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Listen ## Today’s Mix [The Forest Service “Reorganizes” Under Trump](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-forest-service-a-force-across-rural-america-reorganizes-under-trump)  The agency has been a force across rural America. The changes will make lots of room for lumber lobbyists, less for forest science. By Bill McKibben [The Scandal of the Sharenting Economy](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-scandal-of-the-sharenting-economy) Listen  As kidfluencers come of age, some may find the law an imperfect means of restitution for what was lost and broken in their childhoods. By Jessica Winter [What Will the Artemis II Moon Mission Teach Us?](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-will-the-artemis-ii-moon-mission-teach-us) Listen  Four astronauts are travelling deeper into space than anyone in history. *NASA* will never be the same. By David W. 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By Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz ## The Lede *A daily column on what you need to know.* [This Easter, an American Pope Confronts an American War](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/this-easter-an-american-pope-confronts-an-american-war) Listen  Last week, when asked if he had a message about the war in Iran for President Trump, Leo XIV said, “Hopefully, he’s looking for an off-ramp.” By Paul Elie [The Strange (Partial) End to the (Partial) Government Shutdown](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-strange-partial-end-to-the-partial-government-shutdown) Listen  Democrats are claiming victory. But what did they really gain? By Jon Allsop [Pam Bondi’s Legacy of Flattery and Destruction](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/pam-bondis-legacy-of-flattery-and-destruction)  No Attorney General has done more damage to the Justice Department. Her successor could be even more dangerous. By Ruth Marcus [Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/donald-trump-and-pete-hegseths-warped-vision-of-the-iran-war) Listen  The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells [The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-long-odds-of-undoing-birthright-citizenship)  In arguments at the Supreme Court, a clear majority of the Justices seemed inclined to uphold the right. By Ruth Marcus [Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of Suez](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-iran-and-the-shadow-of-suez) Listen  As Iran imposes a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing the global economy, Trump faces a crisis that echoes one of history’s most revealing strategic failures. By Ishaan Tharoor  Annals of a Warming Planet [How to Poison an Ocean](https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/how-to-poison-an-ocean) Trump envisions a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends. By Jeffrey Marlow [](https://store.newyorker.com/) **Get *New Yorker* hats, apparel, and more\!** Check out evergreen favorites and limited-edition items.[Browse the store »](https://store.newyorker.com/)  ## The Critics The Current Cinema [An Artists’ Duel Proves Restorative in “The Christophers”](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/the-christophers-movie-review) Listen  In Steven Soderbergh’s film, Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are superbly matched as two skilled painters who find their way from slippery deception to common ground. By Justin Chang The Front Row [In “Cinematic Immunity,” the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/in-cinematic-immunity-the-greatest-drama-is-offscreen) Listen -copy.jpg) Michael Lee Nirenberg’s oral history of classic New York filmmaking centers on crew members whose labor the movies are made of, and reveals behind-the-scenes passions and tensions that shape the art. By Richard Brody On Television [Savannah Guthrie’s Excruciating Story, on “Today”](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/savannah-guthries-excruciating-story-on-today) Listen  The morning-show host recounted the disappearance of her mother, Nancy, and its aftermath in boldly religious terms, as millions of viewers watched. By Vinson Cunningham Books [Will Biblical Womanhood Box You In or Set You Free?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/awake-jen-hatmaker-book-review-lead-like-jael-emma-waters) Listen  Two writers of different evangelical generations offer rival visions of marriage, motherhood, and ambition. By Emma Green Under Review [The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades](https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-sci-fi-novelist-who-disappeared-for-decades) Listen .jpg) In “What We Are Seeking,” the cult author Cameron Reed returns to show us a strange, totally alien world that somehow feels like our own. By Stephanie Burt Photo Booth [How Robert Rauschenberg Made the Real Realer](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/how-robert-rauschenberg-made-the-real-realer)  The artist bent the medium of photography to suit his creations. 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By Louisa Thomas Letter from Trump’s Washington [Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-case-for-war-fails-to-mention-how-to-win-it) Listen  The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan? By Susan B. Glasser Open Questions [Is It Wrong to Write a Book with A.I.?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/is-it-wrong-to-write-a-book-with-ai) Listen  The nature of authorship isn’t as straightforward as it seems. By Joshua Rothman New York Journal [The Woman Who Made the Machine That Made Zohran Mamdani](https://www.newyorker.com/news/new-york-journal/the-woman-who-made-the-machine-that-made-zohran-mamdani) Listen  Tascha Van Auken helped turn the D.S.A. into an electoral force. What will she do inside City Hall? By Molly Fischer  The Weekend Essay [My Unrequited Love Story with J.F.K., Jr.](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-unrequited-love-story-with-jfk-jr) I knew John F. Kennedy, Jr., not that well and not that long, but enough to have experienced the gravitational pull he exerted, like some great big moon. By Jeffrey Eugenides Listen [](https://www.newyorker.com/gallery/cartoons-from-the-april-13-2026-issue) Peruse a gallery of[cartoons from the issue »](https://www.newyorker.com/gallery/cartoons-from-the-april-13-2026-issue) ## Ideas [Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/why-are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides) Listen  Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake. By Dhruv Khullar [How to Measure the Good Life](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/the-meaning-of-your-life-arthur-c-brooks-book-review) Listen  In a new book, the conservative pundit Arthur C. Brooks offers tips to “young strivers” on maximizing their daily meaning quotient. By Becca Rothfeld [How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/30/strikingly-similar-roger-kreuz-book-review) Listen  From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry. By Anthony Lane [Can Psychoanalysis Help You Get the Life You Want?