Listening, Watching, Reading

August 29, 2025

“The Hunting Wives,” the performative male, Eddie Palmieri, French critics and Rachel Cusk.

“The Hunting Wives,” the performative male, Eddie Palmieri, French critics and Rachel C... more

Hosted byJody Avirgan

Curated byMatthew Horovitz, Hark Contributor

5 CLIPS25 MINS

Clip 1 of 5

“The Hunting Wives”

“Pop Culture Happy Hour” loves Netflix’s frothy, silly, sapphic Texas trophy wives show “The Hunting Wives.”

Pop Culture Happy Hour

3 MINS

Clip 2 of 5

The Performative Male

Paris Review tote with a Ukulele inside? Slate’s “Culture Gabfest” looks at the new trend of satirizing “the performative male.”

How to Do It with Stoya and Rich

6 MINS

Clip 3 of 5

Let’s Celebrate Eddie Palmieri

The Latin Jazz legend Eddie Palmieri died last month at age 88. And in this clip from “All of it”, Alison Stewart says, let’s celebrate Eddie Palmieri.

All Of It

4 MINS

Clip 4 of 5

Rachel Cusk Reads “Project”

Novelist Rachael Cusk reads her latest short story “Project” from the September 1 issue of 'The New Yorker,' from “The Writer’s Voice.”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

7 MINS

Clip 5 of 5

How French Critics Changed the Movies

The 'New Yorker' film critic Richard Brody describes how a bunch of French film critics changed movies forever. From “Critics at Large.”

Critics at Large | The New Yorker