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Editor of the Interviews Issue This year has seen some of our great artists in unexpected conversation—whether actively beefing (Drake and Kendrick Lamar) or working it out on the remix (Charli XCX and Lorde)—so it feels fitting that The New Yorker’s third annual Interviews Issue should begin in similar fashion, with a reunion between Susan Orlean and Nicolas Cage. Cage starred opposite Meryl Streep as a fictionalized version of Orlean in the Spike Jonze meta-comedy “Adaptation,” but, aside from a brief encounter on set, the two never addressed their connection. More than twenty years later, they compare notes, follow unpredictable byways, and get to the heart of their respective crafts. It’s an idiosyncratic, wide-ranging chat you couldn’t find anywhere else. New discussions with leading figures in journalism, academia, and the arts will be published every day this week; there are tense exchanges and delightful ones. Today’s lineup also includes Sarah Larson’s interview with the ur-interviewer, the “This American Life” host Ira Glass, and an illustrated colloquy between the young New Yorker cartoonist Sofia Warren and the legendary Mort Gerberg, who’s been contributing cartoons to the magazine since 1965. Later in the week, Lonnie Bunch, the head of the Smithsonian, talks about walking a political tightrope in “the most partisan time since the Civil War”; the comedian Jerrod Carmichael reflects on his attempt to reinvent reality TV; Lena Dunham opens up about discovering a new muse; and Joe Kahn, the executive editor of the New York Times, explains the choices he’s made since taking over at the paper. And that’s only the half of it. We hope that, in each interview, you’ll find an exchange of ideas—or a bit of news—that surprises, provokes, or excites. Thank you, as always, for reading. | | | |
 The New Yorker Interview Nicolas Cage Is Still EvolvingThe actor talks about the origins of “Adaptation,” his potential leap to television, and the art of remaining enigmatic. “Familiarity breeds contempt, and I don’t want people to know too much,” Cage explains. “I want to stay a little aloof.” But how can someone who’s appeared in more than a hundred films, and has been acting since he was a teen-ager, retain an air of mystery? By Susan Orlean | | |
|  Photograph from ABC / Getty As the Biden campaign has been thrown into crisis following the President’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, we’ve been providing reporting and analysis on the latest developments. In case you’ve missed our coverage, here are some highlights: | | | |
| P.S. Last year, Andrew Marantz conducted an interview with ChatGPT, which at one point proclaimed, “It’s not possible for me to feel or be creepy.” Such a sentiment from the A.I. bot now seems quaint, or else nefarious. 🤖 | | | |
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