Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer on President Biden's and Secretary of State Antony Blinken's failed attempts to negotiate a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and prevent a wider war.

Franklin Foer discusses how rising anti-Semitism on both sides of the political spectrum threatens Jewish Americans safety and prosperity.

A look at Joe Biden's presidency so far.

The story of a Jewish American family debunks a myth that Putin tells about Ukraine.

Franklin Foer talks about how Paul Manafort helped shape a new world order of corrupt foreign governments and how his work paved the way for a Trump presidency.

Facebook is the latest installment in a 200-year history of techno-utopian enterprises that have promised to mathematically streamline our messy lives.

With recent headlines focusing on the potential of undiscovered information in Hillary Clinton's emails, Democrats retort to F.B.I. that it should investigate Donald Trump as well.

It's time to break up Amazon, says New Republic editor Franklin Foer, who sees the e-commerce giant as a "threat to democracy."

New Republic editor Franklin Foer discusses the magazine's 100th birthday, and the new book that compiles some of the most important essays and authors that have graced its pages.

Decade 9/11 series of conversations: Writer Jonathan Safran Foer in conversation with his brother Franklin Foer, editor-at-large for The New Republic.  

Last week after the Republican presidential debate the conventional wisdom was clear – Michelle Bachmann had transformed herself into a viable candidate for president. Whether or not that’s true, it raised some questions for our guest host Mike Pesca. Who forms the conventional wisdom, how has that changed over time and what, exactly, is it? Mike talks to Politico’s Mike Allen, Time’s Mark Halperin, The New Republic’s Franklin Foer, Republican operative Mark McKinnon and Washington Post political reporter Dana Millbank about political conventional wisdom.

Had they beaten Ghana, the USA would be playing this afternoon. So, why should you still care what's happening in the world cup? Mike Pesca, NPR sports correspondent, and Franklin Foer, editor at The New Republic, soccer fanatic, and author of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, join us to discuss soccer in the USA.