Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

Ben Lerner’s Literary Charge

Posted December 26, 2019 • 00:46:25

This week we have an Open Source literary treat. It’s our producer Adam Colman in conversation with Ben Lerner, the MacArthur Genius who speaks as...

Labour’s Love Lost

Posted December 19, 2019 • 00:50:24

Britain’s long, lurching political campaign of self-discovery, on the eve of ours in 2020, was a shocker. Thunder on the right, collapse on the left,...

Impeachment Lite

Posted December 13, 2019 • 00:50:22

The impeachment season just opening begins to look like a required scandalous course for citizens on how your government actually works, and as the...

Hong Kong Crackdown

Posted November 21, 2019 • 00:50:24

“May you live in interesting times” was never in fact a Chinese curse. It’s a modern American cliché that could work as a caption on both China...

Billionaire Noir

Posted November 15, 2019 • 00:50:53

The most honored movie of the year looks to be Parasite, from Korea, about the soul-crushing advance of mega-wealth and the heartbreak of poor people...