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Endgame with Fintan O’Toole

by New York Review Podcasts

Join Fintan O’Toole, Advising Editor at The New York Review, as he and his guests discuss the great unraveling of the American order—and imagine what comes next. Each week they’ll explore some of the major contradictions that have shaped the United States since its founding 250 years ago, looking closely at subjects that range from Civil War history to contemporary fiction, from Thomas Jefferson to Bernie Sanders, from Gilded Age monopolies to tech oligarchs. What can Shakespeare and Nazi Germany tell us about the current presidency? Making unexpected connections and always drawing out the human drama within complicated ideas, Fintan and his guests—including Annette Gordon-Reed, Ben Lerner, Colin Grant, Jean Strouse, and Dan Chiasson—take the best of New York Review essays and turn them into a conversation. Endgame with Fintan O’Toole is a New York Review podcast. Show Art: Jason Logan

Latest episodes

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Trump, Hitler, and Democracy’s Trip Wires: Christopher R. Browning

The fourth episode of Endgame with Fintan O'Toole welcomes the Holocaust historian Christopher Browning, whose most recent essay for the Review, "Surely Not?," considers

Nov 3
50 min

America's Second Gilded Age: Jean Strouse

In the third episode of Endgame with Fintan O'Toole, the historian Jean Strouse discusses the parallels between our current American moment and the Gilded Age. She and O’

Oct 27
38 min

Bernie Sanders’s Utopia Lab: Dan Chiasson

The second episode of Endgame with Fintan O’Toole welcomes the poet and critic Dan Chiasson, whose recent Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician is pa

Oct 20
47 min

Jefferson, Independence, and Slavery: Annette Gordon-Reed

For our series premiere, Annette Gordon-Reed joins Fintan O'Toole to discuss Thomas Jefferson's political convictions and contradictions, including his early drafts of th

Oct 13
55 min

The Great Unraveling: Fintan O'Toole

Welcome to Endgame, where every week Fintan O'Toole will be exploring some of the major contradictions that have shaped the United States since its founding 250 years ago

Oct 13
23 min

Introducing: Endgame with Fintan O'Toole

Join Fintan O'Toole, Advising Editor at The New York Review, as he and his guests discuss the great unraveling of the American order—and imagine what comes next. Endgame

Oct 12
2 min

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