The 21st Show

George Packer on ‘The Emergency’

Produced by Harrison Malkin
 
a montage including a headshop of white man with graying hair and beard wearing a fleece jacket, and the cover of the book, which features green vines and what appears to be a life-like clay mask that's cracking up

Courtesy of Kris Julien and Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Today's show included a rebroadcast of the following "best of" segment, first aired November 14, 2025: George Packer on ‘The Emergency’.