The PEN Pod: On the Capitol Hill Insurrection and Conspiracy Treadmill with Suzanne Nossel
“This is the image—these horrifying images of looting and pillaging of the Capitol, just rank lawlessness, derisiveness, chaos. That’s what [Trump] sowed from the beginning.” More
The PEN Pod: On Leaving Trump Behind and Free Speech Among the Young with Suzanne Nossel
“Whatever [Trump’s] latest antics are, they’re outrageous. His legal claims, his protestations, his tweets—that seems to suck up all the air from a new administration.” More
The PEN Pod: The Pandemic’s Impact on Journalism with Sandy Mui
“Furloughs, layoffs, and newsrooms shuttering entirely directly affects the wellbeing of everyone who brings us the news and powers the newsrooms—and they’re the journalists themselves.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Virtual Gala and the Beauty of Human Rights Work with Suzanne Nossel
“There’s something about individual cases of dissidents—these are human stories, faces, and individuals with families and life trajectories. When you can help them, it’s so concrete.” More
The PEN Pod: On Trump’s Continuing Fraud Claims and COVID Vaccine with Suzanne Nossel
“I think the question of the media’s role in helping usher Trump offstage is a really important one. . . it’s important that the media begin to shift focus… More
The PEN Pod: The Restorative Power of Black Art with Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
“[The book] also allows us to look at how artists are processing all of the Black pain and trauma that’s inherent to the history of this country and our… More
The PEN Pod: On Saudi Arabia’s Crimes and a Potential Trump Memoir with Suzanne Nossel
“We’ve convened an extraordinary group. . . to widen the aperture, force the world to reckon with Saudi Arabia’s really egregious record.” More
The PEN Pod: Avenues for Magic with Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma
““We wanted to acknowledge and share some of the beauty and the power that YA fiction has, especially in the form of the short story.” More
The PEN Pod: Exploring White Feminism and Ways to Combat It with Ruby Hamad
“We need something more than a movement that can’t be introspective enough to admit its own limitations. . . Maybe what we need is a holistic way of thinking.” More
The PEN Pod: On Voter Fraud and Trump Influencing Authoritarians with Suzanne Nossel
“There are authoritarians in virtually every region who are on a mission to suppress the voice of critical media in their own countries, and seeing the United States do… More