Episode 12: Sarah Koenig on "Serial," and a Resilient Poet

The New Yorker Radio Hour | Jan 8, 2016

Sarah Koenig, the host of “Serial,” talks with David Remnick about why her podcast’s success caught her by surprise. Robin Coste Lewis, who recently won a National Book Award, explains how a devastating injury damaged her brain, but aided her poetry. And Jelani Cobb goes back to his high school.

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