Sara Nics

Producer, Assignment Editor, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Sara Nics appears in the following:

Mary Oliver’s Legacy

Friday, May 31, 2019

The late poet was unusually direct in her appreciation of nature and her spirituality, traits that made her one of the most beloved poets of our time.

Who Should Receive Reparations for Slavery and Discrimination?

Friday, May 24, 2019

Three prominent scholars discuss how reparations would work, and address a controversy over who would be eligible.

A New Approach to Dementia Care

Friday, April 26, 2019

As the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease in this country rises, a memory-care center tries a new approach to treatment.

Jennifer Eberhardt on the Neurological Patterns of Bias

Friday, April 05, 2019

We all know that bias exists. But a social psychologist who proves it, measures it, and shows how it works is trying to reduce its consequences in the world.

Roz Chast, Liana Finck, and Birds

Friday, March 29, 2019

When she was a teen-ager, Liana Finck sent Roz Chast a fan letter. Now they talk shop as fellow cartoonists.

Emilia Clarke on a Near-Death Experience Scarier than “Game of Thrones”

Friday, March 22, 2019

On the set of “Game of Thrones,” Emilia Clarke walked in to a funeral pyre and didn’t know when to stop. Then came the frightening part.

Bearing Witness to the Border Crisis

Friday, February 15, 2019

The writer Valeria Luiselli volunteered as a court translator for child migrants. Her latest novel, “Lost Children Archive,” borrows from the stories she helped tell.

The Fall of a Chinese Pop Star

Friday, January 18, 2019

Denise Ho had it all: stadium tours, product endorsements, movie deals. All that changed when she used her celebrity for political activism.

For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them

Friday, January 11, 2019

Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars’ worth of paintings removed from a Paris museum. But that’s where his troubles began.

With FoxConn, Wisconsin Bought Jobs at an Astronomical Cost

Friday, January 11, 2019

A Taiwanese electronics giant building a plant in Wisconsin should have been a great deal for American workers. Instead, they’ll be paying for decades.   

Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century

Friday, November 30, 2018

A professor explains how “white rage” shaped, and continues to shape, our democracy.

A Dangerous Encounter with an Isolated Amazon Tribe

Friday, November 30, 2018

The Mashco Piro tribe is among the world’s most isolated people, but they have recently started coming out of the Amazon rainforest. Will contact with society be fatal?  

The Secrets of a Hyper-Polyglot

Friday, October 26, 2018

The staff writer Judith Thurman hits the streets of multiethnic Queens with a linguist who speaks so many languages that he’s lost count.

Sally Yates on Her Ten Days in the Trump Administration

Friday, October 19, 2018

When the acting Attorney General wouldn’t defend the so-called Muslim travel ban, she was fired by Trump—“before it was fashionable,” Jeffrey Toobin says.  

Alone and on Foot in Antarctica

Friday, October 12, 2018

Henry Worsley set off across Antarctica on foot, alone. As the journey began to destroy him, his wife faced a painful choice whether to continue supporting his dream.

Joan Jett’s Reputation

Friday, September 28, 2018

A rock icon looks back on a groundbreaking career.

Julia Wertz on a Trip to Dead Horse Bay

Friday, September 14, 2018

The New Yorker cartoonist Julia Wertz takes us on an excursion, along a little stretch of the New York City shoreline called Dead Horse Bay.

Illeana Douglas Steps Forward

Friday, September 14, 2018

The actress goes on record, speaking about her experiences with Leslie Moonves and how they affected her career.

Calvin Trillin’s Life in the Movies

Friday, August 31, 2018

The acclaimed writer talks about another side of his career, as the screenwriter of movies performed by his children, grandchildren, and their friends.

Curtis Sittenfeld’s Fiction Comes from the Grocery Store

Friday, August 31, 2018

The novelist on her love for the St. Louis grocery chain Schnucks.