Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

Nicholson Baker Searches for Secrets

Posted July 30, 2020 • 00:50:00

Nicholson Baker, prose writer beyond category, has a new book for COVID time, speaking directly to the dread of weaponized biology as only Nick Baker...

The Next Generation

Posted July 23, 2020 • 00:49:48

Everybody knows the force of Black Lives Matter by now; many millions have been touched directly. But what do you know about Sisters Unchained, or Families...

A Public Conversation Gone Sour

Posted July 16, 2020 • 00:50:22

The All-American Thinking Class is beside itself: under pressure inside and out. It is a target already in Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, for...

Reparations and the Wealth Gap

Posted July 9, 2020 • 00:50:20

Forty acres and a mule was the promise made to black slaves, even before the Civil War was over. General Sherman of the Union Army drew up the plan,...

Return of the Prophet: Baldwin in the 21st Century

Posted July 2, 2020 • 00:52:20

This week, we revisit our 2017 show on James Baldwin. James Baldwin was the prophetic voice of an era that isn’t over. Fifty years ago, he was a young,...