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 7, 2010
Length: 39 minutes (9,856 words)

Extreme Solitude

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 7, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,176 words)

The Plastic Panic

How worried should we be about everyday chemicals?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 31, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,788 words)

Rage Machine

Andrew Breitbart’s empire of bluster.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 24, 2010
Length: 27 minutes (6,944 words)

Black, Brown, and Beige

Duke Ellington’s music and race in America.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 17, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,069 words)

Pandora’s Briefcase

It was a dazzling feat of wartime espionage. But does it argue for or against spying?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 10, 2010
Length: 20 minutes (5,166 words)

The Influencer

An entertainment mogul sets his sights on foreign policy.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 10, 2010
Length: 45 minutes (11,290 words)