The New Yorker: Everything

Jerry Seinfeld on how to write jokes, the ending of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and the world-historical struggle to invent the Pop-Tart.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-scholar-of-comedy

A new wave of shops has made its mark across the country—and shaken New York’s bagel scene out of complacency.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/are-we-living-through-a-bagel-renaissance

New items on the menu throughout the week.

https://www.newyorker.com/food-issue-2024

The most striking aspect of the former President’s hush-money trial so far has been that, for the first time in a decade, Trump is struggling to command attention.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/donald-trumps-sleepy-sleazy-criminal-trial

In my native Oklahoma, snake meat was a masculine trophy, edible proof that you were willing to tangle with death.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/how-to-eat-a-rattlesnake

In the spring of 2020, artists captured silliness, sexiness, despondence, and hope. What does quarantine look like when viewed from the other side?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-cartoonists-saw-in-isolation-a-portrait-of-the-pandemic

Analyzing the former President’s quest for protection from prosecution before the U.S. Supreme Court.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/trumps-bonkers-immunity-claim-with-neal-katyal

The congresswoman is demanding Speaker Mike Johnson’s ouster. Is it principle—or a fund-raising ploy?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-marjorie-taylor-greene-raises-money-by-attacking-other-republicans

Joanna Arnow’s new film mines the comic potential of distance and framing, in an examination of degradations large and small.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-feeling-that-the-time-for-doing-something-has-passed-is-a-deceptively-plain-masterpiece

Demonstrations and counter-demonstrations on campus and beyond.

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/blitts-kvetchbook/up-in-arms-at-columbia-university

At seventy, the comedian débuts as a movie director with “Unfrosted,” about the invention of the Pop-Tart. And, Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger on how to convince an election denier.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jerry-seinfeld-on-making-a-life-in-comedy-and-also-pop-tarts

In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less concerned with holding him accountable than with shielding former ...

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-supreme-court-appears-poised-to-protect-the-presidency-and-donald-trump

“We’re not giving him a free pass to do whatever he wants—we’re buying him time so he can get elected and then do whatever he wants.”

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-april-26th-whatever-he-wants

David Adjmi’s cult-hit play features seventies-inspired rock songs by Will Butler, while Eddie Redmayne presides over a demonic version of the Kit Kat Club.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/stereophonic-theatre-review-cabaret

The podcast, co-hosted by J. J. Redick and LeBron James, combines analytical commentary with an insider’s perspective—and bypasses traditional media.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/could-mind-the-game-change-the-way-sports-are-covered

Also: Kamasi Washington, “The Outsiders” reviewed, Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, and more.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/teresita-fernandezs-shifting-sculptural-landscapes

How to host a dinner party for nine using a pre-trash haul from Too Good to Go and other food-waste apps. Carb-averse guests, beware.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/spoiler-alert-leftovers-for-dinner

I didn’t really know what black pepper was until I lived in Lyon.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/secret-ingredients/how-to-season-your-food-like-the-french

A political hit job? A military coup? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/king-donalds-day-at-the-supreme-court

The legal issue behind Weinstein’s successful appeal is also at the heart of the former President’s hush-money case.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-harvey-weinsteins-overturned-conviction-means-for-donald-trumps-trial

New building codes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development are the latest addition to a long list of Earth Week environmental wins for the White House.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-biden-administrations-plan-to-make-american-homes-more-efficient

The university asked the N.Y.P.D. to arrest pro-Palestine student protesters. Was it a necessary step to protect Jewish students, or a dangerous encroachment on academic freedom?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-columbias-campus-was-torn-apart-over-gaza

The Arizona rancher was accused of killing a migrant. A tragedy, and a possible murder, quickly became a political cause.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/what-george-kellys-mistrial-says-about-how-we-see-the-border

“I didn’t expect today to be Taylor Swift word cloudy.”

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-april-25th-swift-cloud

Working with Julia Child and a host of author-chefs, the editor Judith Jones transformed American kitchens.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/mastering-the-art-of-making-a-cookbook

Rediscovering the tastes of childhood in New York’s biggest Chinatown.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/in-search-of-lost-flavors-in-flushing

The protagonist in every movie I’ve seen this month has been a struggling writer of some sort.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/writers-writers-everywhere

The famous liberal economist wants to take back the language of liberty from the right.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/joseph-stiglitz-and-the-meaning-of-freedom

The editor-in-chief and president of the Yale Daily News reports on the arrest of fellow-students on campus this week.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/a-student-journalist-explains-the-protests-at-yale

At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/donald-trump-is-being-ritually-humiliated-in-court

How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-dada-era-of-internet-memes

Donald Trump has spent years arguing that mail-in voting is fraudulent and corrupt. Now the Republican National Committee, which sees mail-in voting as essential, must persuade his base to embrac...

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-gops-election-integrity-trap

“Objection, Your Honor! The witness is using a Trump Bible!”

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/daily-cartoon-wednesday-april-24th-trump-bible

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2024

Cakes that usually come at you two-fisted—pure butter and sugar—begin to relax when you swap some of the usual white-wheat flour for buckwheat.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/secret-ingredients/buckwheat-the-unexpected-hero-of-my-baking-repertoire

Can the decision to forgo food be removed from the gendered realm of weight-loss culture?

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/why-we-choose-not-to-eat

Media Charades: Can you get your teammates to pay for the information they need to guess what’s going on?

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/board-games-for-liberals

In J. J. Kandel’s short film, the lunch-break banter of a flirtatious pair of co-workers, played by Cecily Strong and KeiLyn Durrel Jones, gives way to uncomfortable revelations.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/flirtation-and-confrontation-in-sparring-partner

My month of vermouth-rinsing and fat-washing.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/a-martini-tour-of-new-york-city

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist sustain a three-way rally of romance in Luca Guadagnino’s almost absurdly sexy sports film.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/challengers-movie-review

Behold the mighty mountains!

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-april-23rd-mountains-of-evidence

Once you start visiting the playground daily, you will become familiar with the regulars.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/anthropology-of-the-playground

The country is being defined by disaster. What would it mean to tell a new story?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/the-haiti-that-still-dreams

There is nothing “plain” about vanilla when your extract is home-brewed.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/secret-ingredients/the-most-treasured-jar-in-my-pantry

Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/profiles/padma-lakshmi-walks-into-a-bar

Alex Garland’s grim political fantasy about secession and violence revolves around a war photographer but has little to say about the making and consumption of news images.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/civil-war-is-a-tale-of-bad-news

A crisis turns home into a place of constraint in two new independent features.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/american-confinement-in-we-grown-now-and-stress-positions

“I’m denying your motion to delay because it’s Passover and Earth Day and your client doesn’t like Mondays.”

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-april-22nd-trump-earth-day-passover

In the past two decades, American parents have started to ditch the purées and give babies more choice—and more power—at mealtime.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/when-babies-rule-the-dinner-table

My ancestor was gifted a huge orchard just outside Delhi. The fruits it produced were the taste of my childhood.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/secret-ingredients/a-tamarind-trees-sweet-and-sour-inheritance