Fear and the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham on the End of “Girls”


Daniel Zender

Daniel Zender

Lena Dunham joined David Remnick hours before her thirtieth-birthday party to face the angst of leaving her twenties behind. The New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos asks a lifelong N.R.A. member and former gun dealer how the organization’s marketing squares up with reality. And we learn how it feels when your stepfather is mistaken for your brother, in a short story by Peter Cameron.

Segments from this episode aired on May 26 and June 24, 2016.