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/23/the-life-you-want-adam-phillips-book-review) Listen  In a new book, Adam Phillips wages a playful war on the strictures of traditional talk therapy. By Katy Waldman American Chronicles ### [Beta Blockers](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/the-camps-promising-to-turn-you-or-your-son-into-an-alpha-male) At the Men of War Crucible, you bear-crawl through rivers. At Warrior Week, you dig your own grave. At the Squire Program, your teen-ager can take part, too. By Charles Bethea Listen ## Persons of Interest Listen  [How Lena Dunham Became a Filmmaker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/how-i-became-a-filmmaker) By Lena Dunham Listen  [The Rise of Carlos Eduardo Espina](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-rise-of-a-spanish-language-news-influencer) By Graciela Mochkofsky Listen  [Robyn, on Her Own](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/30/robyn-profile) By Jia Tolentino Listen  [Kevin Chalker, the Spy Who Told All](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/he-helped-stop-iran-from-getting-the-bomb) By David D. Kirkpatrick  The New Yorker Interview [Ben Lerner and the Impossible Interview](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/ben-lerner-and-the-impossible-interview) The novelist and poet discusses how smartphones “charge the air around us,” what fiction can record that a transcript can’t, and why the book is also a handheld device. By Andrew Marantz ## Puzzles & Games Take a break and play. ### The Crossword A puzzle that ranges in difficulty, with the occasional theme.  [Solve the latest puzzle](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/crossword/latest) ### The Mini A bite-size crossword, for a quick diversion.  [Solve the latest puzzle](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/mini-crossword/latest) ### Shuffalo Can you make a longer word with each new letter?  [Play today’s game](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/latest) ### Laugh Lines Can you place the cartoons in chronological order?  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Then I found out that I had breast cancer. By Amanda Peet Pop Music Listen  [The BTS Machine Lurches Back to Life](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-music/can-bts-recapture-the-magic) The biggest band in the world took a nearly four-year hiatus. A new album, “Arirang,” heralds their meticulously plotted return. By Mitch Therieau Profiles Listen  [Lisa Kudrow Is Back—Again](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/23/lisa-kudrow-profile) Twenty-two years after the end of “Friends,” the actress returns with a new installment of “The Comeback.” By Michael Schulman  Annals of War [Searching for Iran’s Disappeared Prisoners](https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-war/searching-for-irans-disappeared-prisoners) Families are doing ad-hoc forensics to confirm the whereabouts of their detained loved ones, who have been transferred to undisclosed locations, and are at risk of abuse or execution. By Cora Engelbrecht Listen  ## The Talk of the Town In the Stacks Listen  [Do the Circulation-Desk Shuffle](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/do-the-circulation-desk-shuffle) By Naaman Zhou Winging It Listen  [Geese, Cooked](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/geese-cooked) By Emma Allen Old Friends Listen  [Happy Hour with Emanuel Ax](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/happy-hour-with-emanuel-ax) By Jane Bua The Boards Listen  [Getting Older with Clare Barron and Anne Kauffman](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/getting-older-with-clare-barron-and-anne-kauffman) By Alex Barasch ## Fiction ## [“Rate Your Happiness”](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/rate-your-happiness-fiction-catherine-lacey) [ Listen](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/rate-your-happiness-fiction-catherine-lacey) By [Catherine Lacey](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/catherine-lacey) Photograph by Tobias Nicolai for The New Yorker For a few moments, Louise had been sure that she was dying, that a valve or a vein in her body had gotten clogged or burst and she was going to expire right there in the back of the plane, pathetic and dehydrated, travelling alone, hurtling through the air somewhere high above the Midwest, and during those queasy moments that seemed to be her last, Louise didn’t think of her parents, who would survive her, and she didn’t think of her brother, in Montana.[Continue reading »](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/rate-your-happiness-fiction-catherine-lacey) This Week in Fiction  [Catherine Lacey’s Escape from the Self](https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/catherine-lacey-04-13-26) The Writer’s Voice Listen  [The Author Reads “Rate Your Happiness”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/catherine-lacey-reads-rate-your-happiness) ## Daily Cartoon [](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a61871) Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein [This week’s cartoons »](https://www.newyorker.com/gallery/cartoons-from-the-april-13-2026-issue)  ## Shouts & Murmurs Cartoons, comics, and other funny stuff. 