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Christopher Lydon

Christopher Lydon
Christopher Lydon covered politics for The New York Times from the Washington bureau in the 1970s. He hosted The Ten O’Clock News on WGBH TV through the 1980s, and he co-founded and hosted The Connection on WBUR in the ’90s. He recorded the original podcast in 2003 with Dave Winer. The rest is history in the making.


Kim Stanley Robinson: We Have Come to a Bad Moment, and We Must Change

The Author of New York 2140 Talks Capitalism, Climate Change, and Dystopia
November 17, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Michael Clune on Heroin Addiction and Memories of the First Time

The Author of White Out in Conversation with Christopher Lydon
August 4, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Naomi Klein: People Are Ready to Vote For Something, Not Just Against It

On the Success of Jeremy Corbyn and the Failings of the Democratic Party
June 26, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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David Graeber On Jeremy Corbyn, ‘The Most Unlikely Leader Ever’

In Conversation with the London-Based Writer and Anthropologist
June 20, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Historian Timothy Snyder on Russia, Trump, and Terrorism

"We have a president who regards the Russian system as a positive model"
April 5, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Mohsin Hamid: “Migration is the Starting Point for Everybody”

The Exit West Author on Progressive Politics and Transcendent Love
March 17, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Cornel West on Why James Baldwin Matters More Than Ever

In Conversation with Christopher Lydon
March 2, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Teddy Roosevelt vs. Mark Twain: A Brief History of American Intervensionism

Christopher Lydon in Conversation with Stephen Kinzer
February 20, 2017  By Christopher Lydon
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Eileen Myles: “Locker Room Banter” is Just Another Name for Patriarchy

Pretending that the Emperor has Clothes on, that the Elephant is Not in the Room
October 17, 2016  By Christopher Lydon
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TV in the Age of Trump: An Interview with Emily Nussbaum

How We Use Television as a Kind of Political Language
September 23, 2016  By Christopher Lydon
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