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Writers

Jennifer Senior

In Conversation: Antonin Scalia

The Supreme Court justice on gay rights, the problem with consensus, and the Devil.

Jennifer Senior New York Oct 2013 25min Permalink

Business

To the Office, With Love

What do we give up when we become freedom-seeking, self-determining, autonomous entrepreneurs? A lot, actually.

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Previously: Jennifer Senior on the Longform Podcast.

Jennifer Senior New York Jan 2015 15min Permalink

The Collateral Damage of a Teenager

What adolescence does to adolescents is nowhere near as brutal as what it does to their parents.

An excerpt from All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.

Jennifer Senior New York Jan 2014 25min Permalink

Politics

La Dolce Alfonse!

The riotous private sector life of former New York senator, Al D’Amato.

Jennifer Senior New York Aug 1999 25min Permalink

Politics

The Speaker Is Mute But Not Unintelligible

The durable ineffectiveness of John Boehner.

Jennifer Senior New York Jul 2013 20min Permalink

Science

High School Is a Sadistic Institution

The science behind why high school sucks.

Jennifer Senior New York Jan 2013 20min Permalink