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By Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz [This Easter, an American Pope Confronts an American War](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/this-easter-an-american-pope-confronts-an-american-war)  Last week, when asked if he had a message about the war in Iran for President Trump, Leo XIV said, “Hopefully, he’s looking for an off-ramp.” By Paul Elie [The Strange (Partial) End to the (Partial) Government Shutdown](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-strange-partial-end-to-the-partial-government-shutdown)  Democrats are claiming victory. But what did they really gain? By Jon Allsop [Pam Bondi’s Legacy of Flattery and Destruction](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/pam-bondis-legacy-of-flattery-and-destruction)  No Attorney General has done more damage to the Justice Department. Her successor could be even more dangerous. By Ruth Marcus [Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/donald-trump-and-pete-hegseths-warped-vision-of-the-iran-war)  The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells [The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-long-odds-of-undoing-birthright-citizenship)  In arguments at the Supreme Court, a clear majority of the Justices seemed inclined to uphold the right. By Ruth Marcus [Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of Suez](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-iran-and-the-shadow-of-suez)  As Iran imposes a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing the global economy, Trump faces a crisis that echoes one of history’s most revealing strategic failures. By Ishaan Tharoor  Annals of a Warming Planet [How to Poison an Ocean](https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/how-to-poison-an-ocean) Trump envisions a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends. By Jeffrey Marlow [](https://store.newyorker.com/) **Get *New Yorker* hats, apparel, and more\!** Check out evergreen favorites and limited-edition items.[Browse the store »](https://store.newyorker.com/) The Current Cinema [An Artists’ Duel Proves Restorative in “The Christophers”](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/the-christophers-movie-review)  In Steven Soderbergh’s film, Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are superbly matched as two skilled painters who find their way from slippery deception to common ground. By Justin Chang The Front Row [In “Cinematic Immunity,” the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/in-cinematic-immunity-the-greatest-drama-is-offscreen) -copy.jpg) Michael Lee Nirenberg’s oral history of classic New York filmmaking centers on crew members whose labor the movies are made of, and reveals behind-the-scenes passions and tensions that shape the art. By Richard Brody On Television [Savannah Guthrie’s Excruciating Story, on “Today”](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/savannah-guthries-excruciating-story-on-today)  The morning-show host recounted the disappearance of her mother, Nancy, and its aftermath in boldly religious terms, as millions of viewers watched. By Vinson Cunningham Books [Will Biblical Womanhood Box You In or Set You Free?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/awake-jen-hatmaker-book-review-lead-like-jael-emma-waters)  Two writers of different evangelical generations offer rival visions of marriage, motherhood, and ambition. By Emma Green Under Review [The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades](https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-sci-fi-novelist-who-disappeared-for-decades) .jpg) In “What We Are Seeking,” the cult author Cameron Reed returns to show us a strange, totally alien world that somehow feels like our own. By Stephanie Burt Photo Booth [How Robert Rauschenberg Made the Real Realer](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/how-robert-rauschenberg-made-the-real-realer)  The artist bent the medium of photography to suit his creations. By Hilton Als  [What We’re Reading](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2026) Colm Tóibín’s third collection of short fiction, shot through with grief and regret; the story of a high-stakes interview and its unexpected fallout; and more.  The Weekend Essay [My Unrequited Love Story with J.F.K., Jr.](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-unrequited-love-story-with-jfk-jr) I knew John F. Kennedy, Jr., not that well and not that long, but enough to have experienced the gravitational pull he exerted, like some great big moon. By Jeffrey Eugenides At the Men of War Crucible, you bear-crawl through rivers. At Warrior Week, you dig your own grave. At the Squire Program, your teen-ager can take part, too. By Charles Bethea  The New Yorker Interview [Ben Lerner and the Impossible Interview](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/ben-lerner-and-the-impossible-interview) The novelist and poet discusses how smartphones “charge the air around us,” what fiction can record that a transcript can’t, and why the book is also a handheld device. By Andrew Marantz In Case You Missed It The Weekend Essay  [My Season of Ativan](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-season-of-ativan) Both of my parents were in hospice, on opposite coasts. Then I found out that I had breast cancer. By Amanda Peet Pop Music  [The BTS Machine Lurches Back to Life](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-music/can-bts-recapture-the-magic) The biggest band in the world took a nearly four-year hiatus. A new album, “Arirang,” heralds their meticulously plotted return. By Mitch Therieau Profiles  [Lisa Kudrow Is Back—Again](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/23/lisa-kudrow-profile) Twenty-two years after the end of “Friends,” the actress returns with a new installment of “The Comeback.” By Michael Schulman  Annals of War [Searching for Iran’s Disappeared Prisoners](https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-war/searching-for-irans-disappeared-prisoners) Families are doing ad-hoc forensics to confirm the whereabouts of their detained loved ones, who have been transferred to undisclosed locations, and are at risk of abuse or execution. By Cora Engelbrecht For a few moments, Louise had been sure that she was dying, that a valve or a vein in her body had gotten clogged or burst and she was going to expire right there in the back of the plane, pathetic and dehydrated, travelling alone, hurtling through the air somewhere high above the Midwest, and during those queasy moments that seemed to be her last, Louise didn’t think of her parents, who would survive her, and she didn’t think of her brother, in Montana.[Continue reading »](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/rate-your-happiness-fiction-catherine-lacey) Daily Cartoon [](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a61871) Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein