Sara Nics

Producer, Assignment Editor, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Sara Nics appears in the following:

Mary Karr, Recovering High-Heel Addict

Friday, June 24, 2016

The writer Mary Karr has a fetish for high-heeled shoes. She just can’t wear them anymore.

A Hymn for Orlando

Friday, June 24, 2016

Carolyn Gillette, a hymn writer and Presbyterian minister, crafts lyrics that reflect our contemporary struggles.

When the Ninth Judge Shows Up

Friday, June 17, 2016

 What would a Supreme Court with judges appointed by Hillary Clinton mean for America?     

Jaron Lanier on the Future of the Internet

Friday, June 17, 2016

 Was the Web doomed to be a “giant manipulation service,” or did we do something wrong?    

Lena Dunham Turns Thirty

Friday, May 27, 2016

Hours before Lena Dunham’s thirtieth-birthday party, she joined David Remnick to drink champagne and discuss the end of her twenties, the end of "Girls," and why she's a Hillary diehard.

Baratunde Thurston on Race, Comedy, and Leaving “The Daily Show”

Friday, May 27, 2016

The author and former “Daily Show” executive says we can’t expect comedy to cure the ills of the nation.

English for Officers

Friday, May 20, 2016

The West Point English professor Elizabeth Samet teaches future officers leadership, and her playbook includes Virginia Woolf.

Reggie Watts on Virtual Reality

Friday, May 13, 2016

Welcome to the thoughtsphere. What’s a thoughtsphere?

Playground Purgatory

Friday, May 13, 2016

Two mothers meet on the playground, and things get weird.

Robert Glasper's Jazz Heresy

Friday, May 06, 2016

Robert Glasper, a Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, says the genre's become a museum of itself, obsessed with the great players of the mid-twentieth century at the cost of new talent.

Death in a Florida Prison

Friday, April 29, 2016

Harriet Krzykowski worked at a Florida prison where mentally ill inmates were tortured and, on at least one occasion, killed.

In the Care of a Stranger

Friday, April 22, 2016

A woman with multiple sclerosis and her home health aide form an unlikely bond.

David Remnick on Aretha Franklin

Friday, April 08, 2016

The Queen of Soul grew up with music all around her.

Two Cartoonists Talk About Something Pleasant

Friday, March 18, 2016

Roz Chast is visited by a fan, her fellow-cartoonist Liana Finck.

The Rapper Wiki Is Growing Up

Friday, March 11, 2016

After moving out of his mom’s house, the twenty-two-year-old has released a solo album.

Kelefa Sanneh Picks Three E.D.M. Tracks

Friday, March 04, 2016

Kelefa Sanneh recommends three E.D.M. tracks.

Edmund White Has ‘Terrible Gaydar’

Friday, February 26, 2016

At the age of seventy-six, a defining figure in gay fiction talks about the changes in gay life he’s witnessed in the course of his lifetime.

Engineering to Express Yourself

Friday, February 19, 2016

Limor Fried, the founder of Adafruit, talks about the importance of D.I.Y. electronics.

Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Jeffrey Toobin Talk About O. J. Simpson

Friday, February 12, 2016

Jeffrey Toobin talks to Cuba Gooding, Jr., who plays O. J. in the TV series based on Toobin’s best-selling book about the case.

Life's a Batch with Jack Ziegler

Friday, February 12, 2016

The New Yorker cartoonists Matt Diffee and Jack Ziegler race against the clock to come up with a batch of ideas.