Episode 52: Mikhail Baryshnikov, T.C. Boyle, and Germany's Kriegskinder

Episode 53: Putting Trump in the White House, Playing Andrew Bird in the O.R.

Episode 54: Syria, the World’s Nightmare

Podcast Extra: The State of The Union Songbook Live

Episode 55: Final Notes on the 2016 Election

Don’t Worry, the Robots Can’t Do Your Job—Yet

The Alabama Fallout, and Louise Erdrich on the Future

Nicolás Maduro on the Brink of Dictatorship

Children’s Letters to Satan, and a Changing of the Guard at the New York Times

Bonus: Holiday Greetings from Ian Frazier