Theater of War on the Radio: Our Longing for Inconvenience

About this episode

The episode explores the tension between convenience and older technologies through a performance of an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kai Wright, Bryan Doerries

Guests: Adepero Oduye, Jumaane Williams

Topics covered

• theater
• journalism
• technology
• human connection
• instant gratification
• nostalgia

Keywords

• theater of war
• WNYC
• Hanif Abdurraqib
• convenience
• nostalgia
• technology
• human connection
• instant gratification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WNYC, The New Yorker

Books & works: Our Longing for Inconvenience

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