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I Need a Critic: One-Hundredth-Episode Edition

1/22/2026 • 44 min

Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz celebrate the one-hundredth episode of Critics at Large with a special installment of the podcast’s advice series. Together, they counsel callers on everything from turning non-readers into bibliophiles to the art of curating the ideal road-trip playlist. They’re joined by David Remnick, the editor of The New … Play episode

Why Football Matters
Do We Need Saints?
Our Romance with Jane Austen
The Year of the Broken Mirror
“Wake Up Dead Man” and the Whodunnit Renaissance
Does “Hamlet” Need a Backstory?
After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?
In “Pluribus,” Utopia Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist
Critics at Large Live: Padma Lakshmi’s Expansive Taste
Why Horror Still Haunts Us
In the Dark: Blood Relatives, Episode 1
Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
I Need a Critic: October, 2025, Edition
How the Trad Wife Took Over
One Paul Thomas Anderson Film After Another
What's Cooking?
“The Paper,” “The Lowdown,” and the Drama of Journalism
Why We're All In on Gambling
Our Fads, Ourselves
How to Watch a Movie
Les Américains à Paris
How Zohran Mamdani Became the Main Character of New York City
Late Night's Last Laugh
“Eddington” and the American Berserk
“Materialists,” “Too Much,” and the Modern Rom-Com
Why We Travel
The Diva Is Dead, Long Live the Diva
Why We Turn Grief Into Art
Our Romance with Jane Austen
“Mountainhead” and the Age of the Pathetic Billionaire
Lessons from “Sesame Street”
The Season for Obsessions
The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week
I Need a Critic: May 2025 Edition
How “Sinners” Revives the Vampire
War Movies: What Are They Good For?
“The Studio” Pokes Fun at Hollywood’s Existential Struggle
Gossip, Then and Now
Joe Rogan, Hasan Piker, and the Art of the Hang
Critics at Large Live: The Right to Get It Wrong
Our Modern Glut of Choice
How “The Pitt” Diagnoses America's Ills
In “Severance,” the Gothic Double Lives On
The Staying Power of the “S.N.L.” Machine
How Romantasy Seduces Its Readers
David Lynch’s Unsolvable Puzzles
The Splendor of Nature, Now Streaming
The New Western Gold Rush

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